--- title: When he entered the Princess’s apartments they believed that he was… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When he entered the Princess’s apartments they believed that he was Minnikin, and both of them ran up to him at once; but the elder, who was bigger and stronger, pushed her sister aside, and threw her arms round King Pippin’s neck and kissed him; so he got her to wife, and Minnikin the younger siste --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/46/66/) [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/) / [The Red Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/) / [Mother Holle, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/46/) / 66 # The Red Fairy Book, Mother Holle, part 3, sentence 66 When he entered the Princess’s apartments they believed that he was Minnikin, and both of them ran up to him at once; but the elder, who was bigger and stronger, pushed her sister aside, and threw her arms round King Pippin’s neck and kissed him; so he got her to wife, and Minnikin the younger sister. **Who acts:** Pippin, apartments, both, Minnikin · **What happens:** enter, believe, be, run up, push, throw · **To what, where:** apartments, Minnikin, Pippin, sister, arms, Princess This is a sentence of «The Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Mother Holle, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Pippin, apartments, both, Minnikin), 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:pg540:46:66 # text = When he entered the Princess’s apartments they believed that he was Minnikin, and both of them ran up to him at once; but the elder, who was bigger and stronger, pushed her sister aside, and threw her arms round King Pippin’s neck and kissed him; so he got her to wife, and Minnikin the younger sister. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 entered enter VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ’s 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 apartments apartment NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 8 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 believed believe VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 that that SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 13 Minnikin Minnikin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 16 both both DET DT PronType=Tot 19 nsubj _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nmod _ _ 19 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 20 up up ADP RP _ 19 compound:prt _ _ 21 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obl _ _ 23 at at ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 but but CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 elder elder ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 32 nsubj _ _ 31 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 cop _ _ 32 bigger big ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 28 parataxis _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 stronger strong ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 32 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 36 pushed push VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 37 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 39 aside aside ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 parataxis _ _ 43 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 arms arm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obj _ _ 45 round round ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 46 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 49 nmod:poss _ _ 47 Pippin Pippin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ’s 's PART POS _ 46 case _ _ 49 neck neck NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 51 kissed kiss VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 conj _ _ 52 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 ; ; PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 54 so so ADV RB _ 56 advmod _ _ 55 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 56 nsubj _ _ 56 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 57 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 56 obj _ _ 58 to to PART TO _ 59 mark _ _ 59 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 60 , , PUNCT , _ 65 punct _ _ 61 and and CCONJ CC _ 65 cc _ _ 62 Minnikin Minnikin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 65 nsubj _ _ 63 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 64 younger young ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 65 amod _ _ 65 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 66 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **enter** | past | Pippin | the Princess's apartments | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme apartment=Destination | | 2 | **believe** | past | apartments *= apartment* | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **is a** | past | Pippin | Minnikin | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **run up** | past | both | | Pippin | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to he=Result | | 5 | **is** | past | | | | | | big *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **be** | | | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **push** | past | apartments *= apartment* *not said here* | Princess's sister | | | | aside *property* | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sister=Theme | | 8 | **throw** | past | | Princess's arms | | | | round King's neck | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arm=Theme | | 9 | **kiss** | past | | Pippin | | | | | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-Agent | | 10 | **get** | past | Pippin | Princess | | | | wife *obl* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | | 11 | **sister** | | Minnikin | | | | | | tree rules | 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:** «The Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 540 (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 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/46/65/) - next →: [sentence 67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/46/67/) - ↑ back to [Mother Holle, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/46/)