--- title: This time nothing will save thee," said the queen; and she went home… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: This time nothing will save thee," said the queen; and she went home to her glass, and at last it said--"Thou, Queen, art the fairest of all the fair." Who acts: nothing, queen, apple. 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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 (nothing, queen, apple), 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:pg11027:11:71 # text = This time nothing will save thee," said the queen; and she went home to her glass, and at last it said--"Thou, Queen, art the fairest of all the fair." 1 This this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 det _ _ 2 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl:unmarked _ _ 3 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 5 nsubj _ _ 4 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 save save VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 9 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ; ; PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 16 home home ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 glass glass NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 22 at at ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 obl _ _ 24 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 -- -- PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 " " PUNCT `` _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 Thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 25 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 30 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 32 art art NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 appos _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 fairest fair ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 32 nmod _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 38 det:predet _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 fair fair NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **save** | future | nothing | thee | | | time | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | the queen | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **go** *in a quote* | past | queen | | | queen's glass | | home *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to glass=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | apple | | | last | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=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 70](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/11/70/) - next →: [sentence 72](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/11/72/) - ↑ back to [Little Snow White](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/11/)