--- title: Meanwhile the maidens were running away, making off for home as well… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: Meanwhile the maidens were running away, making off for home as well as they could; but all of a sudden they were stopped by a well-known voice that called out, "Snow-White, Rose-Red, stay! Who acts: maidens, known voice. 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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 (maidens, known voice), 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:pg11027:23:110 # text = Meanwhile the maidens were running away, making off for home as well as they could; but all of a sudden they were stopped by a well-known voice that called out, "Snow-White, Rose-Red, stay! 1 Meanwhile meanwhile ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 maidens maiden NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 4 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 running run VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 away away ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 making make VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 conj _ _ 9 off off ADP RP _ 8 compound:prt _ _ 10 for for ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 12 as as ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 8 advmod _ _ 14 as as SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 15 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 but but CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 5 obl _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 conj _ _ 22 sudden sudden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 nsubj:pass _ _ 23 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux:pass _ _ 25 stopped stop VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 parataxis _ _ 26 by by ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 28 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 30 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 amod _ _ 31 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 32 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 33 nsubj:pass _ _ 33 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 acl _ _ 34 out out ADP RP _ 33 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 36 " " PUNCT `` _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 Snow snow NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 White White PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 41 Rose Rose PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 Red Red PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 45 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ! ! PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run away** | past · progressive | the maidens | all | | | | away, meanwhile *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **make off** | gerund | the maidens *not said here* | | | | | for home; well *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent for home=Asset | | 3 | **stop** | past · passive | a known voice | sudden | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **know** | participle | | | | | | well *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **call out** *speech: express* | participle · passive | | a known voice | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | | 6 | **stay** *in a quote* | infinitive | a known voice *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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 109](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/23/109/) - next →: [sentence 111](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/23/111/) - ↑ back to [Snow-white and Rose-red](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/23/)