--- title: Snow-White was very sad when she said good-bye to the good-natured b… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: Snow-White was very sad when she said good-bye to the good-natured beast, and unfastened the door, that he might go; but in going out he was caught by a hook in the lintel, and a scrap of his fur being torn, Snow-White thought there was something shining like gold through the rent: but he went out s --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/23/42/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Grimm's Fairy Stories](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/) / [Snow-white and Rose-red](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/23/) / 42 # Grimm's Fairy Stories, Snow-white and Rose-red, sentence 42 Snow-White was very sad when she said good-bye to the good-natured beast, and unfastened the door, that he might go; but in going out he was caught by a hook in the lintel, and a scrap of his fur being torn, Snow-White thought there was something shining like gold through the rent: but he went out so quickly that she could not feel certain what it was, and soon he was hidden among the trees. **Who acts:** Snow, White, sunshine, hook, something · **What happens:** be, say, unfasten, go, go out, catch · **To what, where:** good bye, good natured beast, door, sunshine, scrap, rent · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Grimm's Fairy Stories» by Jacob Grimm, Snow-white and Rose-red. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Snow, White, sunshine, hook), 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:pg11027:23:42 # text = Snow-White was very sad when she said good-bye to the good-natured beast, and unfastened the door, that he might go; but in going out he was caught by a hook in the lintel, and a scrap of his fur being torn, Snow-White thought there was something shining like gold through the rent: but he went out so quickly that she could not feel certain what it was, and soon he was hidden among the trees. 1 Snow snow NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 White White PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 very very ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 sad sad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 7 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 9 advmod _ _ 8 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 10 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 bye bye NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 15 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 natured natured ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 beast beast NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 unfastened unfasten VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 conj _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 that that SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 30 but but CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 31 in in SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 32 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 36 advcl _ _ 33 out out ADP RP _ 32 compound:prt _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj:pass _ _ 35 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux:pass _ _ 36 caught catch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 conj _ _ 37 by by ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 hook hook NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 40 in in ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 lintel lintel NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 scrap scrap NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nsubj:pass _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 fur fur NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod _ _ 50 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 51 aux:pass _ _ 51 torn tear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 53 Snow snow NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 55 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 White White PROPN NNP Number=Sing 53 vocative _ _ 56 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 advcl _ _ 57 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 58 expl _ _ 58 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 56 ccomp _ _ 59 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 58 nsubj _ _ 60 shining shine VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 59 acl _ _ 61 like like ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 62 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 obl _ _ 63 through through ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 64 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 65 rent rent NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 66 : : PUNCT : _ 69 punct _ _ 67 but but CCONJ CC _ 69 cc _ _ 68 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 69 nsubj _ _ 69 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 56 parataxis _ _ 70 out out ADV RB _ 69 advmod _ _ 71 so so ADV RB _ 72 advmod _ _ 72 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 69 advmod _ _ 73 that that SCONJ IN _ 77 mark _ _ 74 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 77 nsubj _ _ 75 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 77 aux _ _ 76 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 77 advmod _ _ 77 feel feel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 69 advcl _ _ 78 certain certain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 77 xcomp _ _ 79 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 78 obj _ _ 80 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 81 nsubj _ _ 81 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 79 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 82 , , PUNCT , _ 87 punct _ _ 83 and and CCONJ CC _ 87 cc _ _ 84 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 87 advmod _ _ 85 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 87 nsubj _ _ 86 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 87 aux:pass _ _ 87 hidden hide VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 69 conj _ _ 88 among among ADP IN _ 90 case _ _ 89 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 90 det _ _ 90 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 87 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 91 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | Snow | | | | | sad *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | White | good bye | the good natured beast | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent bye=Topic to beast=Recipient | | 3 | **unfasten** | participle | White *not said here* | the door | | | | | vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Patient | | 4 | **go** | might | sunshine | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **go out** | gerund | a hook in the lintel *not said here* | | | | | | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **catch** | past · passive | a hook in the lintel | sunshine | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | | 7 | **tear** | gerund · passive | | a scrap of sunshine's fur | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | | 8 | **think** *speech: other* | past | Snow | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 9 | **be** | past | something | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **shine** | gerund | | | | the rent | | like gold | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through rent=Location | | 11 | **go out** | past | sunshine | | | | | out, quickly *property* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 12 | **not** **feel** | could | White | | | | | certain *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 13 | **hide** | past · passive | | sunshine | | the trees | | soon *property* | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Patient among tree=Location | 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 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/23/41/) - next →: [sentence 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/23/43/) - ↑ back to [Snow-white and Rose-red](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/23/)