--- title: The Miller's daughter thought, "Who can tell if that will ever happe… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: The Miller's daughter thought, "Who can tell if that will ever happen?" and, ignorant how else to help herself out of her trouble, she promised the Dwarf what he desired; and he immediately set about and finished the spinning. Who acts: daughter, that, Miller. 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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 (daughter, that, Miller), 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:pg11027:24:109 # text = The Miller's daughter thought, "Who can tell if that will ever happen?" and, ignorant how else to help herself out of her trouble, she promised the Dwarf what he desired; and he immediately set about and finished the spinning. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Miller Miller PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 " " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 Who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 10 nsubj _ _ 9 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 ccomp _ _ 11 if if SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 12 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 15 nsubj _ _ 13 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 14 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 15 advmod _ _ 15 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 " " PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 ignorant ignorant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ _ 21 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 22 advmod _ _ 22 else else ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 advcl _ _ 25 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 24 obj _ _ 26 out out ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 trouble trouble NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 promised promise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 Dwarf Dwarf PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 37 obj _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 desired desire VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ; ; PUNCT : _ 42 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 40 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 immediately immediately ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 42 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 43 about about ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 finished finish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 conj _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 spinning spinning NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | the Miller's daughter | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | can | | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **happen** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | future | that | | | | ever | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **help** | to-infinitive | the Miller's daughter *not said here* | daughter | | daughter's trouble | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent herself=Beneficiary | | 5 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past | daughter | | the Dwarf | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent dwarf=Theme | | 6 | **desire** | past | Miller | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot what=Theme | | 7 | **set about** | past | Miller | | | | | about, immediately *property* | vn begin-55.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **finish** | past | Miller *not said here* | the spinning | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality spinning=Eventuality | | 9 | **trouble** | | daughter | | | | | | nom trouble «cognition 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 108](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/24/108/) - next →: [sentence 110](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/24/110/) - ↑ back to [The Three Little Men in the Wood](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/24/)