--- title: But when again, the old woman stole away the third child, and then a… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: But when again, the old woman stole away the third child, and then accused the Queen, who answered not a word to the accusation, the King was obliged to give her up to be tried, and she was condemned to suffer death by fire. Who acts: old woman, Queen. 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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 (old woman, Queen), 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:pg11027:19:63 # text = But when again, the old woman stole away the third child, and then accused the Queen, who answered not a word to the accusation, the King was obliged to give her up to be tried, and she was condemned to suffer death by fire. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 2 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 3 again again ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 stole steal VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 away away ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 third third ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 12 amod _ _ 12 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 15 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 16 advmod _ _ 16 accused accuse VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 21 nsubj _ _ 21 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 acl:relcl _ _ 22 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 21 advmod _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 accusation accusation NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 31 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux:pass _ _ 32 obliged oblige VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 conj _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 xcomp _ _ 35 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 iobj _ _ 36 up up ADP RP _ 34 compound:prt _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 38 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 39 aux:pass _ _ 39 tried try VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 42 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 43 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux:pass _ _ 44 condemned condemn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 conj _ _ 45 to to PART TO _ 46 mark _ _ 46 suffer suffer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 xcomp _ _ 47 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obj _ _ 48 by by ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **steal away** | past | the old woman | the third child | | | again | away *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location child=Theme | | 2 | **accuse** | past | the old woman *not said here* | the Queen | | | then | | vn suspect-81 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent queen=Theme | | 3 | **not** **answer** *speech: assert* | past | the Queen | a word | | | | to the accusation | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent word=Eventuality | | 4 | **oblige** | past · passive | | the King | | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result | | 5 | **give up** | to-infinitive | | | woman | | | | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Source | | 6 | **try** | to-infinitive · passive | | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle» | | 7 | **condemn** | past · passive | | woman | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **suffer** | to-infinitive | | death | | | | by fire | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer death=Stimulus | 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 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/19/62/) - next →: [sentence 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/19/64/) - ↑ back to [The Six Swans](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/19/)