--- title: To the feast was invited, among the rest, Snow-White's old enemy, th… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: To the feast was invited, among the rest, Snow-White's old enemy, the queen; and as she was dressing herself in fine, rich clothes, she looked in the glass and said, "Tell me, glass, tell me true! Who acts: 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), 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:pg11027:11:87 # text = To the feast was invited, among the rest, Snow-White's old enemy, the queen; and as she was dressing herself in fine, rich clothes, she looked in the glass and said, "Tell me, glass, tell me true! 1 To to ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 feast feast NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 invited invite VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 among among ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 rest rest NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 11 Snow snow NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 White White PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 14 's 's PART POS _ 13 case _ _ 15 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 enemy enemy NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 22 as as SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 23 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 dressing dress VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 26 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 25 obj _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 28 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 30 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 glass glass NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 " " PUNCT `` _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 Tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 ccomp _ _ 43 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 42 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 45 glass glass NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 47 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 conj _ _ 48 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 47 iobj _ _ 49 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ! ! PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **invite** | past · passive | | | | | | to the feast; among the rest and White's old enemy | vn promote-102 «NP V S\_ING» | | 2 | **enemy** | | Snow | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **dress** | past · progressive | White | White | | fine rich clothes | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent herself=Patient | | 4 | **look** | past | White | | | | | in the glass | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in glass=Theme | | 5 | **say** *speech: express* | past | White *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | infinitive | | glass | White | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient glass=Topic | | 7 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | infinitive | | | White | | | true *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Recipient | 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 86](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/11/86/) - next →: [sentence 88](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/11/88/) - ↑ back to [Little Snow White](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/11/)