--- title: But the seventh saw Snow-White, and called upon his brethren to come… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: But the seventh saw Snow-White, and called upon his brethren to come and look at her; and they cried out with wonder and astonishment, and brought their lamps and gazing upon her, they said, "Good heavens! what a lovely child she is!" Who acts: seventh, beds, lovely child. 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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 (seventh, beds, lovely child), 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:pg11027:11:31 # text = But the seventh saw Snow-White, and called upon his brethren to come and look at her; and they cried out with wonder and astonishment, and brought their lamps and gazing upon her, they said, "Good heavens! what a lovely child she is!" 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 seventh seventh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 nsubj _ _ 4 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 Snow snow NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 White White PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 11 upon upon ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 brethren brethren NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 advcl _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 conj _ _ 18 at at ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 24 out out ADP RP _ 23 compound:prt _ _ 25 with with ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 wonder wonder NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 astonishment astonishment NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 32 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 lamps lamp NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obj _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 gazing gaze VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 31 conj _ _ 36 upon upon ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 " " PUNCT `` _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 Good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 heavens heaven NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ! ! PUNCT . _ 44 punct _ _ 46 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 51 obj _ _ 47 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 48 lovely lovely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nsubj _ _ 50 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 51 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 ! ! PUNCT . _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 " " PUNCT '' _ 44 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | the seventh | Snow White | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer white=Stimulus | | 2 | **call** | participle | the seventh *not said here* | | | | | upon rest's brethren | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **come** | to-infinitive | the seventh *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **look** | infinitive | the seventh *not said here* | | | | | at White | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at she=Theme | | 5 | **cry out** *speech: express* | past | beds *= bed* | | | | | with wonder and astonishment | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with wonder=Theme | | 6 | **bring** | past | | beds's lamps | | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent lamp=Theme | | 7 | **gaze** | gerund | | | | | | upon White | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent upon she=Theme | | 8 | **say** *speech: express* | past | beds *= bed* | Good heavens | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent heaven=Topic | | 9 | **be** *in a quote* | present | a lovely child | Good heavens | | | | | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=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:** «Grimm's Fairy Stories» by Jacob Grimm, Project Gutenberg book 11027 (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 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/11/30/) - next →: [sentence 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/11/32/) - ↑ back to [Little Snow White](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/11/)