--- title: The bride kept silence, and would not be drawn from her purpose by a… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: The bride kept silence, and would not be drawn from her purpose by all these taunts; and meanwhile Bearskin wandered about in the world, doing good where he could, and giving liberally to the poor, for which they prayed heartily for him. Who acts: bride, taunts, Bearskin, daughters. 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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 (bride, taunts, Bearskin, daughters), 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:pg11027:15:103 # text = The bride kept silence, and would not be drawn from her purpose by all these taunts; and meanwhile Bearskin wandered about in the world, doing good where he could, and giving liberally to the poor, for which they prayed heartily for him. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 bride bride NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 silence silence NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 7 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 8 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 10 advmod _ _ 9 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 10 aux:pass _ _ 10 drawn draw VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 11 from from ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 purpose purpose NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 14 by by ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 17 det:predet _ _ 16 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 17 det _ _ 17 taunts taunt NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 20 meanwhile meanwhile ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 21 Bearskin Bearskin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 22 wandered wander VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 23 about about ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 24 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 28 doing do VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 22 advcl _ _ 29 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 obj _ _ 30 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 32 advmod _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 giving give VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 22 advcl _ _ 36 liberally liberally ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 37 to to ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 41 for for ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 44 obl _ _ 43 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 prayed pray VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 45 heartily heartily ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 46 for for ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | past | the bride | silence | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent silence=Theme | | 2 | **not** **draw** | would · passive | all taunts | | | | | from bride's purpose | vn split-23.2 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient from purpose=Co-Patient | | 3 | **wander** | past | Bearskin | | | the world | | about, meanwhile *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in world=Trajectory | | 4 | **do** | gerund | Bearskin *not said here* | good | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent good=Eventuality | | 5 | **give** | gerund | Bearskin *not said here* | | the poor | | | liberally *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to poor=Recipient | | 6 | **pray** | past | daughters *= daughter* | | | | | for BEARSKIN; heartily *property* | vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for which=Theme | | 7 | **purpose** | | bride | | | | | | nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: poss=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 102](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/15/102/) - next →: [sentence 104](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/15/104/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Goose](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/15/)