--- title: Still all three stayed, and she said, "I cannot think what this mean… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: Still all three stayed, and she said, "I cannot think what this means; perhaps it is that the third cheese has missed his way: I will send a fourth, that he may call him as he goes by." Who acts: three, Catherine, this, rogue. 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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 (three, Catherine, this, rogue), 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:pg11027:12:46 # text = Still all three stayed, and she said, "I cannot think what this means; perhaps it is that the third cheese has missed his way: I will send a fourth, that he may call him as he goes by." 1 Still still ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 3 det _ _ 3 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nsubj _ _ 4 stayed stay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 10 " " PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 12 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 13 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 14 advmod _ _ 14 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 ccomp _ _ 15 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 17 obj _ _ 16 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 17 nsubj _ _ 17 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 19 perhaps perhaps ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 20 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj:pass _ _ 21 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 22 that that SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 third third ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 25 amod _ _ 25 cheese cheese NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj:pass _ _ 26 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 missed miss VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 28 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 : : PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 31 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 send send VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 fourth fourth NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 that that SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 call call VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 parataxis _ _ 41 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ _ 42 as as SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 43 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 goes go VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 advcl _ _ 45 by by ADP IN _ 44 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 " " PUNCT '' _ 33 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stay** | past | all three | | | | still | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Catherine | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **not** **think** *speech: other* *in a quote* | can | Catherine | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 4 | **mean** *in a quote* | present | this | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | cheese | | | | miss, perhaps *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **send** *in a quote* | future | Catherine | a fourth | | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fourth=Theme | | 7 | **call** *in a quote* | may | rogue | | dog | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 8 | **go by** *in a quote* | present | rogue | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/12/45/) - next →: [sentence 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/12/47/) - ↑ back to [Catherine and Frederick](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/12/)