--- title: And as she could not bear to think that any one lived who was more b… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: And as she could not bear to think that any one lived who was more beautiful than she was, she disguised herself as an old pedlar woman and went her way over the hills to the place where the dwarfs dwelt. Who acts: queen, one, dwarfs. 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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 (queen, one, dwarfs), 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:pg11027:11:41 # text = And as she could not bear to think that any one lived who was more beautiful than she was, she disguised herself as an old pedlar woman and went her way over the hills to the place where the dwarfs dwelt. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 2 as as SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 bear bear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ 9 that that SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 10 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 11 det _ _ 11 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 ccomp _ _ 13 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 16 nsubj _ _ 14 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 15 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 16 advmod _ _ 16 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 ccomp _ _ 17 than than SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 18 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 disguised disguise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 23 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 22 obj _ _ 24 as as ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 25 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 26 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 27 pedlar pedlar NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 compound _ _ 28 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 31 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 over over ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 hills hill NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obl _ _ 36 to to ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 39 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 42 advmod _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 dwarfs dwarf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 nsubj _ _ 42 dwelt dwell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **bear** | could | queen | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | queen *not said here* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **live** | past | any one | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **is** | past | | | | | | beautiful *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **be** | past | queen | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **disguise** | past | queen | queen | | | | as a old pedlar woman | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent herself=Destination | | 7 | **go** | past | queen *not said here* | queen's way | | the hills | | to the place | tree rules | | 8 | **dwell** | past | the dwarfs | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/11/40/) - next →: [sentence 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/11/42/) - ↑ back to [Little Snow White](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/11/)