--- title: They were always seen hand in hand; and should Snow-White say to her… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: They were always seen hand in hand; and should Snow-White say to her sister, "We will never separate," the other would reply, "Not while we live," the mother adding, "That which one has, let her always share with the other." Who acts: White, We, other, mother. 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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 (White, We, other, mother), 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:pg11027:23:7 # text = They were always seen hand in hand; and should Snow-White say to her sister, "We will never separate," the other would reply, "Not while we live," the mother adding, "That which one has, let her always share with the other." 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 3 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 4 advmod _ _ 4 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ; ; PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 Snow snow VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 12 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 White White PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 14 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 19 " " PUNCT `` _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 We we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 21 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 22 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 23 advmod _ _ 23 separate separate VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 " " PUNCT `` _ 29 punct _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 nsubj _ _ 28 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 reply reply VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 31 " " PUNCT `` _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 Not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 35 advmod _ _ 33 while while SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 34 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 live live VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 " " PUNCT `` _ 40 punct _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 40 adding add VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 29 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 42 " " PUNCT `` _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 That that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 45 det _ _ 44 which which DET WDT PronType=Int 45 det _ _ 45 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nsubj _ _ 46 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 48 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 46 parataxis _ _ 49 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 obj _ _ 50 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 51 advmod _ _ 51 share share VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 48 advcl _ _ 52 with with ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 56 " " PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past · passive | | children *= child* | | hand | | always *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **snow** | should | | | | | | | vn weather-57 «It V PP.theme» | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | White | | White's sister | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to sister=Recipient | | 4 | **not** **separate** *in a quote* | future | We | | | | | | vn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **reply** *speech: assert* | would | the other | | | | | | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **not** **live** *in a quote* | present | we | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **add** *speech: assert* | gerund | the mother | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **have** *in a quote* | present | that one | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **let** *in a quote* | infinitive | | White | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 10 | **share** *in a quote* | present | | | | | | with the other; always *property* | tree rules | 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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/23/6/) - next →: [sentence 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/23/8/) - ↑ back to [Snow-white and Rose-red](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/23/)