--- title: But there went a report through all the land of the beautiful sleepi… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: But there went a report through all the land of the beautiful sleeping Briar Rose (for so the king’s daughter was called): so that, from time to time, several kings’ sons came, and tried to break through the thicket into the palace. Who acts: Briar, sons. 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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 (Briar, sons), 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:pg2591:8:27 # text = But there went a report through all the land of the beautiful sleeping Briar Rose (for so the king’s daughter was called): so that, from time to time, several kings’ sons came, and tried to break through the thicket into the palace. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 3 expl _ _ 3 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 report report NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 through through ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 9 det:predet _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 sleeping sleeping NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 14 Briar Briar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 appos _ _ 15 Rose Rose PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 flat _ _ 16 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 for for SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 18 so so ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ’s 's PART POS _ 20 case _ _ 22 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj:pass _ _ 23 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux:pass _ _ 24 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 : : PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 27 so so SCONJ IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 30 from from ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 32 to to ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 35 several several ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 kings king NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ’ 's PART POS _ 36 case _ _ 38 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 nsubj _ _ 39 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 tried try VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 conj _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 44 break break VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 xcomp _ _ 45 through through ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 thicket thicket NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 48 into into ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | | a report | | all land of the beautiful sleeping; there | | | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location report=Theme | | 2 | **call** | past · passive | Briar *not said here* | the king's daughter | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | | 3 | **come** | past | several kings's sons | | | | time | so that | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **try** | past | several kings's sons *not said here* | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 5 | **break** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | several kings's sons *not said here* | | | the thicket | | into the palace | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through thicket=Location | 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 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/8/26/) - next →: [sentence 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/8/28/) - ↑ back to [Briar Rose](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/8/)