--- title: The following day the king’s daughter again called to him that he wa… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The following day the king’s daughter again called to him that he was to bring her a wreath of field-flowers, and then he went in with it, she instantly snatched at his cap, and wanted to take it away from him, but he held it fast with both hands. Who acts: boy, daughter. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (boy, daughter), 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:pg2591:59:86 # text = The following day the king’s daughter again called to him that he was to bring her a wreath of field-flowers, and then he went in with it, she instantly snatched at his cap, and wanted to take it away from him, but he held it fast with both hands. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 amod _ _ 3 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ’s 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 8 again again ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obl _ _ 12 that that SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 14 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 advcl _ _ 17 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 wreath wreath NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 22 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 flowers flower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 26 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 28 advmod _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 29 in in ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 30 with with ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 instantly instantly ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 snatched snatch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 36 at at ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 cap cap NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 conj _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 xcomp _ _ 44 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ _ 45 away away ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 46 from from ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 49 but but CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 50 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 51 held hold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 52 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 obj _ _ 53 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 51 advmod _ _ 54 with with ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 both both DET DT PronType=Tot 56 det _ _ 56 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 51 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **call** *speech: assert* | participle · passive | | the following day the king's daughter | boy | | again | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Topic to he=Recipient | | 3 | **is** | past | boy | | | | | bring *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **go in** | past | boy | | | | then | with wreath | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with it=Beneficiary | | 5 | **snatch** | past | daughter | | | boy's cap | | instantly *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **want** | past | daughter *not said here* | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 7 | **take away** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | daughter *not said here* | wreath | | | | from boy; away *property* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent it=Theme from he=Initial\_Location | | 8 | **hold** | past | boy | wreath | | | | with both hands; fast *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | 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 85](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/59/85/) - next →: [sentence 87](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/59/87/) - ↑ back to [Iron Hans](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/59/)