--- title: The Queen began to weep and groan so much that the Dwarf pitied her,… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: The Queen began to weep and groan so much that the Dwarf pitied her, and said, "I will leave you three days to consider; if you in that time discover my name you shall keep your child." Who acts: Queen, Dwarf, I, you. 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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 (Queen, Dwarf, I, you), 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:pg11027:24:114 # text = The Queen began to weep and groan so much that the Dwarf pitied her, and said, "I will leave you three days to consider; if you in that time discover my name you shall keep your child." 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 weep weep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 groan groan VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 8 so so ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 much much ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 10 that that SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 Dwarf Dwarf PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 pitied pity VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ _ 14 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 " " PUNCT `` _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 ccomp _ _ 23 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ _ 24 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 25 nummod _ _ 25 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obj _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 consider consider VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 29 if if SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 30 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 31 in in ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 33 det _ _ 33 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 34 discover discover VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 35 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 37 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 ccomp _ _ 40 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **begin** | past | the Queen | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **weep** | to-infinitive | the Queen *not said here* | | | | | | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **groan** | infinitive | the Queen *not said here* | | | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **pity** | past | the Dwarf | Queen | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **leave** *in a quote* | future | I | you | | | day | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | | 7 | **consider** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V whether/if S»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **discover** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | infinitive | you | | | | time | | vn discover-84-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 9 | **keep** *in a quote* | shall | my name | your child | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Theme | | 10 | **name** *in a quote* | | my | | | | | | nom name «communication 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 113](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/24/113/) - next →: [sentence 115](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/24/115/) - ↑ back to [The Three Little Men in the Wood](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/24/)