--- title: Then she did as she was told, but when all was done she could not he… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: Then she did as she was told, but when all was done she could not help crying, for she thought to herself, she would have liked to go to the dance too, and at last she begged her mother very hard to let her go, "You! Who acts: CINDERELLA. 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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 (CINDERELLA), 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:pg11027:15:137 # text = Then she did as she was told, but when all was done she could not help crying, for she thought to herself, she would have liked to go to the dance too, and at last she begged her mother very hard to let her go, "You! 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 52 aux _ _ 4 as as SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 9 but but CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 10 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 13 advmod _ _ 11 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 13 nsubj:pass _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux:pass _ _ 13 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 14 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 15 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 16 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 17 advmod _ _ 17 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 advcl _ _ 18 crying cry VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 for for SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 21 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 advcl _ _ 23 to to ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 27 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 28 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 29 aux _ _ 29 liked like VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 conj _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 xcomp _ _ 32 to to ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 dance dance NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 35 too too ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 38 at at ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 obl _ _ 40 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 begged beg VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 52 cop _ _ 42 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 44 very very ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 45 hard hard ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 ccomp _ _ 46 to to PART TO _ 47 mark _ _ 47 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 xcomp _ _ 48 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 obj _ _ 49 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 51 " " PUNCT `` _ 52 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 53 ! ! PUNCT . _ 52 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past · passive | | CINDERELLA | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | | 2 | **do** | past · passive | | all | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 3 | **not** **help** | could | CINDERELLA | | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **cry** *speech: express* | gerund | | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **think** *speech: other* | past | CINDERELLA | | CINDERELLA | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **like** | would · perfect | CINDERELLA | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 7 | **go** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | CINDERELLA *not said here* | | | the dance | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to dance=Initial\_Location | | 8 | **let** | to-infinitive | | CINDERELLA | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **go** | infinitive | CINDERELLA *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **is a** *in a quote* | past · do-support | | CINDERELLA | | | | | tree rules | 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 136](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/15/136/) - next →: [sentence 138](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/15/138/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Goose](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/15/)