--- title: When a second child was born, the false stepmother used the same dec… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: When a second child was born, the false stepmother used the same deceit, but the King again would not listen to her words, saying, "She is too pious and good to act so; could she but speak and defend herself, her innocence would come to light." 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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 (false stepmother, King, stepmother, innocence), 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:pg11027:19:62 # text = When a second child was born, the false stepmother used the same deceit, but the King again would not listen to her words, saying, "She is too pious and good to act so; could she but speak and defend herself, her innocence would come to light." 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 4 amod _ _ 4 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 born bear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 false false ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 stepmother stepmother NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 used use VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 deceit deceit NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 16 but but CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 19 again again ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 20 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 21 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 22 advmod _ _ 22 listen listen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 parataxis _ _ 23 to to ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 27 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 22 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 29 " " PUNCT `` _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 31 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 cop _ _ 32 too too ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 pious pious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 ccomp _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 conj _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 act act VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 advcl _ _ 38 so so ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ; ; PUNCT : _ 43 punct _ _ 40 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 41 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 42 but but CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 speak speak VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 parataxis _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 defend defend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 conj _ _ 46 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 48 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 innocence innocence NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nsubj _ _ 50 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 51 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 conj _ _ 52 to to ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 " " PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bear** | past · passive | | a second child | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 2 | **use** | past | the false stepmother | the same deceit | | | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent deceit=Theme clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **not** **listen** | would | the King | | | | | to stepmother's words | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to word=Theme | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | the King *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | present | stepmother | | | | | pious *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **be** *in a quote* | | stepmother *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **act** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | stepmother *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **speak** *speech: other* *in a quote* | could | stepmother | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **defend** *in a quote* | infinitive | stepmother *not said here* | stepmother | | | | | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent herself=Beneficiary | | 10 | **come** *in a quote* | would | stepmother's innocence | | | light | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to light=Initial\_Location | | 11 | **word** | | stepmother | | | | | | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/19/61/) - next →: [sentence 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/19/63/) - ↑ back to [The Six Swans](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/19/)