--- title: The little sister, however, made a solemn resolution to rescue her b… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: The little sister, however, made a solemn resolution to rescue her brothers, or die in the attempt; and she left the cottage, and, penetrating deep into the forest, passed the night amid the branches of a tree. Who acts: little sister, sister. 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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 (little sister, sister), 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:pg11027:19:40 # text = The little sister, however, made a solemn resolution to rescue her brothers, or die in the attempt; and she left the cottage, and, penetrating deep into the forest, passed the night amid the branches of a tree. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 however however ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 7 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 solemn solemn ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 resolution resolution NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 rescue rescue VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 advcl _ _ 13 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 or or CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 conj _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 attempt attempt NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 cottage cottage NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 30 penetrating penetrate VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 24 advcl _ _ 31 deep deep ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 32 into into ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 36 passed pass VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 compound _ _ 39 amid amid NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 branches branch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obj _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past | the little sister | a solemn resolution | | | | however *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent resolution=Product | | 2 | **rescue** | to-infinitive | the little sister *not said here* | sister's brothers | | | | | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brother=Theme | | 3 | **die** | infinitive | the little sister *not said here* | | | | | in the attempt | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in attempt=Attribute | | 4 | **leave** | past | sister | the cottage | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cottage=Theme | | 5 | **penetrate** | gerund | sister *not said here* | | | the forest | | | vn poke-19 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **pass** | past | sister *not said here* | the night amid | | | | | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent amid=Recipient branch=Theme | 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 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/19/39/) - next →: [sentence 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/19/41/) - ↑ back to [The Six Swans](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/19/)