--- title: The maiden was again quite at a loss what to do; but while she cried… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: The maiden was again quite at a loss what to do; but while she cried the door opened suddenly, as before, and the Dwarf appeared and asked her what she would give him in return for his assistance. " Who acts: maiden, straw, door, Dwarf. 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" **Who acts:** maiden, straw, door, Dwarf, sight · **What happens:** be, do, cry, open, appear, ask · **To what, where:** loss, straw, sight, return · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Grimm's Fairy Stories» by Jacob Grimm, The Three Little Men in the Wood. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (maiden, straw, door, Dwarf), 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:pg11027:24:101 # text = The maiden was again quite at a loss what to do; but while she cried the door opened suddenly, as before, and the Dwarf appeared and asked her what she would give him in return for his assistance. " 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 maiden maiden NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 4 again again ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 quite quite ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 loss loss NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 9 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 11 obj _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ; ; PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 but but CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 14 while while SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 15 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 19 opened open VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 ccomp _ _ 20 suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 as as ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 before before ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 Dwarf Dwarf PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 28 appeared appear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 31 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 iobj _ _ 32 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 35 obj _ _ 33 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 ccomp _ _ 36 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 iobj _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 return return NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 39 for for ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 assistance assistance NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ 43 " " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the maiden | | | a loss | | | tree rules | | 2 | **do** | to-infinitive | | a loss | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | | 3 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | straw | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **open** | past | the door | | | | | before, suddenly *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **appear** | past | the Dwarf | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | straw *not said here* | | straw | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | | 7 | **give** | would | straw | | sight | return | | for sight's assistance | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent he=Recipient what=Theme for assistance=Asset | | 8 | **assist** | | sight | | | | | | nom assistance «act transitive»: poss=agent | 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 100](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/24/100/) - next →: [sentence 102](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/24/102/) - ↑ back to [The Three Little Men in the Wood](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/24/)