--- title: Then they went out all day long to their work, seeking for gold and… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: Then they went out all day long to their work, seeking for gold and silver in the mountains; and Snow-White remained at home; and they warned her, saying, "The queen will soon find out where you are, so take care and let no one in." Who acts: beds, Snow White, queen, White. 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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 (beds, Snow White, queen, White), 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:pg11027:11:34 # text = Then they went out all day long to their work, seeking for gold and silver in the mountains; and Snow-White remained at home; and they warned her, saying, "The queen will soon find out where you are, so take care and let no one in." 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 out out ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 6 det _ _ 6 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl:unmarked _ _ 7 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 3 advmod _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 seeking seek VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 13 for for ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 conj _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 mountains mountain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 22 Snow snow NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 23 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 White White PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 25 remained remain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 26 at at ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 30 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 warned warn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 32 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 34 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 31 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 36 " " PUNCT `` _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 39 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 40 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 41 advmod _ _ 41 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 ccomp _ _ 42 out out ADP RP _ 41 compound:prt _ _ 43 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 41 ccomp _ _ 44 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 45 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 47 so so ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 48 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 ccomp _ _ 49 care care NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obj _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 51 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 48 conj _ _ 52 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 53 det _ _ 53 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obj _ _ 54 in in ADP RP _ 51 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 56 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go out** | past | beds *= bed* | | | | then; day | to beds's work; long, out *property* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **seek** | gerund | beds *= bed* *not said here* | | | the mountains | | for gold and silver | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent for gold=Theme in mountain=Location | | 3 | **remain** | past | Snow White | | | home | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at home=Location | | 4 | **warn** *speech: warn* | past | beds *= bed* | | White | | | | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient that S»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | beds *= bed* *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **find out** *in a quote* | future | the queen | | | | | soon *property* | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is** *in a quote* | present | White | | | | | where *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **take** *in a quote* | infinitive | | care | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent care=Theme | | 9 | **let in** *in a quote* | infinitive | | no one | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme | | 10 | **work** | | beds *= bed* | | | | | | nom work «act intransitive»: poss=agent | 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 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/11/33/) - next →: [sentence 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/11/35/) - ↑ back to [Little Snow White](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/11/)