--- title: And when she kept on begging, to get rid of her, she said at last, "… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: And when she kept on begging, to get rid of her, she said at last, "I will throw this basinful of peas into the ash heap, and if you have picked them all out in two hours' time you shall go to the feast too." Who acts: CINDERELLA, you. 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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, you), 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:pg11027:15:139 # text = And when she kept on begging, to get rid of her, she said at last, "I will throw this basinful of peas into the ash heap, and if you have picked them all out in two hours' time you shall go to the feast too." 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 2 when when SCONJ WRB _ 4 mark _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 advcl _ _ 5 on on SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 6 begging beg VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 10 rid rid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 xcomp _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 14 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 16 at at ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 " " PUNCT `` _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 throw throw VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 ccomp _ _ 23 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 24 det _ _ 24 basinful basinful NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 peas pea NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nmod _ _ 27 into into ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 ash ash NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 compound _ _ 30 heap heap NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 33 if if SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 34 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj:pass _ _ 35 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 picked pick VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 conj _ _ 37 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 all all ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 39 out out ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 40 in in ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 41 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 42 nummod _ _ 42 hours hour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ' 's PART POS _ 42 case _ _ 44 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 45 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 46 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 47 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 acl:relcl _ _ 48 to to ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 feast feast NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ _ 51 too too ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 " " PUNCT '' _ 22 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | past | CINDERELLA | | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **beg** *speech: request* | gerund | CINDERELLA *not said here* | | | | | | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **get** | to-infinitive | CINDERELLA *not said here* | | | | | rid *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | CINDERELLA | | | last | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **throw** *in a quote* | future | CINDERELLA | this basinful of peas | | | | into the ash heap *result* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Causer basinful=Theme into heap=Result | | 6 | **pick** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | you | | | time | out *property* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: subject=Beneficiary they=Theme | | 7 | **go** *in a quote* | shall | you | two hours's time *not said here* | | | | to the feast | 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 138](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/15/138/) - next →: [sentence 140](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/15/140/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Goose](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/15/)