--- title: At last, however, they had pity on him, and gave him the coffin; but… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: At last, however, they had pity on him, and gave him the coffin; but the moment he lifted it up to carry it home with him, the piece of apple fell from between her lips, and Snow-White awoke, and exclaimed, "Where am I!" Who acts: letters, moment, piece, 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 (letters, moment, piece, 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:pg11027:11:83 # text = At last, however, they had pity on him, and gave him the coffin; but the moment he lifted it up to carry it home with him, the piece of apple fell from between her lips, and Snow-White awoke, and exclaimed, "Where am I!" 1 At at ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 however however ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 8 pity pity NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 9 on on ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 14 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 iobj _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 coffin coffin NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 18 but but CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 lifted lift VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 23 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ _ 24 up up ADP RP _ 22 compound:prt _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 advcl _ _ 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 home home ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 29 with with ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 piece piece NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 apple apple NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ _ 36 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 37 from from ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 between between ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 lips lip NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 43 Snow snow NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 White White PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 nsubj _ _ 46 awoke awake VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 49 exclaimed exclaim VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 46 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 51 " " PUNCT `` _ 52 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 Where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 49 advmod _ _ 53 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 52 cop _ _ 54 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 ! ! PUNCT . _ 49 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 56 " " PUNCT '' _ 46 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | letters *= letter* | pity | | | | on owl; however *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pity=Patient | | 2 | **give** | past | letters *= letter* *not said here* | the coffin | owl | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient coffin=Theme | | 3 | **lift up** | past | the moment | coffin | | last | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme at last=Destination | | 4 | **carry** | to-infinitive | the moment *not said here* | coffin | | | | with owl; home *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 5 | **fall** | past | the piece of apple | | | White's lips | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from lip=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **awake** | past | White | Snow | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **exclaim** *speech: express* | participle | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **is** *in a quote* | present | I | | | | | where *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 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/11/82/) - next →: [sentence 84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/11/84/) - ↑ back to [Little Snow White](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/11/)