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title: Many years ago there lived a dear little girl who was beloved by eve… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics
description: Many years ago there lived a dear little girl who was beloved by every one who knew her; but her grand-mother was so very fond of her that she never felt she could think and do enough to please this dear grand-daughter, and she presented the little girl with a red silk cap, which suited her so well,
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# Grimm's Fairy Stories, Little Red Cap, sentence 1

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Many years ago there lived a dear little girl who was beloved by every one who knew her; but her grand-mother was so very fond of her that she never felt she could think and do enough to please this dear grand-daughter, and she presented the little girl with a red silk cap, which suited her so well, that she would never wear anything else, and so was called Little Red-Cap.

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**Who acts:** one, grand mother, girl, this, red silk cap · **What happens:** live, belov, know, be, not feel, think · **To what, where:** dear little girl, girl, little girl, anything · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Grimm's Fairy Stories» by Jacob Grimm, Little Red Cap. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (one, grand mother, girl, this), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg11027:14:1
# text = Many years ago there lived a dear little girl who was beloved by every one who knew her; but her grand-mother was so very fond of her that she never felt she could think and do enough to please this dear grand-daughter, and she presented the little girl with a red silk cap, which suited her so well, that she would never wear anything else, and so was called Little Red-Cap.
1	Many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
3	ago	ago	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	advmod	_	_
5	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	dear	dear	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
8	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
10	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj	_	_
11	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	beloved	belov	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl:relcl	_	_
13	by	by	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	15	det	_	_
15	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
16	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	17	nsubj	_	_
17	knew	know	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	acl:relcl	_	_
18	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	28	punct	_	_
20	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	28	cc	_	_
21	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	24	nmod:poss	_	_
22	grand	grand	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	22	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	nsubj	_	_
25	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	28	cop	_	_
26	so	so	ADV	RB	_	28	advmod	_	_
27	very	very	ADV	RB	_	28	advmod	_	_
28	fond	fond	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
29	of	of	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
30	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	28	obl	_	_
31	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	34	mark	_	_
32	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	34	nsubj	_	_
33	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	34	advmod	_	_
34	felt	feel	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	28	advcl	_	_
35	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	37	nsubj	_	_
36	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	37	aux	_	_
37	think	think	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	34	ccomp	_	_
38	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	39	cc	_	_
39	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	37	conj	_	_
40	enough	enough	ADV	RB	_	39	advmod	_	_
41	to	to	PART	TO	_	42	mark	_	_
42	please	please	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	39	advcl	_	_
43	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	47	nsubj	_	_
44	dear	dear	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	47	amod	_	_
45	grand	grand	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	47	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	45	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	51	punct	_	_
49	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	51	cc	_	_
50	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	51	nsubj	_	_
51	presented	present	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
52	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	54	det	_	_
53	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	54	amod	_	_
54	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	51	obj	_	_
55	with	with	ADP	IN	_	59	case	_	_
56	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	59	det	_	_
57	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	59	amod	_	_
58	silk	silk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	59	compound	_	_
59	cap	cap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	51	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
60	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	62	punct	_	_
61	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	62	nsubj	_	_
62	suited	suit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	59	acl:relcl	_	_
63	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	62	obj	_	_
64	so	so	ADV	RB	_	65	advmod	_	_
65	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	62	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
66	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	71	punct	_	_
67	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	71	mark	_	_
68	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	71	nsubj	_	_
69	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	71	aux	_	_
70	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	71	advmod	_	_
71	wear	wear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	51	conj	_	_
72	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	71	obj	_	_
73	else	else	ADV	RB	_	72	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
74	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	78	punct	_	_
75	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	78	cc	_	_
76	so	so	ADV	RB	_	78	advmod	_	_
77	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	78	aux:pass	_	_
78	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	parataxis	_	_
79	Little	Little	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	78	xcomp	_	_
80	Red	Red	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	79	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
81	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	82	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
82	Cap	Cap	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	79	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
83	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | past |  | a dear little girl |  | there | year |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme girl=Location |
| 2 | **belov** | past · passive | every one | a dear little girl |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **know** | past | every one | girl |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus |
| 4 | **is** | past | girl's grand mother |  |  |  |  | of girl; fond *property* | tree rules |
| 5 | **not** **feel** | past | girl |  |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 6 | **think** *speech: other* | could | girl |  |  |  |  |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 7 | **do** | infinitive | girl *not said here* |  |  |  |  | enough *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 8 | **please** | to-infinitive | girl *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 9 | **daughter** |  | this |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 10 | **present** | past | girl |  | the little girl |  |  | with a red silk cap | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent girl=Recipient with cap=Theme |
| 11 | **suit** | past | a red silk cap | girl |  |  |  | well *property* | tree rules |
| 12 | **not** **wear** | would | girl | anything |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent anything=Theme |
| 13 | **call** | past · passive |  |  |  |  |  | little *property* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V» |

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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.

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**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.

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