Grimms' Fairy Tales, The Twelve Dancing Princesses, sentence 49

Then the king called for the princesses, and asked them whether what the soldier said was true: and when they saw that they were discovered, and that it was of no use to deny what had happened, they confessed it all.

Who acts: king, soldier, princesses, branch · What happens: call, ask, say, be, see, discover · To what, where: king, princesses, branch · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Grimms' Fairy Tales» by Jacob Grimm, The Twelve Dancing Princesses. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (king, soldier, princesses, branch), 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 asked	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 king	det
3	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 asked	nsubj
4	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 king	acl
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 princesses	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 princesses	det
7	princesses	princess	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 called	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 asked	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 asked	cc
10	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 asked	obj
12	whether	whether	SCONJ	_	16 said	mark
13	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	16 said	obj
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 soldier	det
15	soldier	soldier	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 said	nsubj
16	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 asked	advcl
17	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 true	cop
18	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 said	xcomp
19	:	:	PUNCT	_	23 saw	punct
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 saw	cc
21	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	23 saw	advmod
22	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 saw	nsubj
23	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 asked	parataxis
24	that	that	SCONJ	_	27 discovered	mark
25	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	27 discovered	nsubj
26	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	27 discovered	aux:pass
27	discovered	discover	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	23 saw	ccomp
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	35 use	punct
29	and	and	CCONJ	_	35 use	cc
30	that	that	SCONJ	_	35 use	mark
31	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	35 use	nsubj
32	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	35 use	cop
33	of	of	ADP	_	35 use	case
34	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	35 use	det
35	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 saw	obl
36	to	to	PART	_	37 deny	mark
37	deny	deny	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	35 use	acl
38	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	40 happened	nsubj
39	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	40 happened	aux
40	happened	happen	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	37 deny	ccomp
41	,	,	PUNCT	_	43 confessed	punct
42	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	43 confessed	nsubj
43	confessed	confess	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	23 saw	conj
44	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	43 confessed	obj
45	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	44 it	det
46	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 asked	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	call	participle		the king not said here			for the princesses	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for princess=Recipient
2	ask speech: ask	past	the king		princesses = princess	then		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient
3	say speech: assert	past	the soldier					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic
4	is	past	the soldier not said here				true property	tree rules
5	see	past	princesses = princess					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
6	discover	past · passive		princesses = princess				vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic
7	is	past	branch				of no use	tree rules
8	deny	to-infinitive	princesses = princess not said here					vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
9	happen	past · perfect						vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
10	confess	past	princesses = princess	branch				vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic

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.

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