--- title: Then the twelfth of the friendly fairies, who had not yet given her… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Then the twelfth of the friendly fairies, who had not yet given her gift, came forward, and said that the evil wish must be fulfilled, but that she could soften its mischief; so her gift was, that the king’s daughter, when the spindle wounded her, should not really die, but should only fall asleep f --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/8/14/) [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/) / [Briar Rose](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/8/) / 14 # Grimms' Fairy Tales, Briar Rose, sentence 14 Then the twelfth of the friendly fairies, who had not yet given her gift, came forward, and said that the evil wish must be fulfilled, but that she could soften its mischief; so her gift was, that the king’s daughter, when the spindle wounded her, should not really die, but should only fall asleep for a hundred years. **Who acts:** twelfth, queen, gift, spindle · **What happens:** not give, come forward, say, fulfil, soften, be · **To what, where:** friendly fairies, evil wish, mischief, daughter, queen · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Grimms' Fairy Tales» by Jacob Grimm, Briar Rose. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (twelfth, queen, gift, spindle), 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:pg2591:8:14 # text = Then the twelfth of the friendly fairies, who had not yet given her gift, came forward, and said that the evil wish must be fulfilled, but that she could soften its mischief; so her gift was, that the king’s daughter, when the spindle wounded her, should not really die, but should only fall asleep for a hundred years. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 17 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 twelfth twelfth NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 friendly friendly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 fairies fairy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 9 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 13 nsubj:pass _ _ 10 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 11 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 13 advmod _ _ 12 yet yet ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 conj _ _ 14 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 gift gift NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 17 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 18 forward forward ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 parataxis _ _ 22 that that SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 evil evil ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 wish wish NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj:pass _ _ 26 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 27 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 28 aux:pass _ _ 28 fulfilled fulfil VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 30 but but CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 31 that that SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 32 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 soften soften VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 conj _ _ 35 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 mischief mischief NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ; ; PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 38 so so ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 39 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 gift gift NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nsubj _ _ 41 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 43 that that SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ’s 's PART POS _ 45 case _ _ 47 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 49 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 52 advmod _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 spindle spindle NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nsubj _ _ 52 wounded wound VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 conj _ _ 53 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 55 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 58 aux _ _ 56 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 58 advmod _ _ 57 really really ADV RB _ 58 advmod _ _ 58 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 63 punct _ _ 60 but but CCONJ CC _ 63 cc _ _ 61 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 63 aux _ _ 62 only only ADV RB _ 63 advmod _ _ 63 fall fall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 conj _ _ 64 asleep asleep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 63 xcomp _ _ 65 for for ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 66 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 67 det _ _ 67 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 68 nummod _ _ 68 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 63 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 69 . . PUNCT . _ 17 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **give** | past · perfect · passive | | the friendly fairies | | | yet | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient gift=Theme | | 2 | **come forward** | past | the twelfth of the friendly fairies | | | | then | forward *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **fulfil** | must · passive | | the evil wish | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **soften** | could | queen | wish's mischief | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent mischief=Patient | | 6 | **is a** | past | queen's gift | the king's daughter | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **wound** | past | the spindle | queen | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus she=Experiencer | | 8 | **not** **die** | should | queen's gift *not said here* | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 9 | **fall** | should | the twelfth of the friendly fairies *not said here* | | | | year | asleep *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **gift** | | queen | | | | | | nom gift «possession transitive»: poss=agent | | 11 | **gift** | | queen | | | | | | nom gift «possession transitive»: poss=agent | 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 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/8/13/) - next →: [sentence 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/8/15/) - ↑ back to [Briar Rose](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/8/)