--- title: When she reached the dwarfs' cottage, she knocked at the door, and c… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: When she reached the dwarfs' cottage, she knocked at the door, and cried, "Fine wares to sell!" but Snow-White said, "I dare not let any one in." Who acts: queen, Snow. 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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, Snow), 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:pg11027:11:55 # text = When she reached the dwarfs' cottage, she knocked at the door, and cried, "Fine wares to sell!" but Snow-White said, "I dare not let any one in." 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 3 mark _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 advcl _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 dwarfs dwarf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ' 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 cottage cottage NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 9 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 knocked knock VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 at at ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 " " PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 Fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 wares ware NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obj _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 sell sell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ! ! PUNCT . _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 " " PUNCT '' _ 20 punct _ _ 25 but but CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 26 Snow snow NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 White White PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 29 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 31 " " PUNCT `` _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 33 dare dare VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 34 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 33 advmod _ _ 35 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 ccomp _ _ 36 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 37 det _ _ 37 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 38 in in ADP RP _ 35 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 " " PUNCT '' _ 35 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reach** | past | queen | the dwarfs's cottage | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent cottage=Theme | | 2 | **knock** | past | queen | | | | | at the door | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent at door=Patient | | 3 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | queen *not said here* | Fine wares | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ware=Topic | | 4 | **sell** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | queen *not said here* | Fine wares *not said here* | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Snow | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **let in** *in a quote* | present | Snow | any one | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=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 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/11/54/) - next →: [sentence 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/11/56/) - ↑ back to [Little Snow White](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/11/)