--- title: Snow-White did not dream of any mischief; so she stood up before the… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: Snow-White did not dream of any mischief; so she stood up before the old woman who set to work so nimbly, and pulled the lace so tightly that Snow-White lost her breath, and fell down as if she were dead. " Who acts: Snow, White, old woman, Snow 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 (Snow, White, old woman, Snow 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:pg11027:11:48 # text = Snow-White did not dream of any mischief; so she stood up before the old woman who set to work so nimbly, and pulled the lace so tightly that Snow-White lost her breath, and fell down as if she were dead. " 1 Snow snow NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 White White PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 vocative _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 dream dream VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 9 det _ _ 9 mischief mischief NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ; ; PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 so so ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 12 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 14 up up ADP RP _ 13 compound:prt _ _ 15 before before ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 19 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 20 nsubj _ _ 20 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 acl:relcl _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 work work VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 xcomp _ _ 23 so so ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 24 nimbly nimbly ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 pulled pull VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 lace lace NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 30 so so ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 31 tightly tightly ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 32 that that SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 33 Snow snow NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 34 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 White White PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 36 lost lose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 advcl _ _ 37 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 breath breath NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 42 down down ADP RP _ 41 compound:prt _ _ 43 as as SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 44 if if SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 45 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 46 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 cop _ _ 47 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ 49 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **dream** | past · do-support | Snow | | | | | of any mischief | vn cognize-85 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **stand up** | past | White | | | | before the old woman | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent before woman=Location | | 3 | **set** | past | the old woman | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **work** | to-infinitive | the old woman *not said here* | | | | | nimbly *property* | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **pull** | past | White *not said here* | the lace | | | | tightly *property* | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lace=Theme | | 6 | **lose** | past | Snow White | White's breath | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent breath=Eventuality | | 7 | **fall down** | past | White *not said here* | | | | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **is** | past | White | | | | | dead *property* | 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:** «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 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/11/47/) - next →: [sentence 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/11/49/) - ↑ back to [Little Snow White](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/11/)