--- title: He was compelled to sit down between the two eldest, and they offere… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: He was compelled to sit down between the two eldest, and they offered him wine, and heaped his plate with the choicest morsels; for they thought they had never seen any one so handsome before. Who acts: 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 (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:pg11027:15:112 # text = He was compelled to sit down between the two eldest, and they offered him wine, and heaped his plate with the choicest morsels; for they thought they had never seen any one so handsome before. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 compelled compel VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 sit sit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 down down ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 7 between between ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 10 nsubj _ _ 10 eldest eld ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 offered offer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 15 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 iobj _ _ 16 wine wine NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 heaped heap VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 plate plate NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 22 with with ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 choicest choice ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 25 amod _ _ 25 morsels morsel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 for for SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 28 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 30 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 31 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 32 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 33 advmod _ _ 33 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 29 ccomp _ _ 34 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 35 det _ _ 35 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 36 so so ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 37 handsome handsome ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 xcomp _ _ 38 before before ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **compel** | past · passive | | BEARSKIN | | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result | | 2 | **sit down** | to-infinitive | | | | the eldest | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent between eld=Location | | 3 | **offer** | past | daughters *= daughter* | wine | BEARSKIN | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent he=Goal wine=Theme | | 4 | **heap** | past | daughters *= daughter* *not said here* | BEARSKIN's plate | | | | with the choicest morsels | vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent plate=Destination with morsel=Theme | | 5 | **think** *speech: other* | past | daughters *= daughter* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 6 | **not** **see** | past · perfect | daughters *= daughter* | any one | | | | before, handsome *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer one=Stimulus | 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 111](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/15/111/) - next →: [sentence 113](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/15/113/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Goose](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/15/)