--- title: Then she began to lament, and to cry more loudly and more loudly; an… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: Then she began to lament, and to cry more loudly and more loudly; and, as she cried, a voice called out, "Why weepest thou, O King's daughter? thy tears would melt even a stone to pity." Who acts: she, daughter. 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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 (she, daughter), 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:pg11027:21:6 # text = Then she began to lament, and to cry more loudly and more loudly; and, as she cried, a voice called out, "Why weepest thou, O King's daughter? thy tears would melt even a stone to pity." 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 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 lament lament VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 cry cry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 10 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 11 advmod _ _ 11 loudly loudly ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 14 advmod _ _ 14 loudly loudly ADV RB _ 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 18 as as SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 19 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 24 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 acl _ _ 25 out out ADP RP _ 24 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 " " PUNCT `` _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 29 advmod _ _ 29 weepest weep VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 30 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 32 O O PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 compound _ _ 33 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 34 's 's PART POS _ 33 case _ _ 35 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ? ? PUNCT . _ 35 punct _ _ 37 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 tears tear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 nsubj _ _ 39 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 melt melt VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 41 even even ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 45 pity pity VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **begin** | past | she | | | | then | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **lament** | to-infinitive | she *not said here* | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **cry** *speech: express* | to-infinitive | she *not said here* | | | | | loudly *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | she | a voice | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **call out** *speech: assert* | participle | | a voice *not said here* | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **weep** *in a quote* | present | she *not said here* | thou | | | | | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent thou=Theme | | 7 | **melt** *in a quote* | would | O King's daughter | a stone | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 8 | **pity** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | O King's daughter *not said here* | a stone *not said here* | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | 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 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/21/5/) - next →: [sentence 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/21/7/) - ↑ back to [The Frog Prince](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/21/)