--- title: However, she was not dead, but had only fallen into a deep sleep; an… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: However, she was not dead, but had only fallen into a deep sleep; and the king and the queen, who had just come home, and all their court, fell asleep too; and the horses slept in the stables, and the dogs in the court, the pigeons on the house-top, and the very flies slept upon the walls. 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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 (princess, queen, court, horses), 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:pg2591:8:24 # text = However, she was not dead, but had only fallen into a deep sleep; and the king and the queen, who had just come home, and all their court, fell asleep too; and the horses slept in the stables, and the dogs in the court, the pigeons on the house-top, and the very flies slept upon the walls. 1 However however ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 but but CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 9 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 10 only only ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 fallen fall VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 conj _ _ 12 into into ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 deep deep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 sleep sleep NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 27 nsubj _ _ 25 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 26 just just ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 acl:relcl _ _ 28 home home ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 31 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 33 det:predet _ _ 32 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 35 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 advcl _ _ 36 asleep asleep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 xcomp _ _ 37 too too ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ; ; PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 horses horse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 nsubj _ _ 42 slept sleep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 advcl _ _ 43 in in ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 stables stable NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 66 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 66 cc _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 dogs dog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 66 nsubj _ _ 50 in in ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 pigeons pigeon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 conj _ _ 56 on on ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 58 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 59 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 58 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 60 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 61 , , PUNCT , _ 66 punct _ _ 62 and and CCONJ CC _ 66 cc _ _ 63 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 64 very very ADV RB _ 65 advmod _ _ 65 flies fly NOUN NNS Number=Plur 66 nsubj _ _ 66 slept sleep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 acl:relcl _ _ 67 upon upon ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 68 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 69 det _ _ 69 walls wall NOUN NNS Number=Plur 66 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 70 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is** | past | princess | | | | | dead, however *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **fall** | past · perfect | princess *not said here* | | | | | into a deep sleep *result* | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into sleep=Result | | 3 | **come** | past | the queen | | | | | home *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **fall** | past | king's court | | | | | asleep *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **sleep** | past | the horses | | | the stables | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in stable=Location | | 6 | **sleep** | past | the dogs in the court and the pigeons on the house top | the king and the queen *not said here* | | | | upon the walls | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=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 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/8/23/) - next →: [sentence 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/8/25/) - ↑ back to [Briar Rose](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/8/)