--- title: What does the good-for-nothing thing want in the parlor?" said they;… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: What does the good-for-nothing thing want in the parlor?" said they; and they took away her fine clothes, and gave her an old frock to put on, and laughed at her and turned her into the kitchen. 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:pg11027:15:125 # text = What does the good-for-nothing thing want in the parlor?" said they; and they took away her fine clothes, and gave her an old frock to put on, and laughed at her and turned her into the kitchen. 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 2 does do VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 acl:relcl _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ SpaceAfter=No 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 9 compound _ _ 9 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 10 want want VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 parlor parlor NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 " " PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ _ 16 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 17 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 20 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 parataxis _ _ 22 away away ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 23 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 24 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 29 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 iobj _ _ 30 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 frock frock NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 acl _ _ 35 on on ADP RP _ 34 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 laughed laugh VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 39 at at ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obl _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 conj _ _ 43 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ _ 44 into into ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 kitchen kitchen NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | present | | the good | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent good=Eventuality | | 2 | **want** | present | | | | | | for nothing thing | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | daughters *= daughter* | | | the parlor | | | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent in parlor=Manner | | 4 | **take away** *in a quote* | past | daughters *= daughter* | wife's fine clothes | | | | away *property* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clothes=Theme | | 5 | **give** *in a quote* | past | daughters *= daughter* *not said here* | a old frock | wife | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient frock=Theme | | 6 | **put on** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | daughters *= daughter* *not said here* | a old frock *not said here* | | | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **laugh** *in a quote* | past | daughters *= daughter* *not said here* | | | | | at wife | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **turn** *in a quote* | past | daughters *= daughter* *not said here* | wife | | the kitchen | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent she=Theme into kitchen=Trajectory | 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 124](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/15/124/) - next →: [sentence 126](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/15/126/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Goose](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/15/)