--- title: When the king got to the bottom, he ordered Cat-skin to be called on… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: When the king got to the bottom, he ordered Cat-skin to be called once more, and soon saw the white finger, and the ring that he had put on it whilst they were dancing: so he seized her hand, and kept fast hold of it, and when she wanted to loose herself and spring away, the fur cloak fell off a lit --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/59/217/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Grimms' Fairy Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/) / [Iron Hans](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/59/) / 217 # Grimms' Fairy Tales, Iron Hans, sentence 217 When the king got to the bottom, he ordered Cat-skin to be called once more, and soon saw the white finger, and the ring that he had put on it whilst they were dancing: so he seized her hand, and kept fast hold of it, and when she wanted to loose herself and spring away, the fur cloak fell off a little on one side, and the starry dress sparkled underneath it. **Who acts:** king, fingers, dance, fur cloak, starry dress · **What happens:** get, order, call, see, put, dance · **To what, where:** Cat, white finger, ring, hand, fast hold, dance · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Grimms' Fairy Tales» by Jacob Grimm, Iron Hans. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (king, fingers, dance, fur cloak), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher.** This tree is Mova's own parse (the `en` model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg2591:59:217 # text = When the king got to the bottom, he ordered Cat-skin to be called once more, and soon saw the white finger, and the ring that he had put on it whilst they were dancing: so he seized her hand, and kept fast hold of it, and when she wanted to loose herself and spring away, the fur cloak fell off a little on one side, and the starry dress sparkled underneath it. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 advcl _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 bottom bottom NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 ordered order VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 Cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 appos _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 15 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 16 aux:pass _ _ 16 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 acl _ _ 17 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 18 advmod _ _ 18 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 16 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 22 advmod _ _ 22 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 finger finger NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 ring ring NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 conj _ _ 30 that that SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 29 acl:relcl _ _ 34 on on ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obl _ _ 36 whilst whilst SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 37 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 dancing dance VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 33 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 : : PUNCT : _ 43 punct _ _ 41 so so ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 42 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 seized seize VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 parataxis _ _ 44 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 48 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 conj _ _ 49 fast fast ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 50 hold hold NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obj _ _ 51 of of ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 54 and and CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 55 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 57 advmod _ _ 56 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 57 nsubj _ _ 57 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 conj _ _ 58 to to PART TO _ 59 mark _ _ 59 loose lose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 57 xcomp _ _ 60 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 59 obj _ _ 61 and and CCONJ CC _ 62 cc _ _ 62 spring spring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 59 conj _ _ 63 away away ADV RB _ 62 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 64 , , PUNCT , _ 68 punct _ _ 65 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 67 det _ _ 66 fur fur NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 compound _ _ 67 cloak cloak NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 nsubj _ _ 68 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 57 parataxis _ _ 69 off off ADP IN _ 71 case _ _ 70 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 71 det _ _ 71 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 68 obl _ _ 72 on on ADP IN _ 74 case _ _ 73 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 74 nummod _ _ 74 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 75 , , PUNCT , _ 80 punct _ _ 76 and and CCONJ CC _ 80 cc _ _ 77 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 79 det _ _ 78 starry starry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 79 amod _ _ 79 dress dress NOUN NN Number=Sing 80 nsubj _ _ 80 sparkled sparkle VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 68 conj _ _ 81 underneath underneath ADP IN _ 82 case _ _ 82 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 80 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 83 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past | the king | | | | | to the bottom *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to bottom=Result | | 2 | **order** | past | king | | Cat | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cat=Theme | | 3 | **call** | to-infinitive · passive | king *not said here* | | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V» | | 4 | **see** | past | | the white finger | | | | soon *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer finger=Stimulus | | 5 | **put** | past · perfect | king | the ring *not said here* | | | | on Cat | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent ring=Theme on it=Destination | | 6 | **dance** | past · progressive | fingers *= finger* | | | | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **seize** | past | king | dance's hand | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme | | 8 | **keep** | past | king *not said here* | fast hold of Cat | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hold=Theme | | 9 | **want** | past | dance | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 10 | **lose** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | dance *not said here* | dance | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent herself=Eventuality | | 11 | **spring away** | infinitive | dance *not said here* | | | | | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 12 | **fall off** | past | the fur cloak | a little | | one side | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V NP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: agent=Patient little=Extent | | 13 | **sparkle** | participle | the starry dress | | | cloak | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme underneath it=Location | | 14 | **hold** | | | Cat | | | | | nom hold «act transitive»: of=patient | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. **Text:** «Grimms' Fairy Tales» by Jacob Grimm, Project Gutenberg book 2591 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 216](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/59/216/) - next →: [sentence 218](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/59/218/) - ↑ back to [Iron Hans](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/59/)