--- title: The second day the Queen inquired of all her people for uncommon and… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: The second day the Queen inquired of all her people for uncommon and curious names, and called the Dwarf "Ribs-of-Beef," "Sheep-shank," "Whalebone," but at each he said, "This is not my name." Who acts: Queen, name, This. 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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, name, This), 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:pg11027:24:117 # text = The second day the Queen inquired of all her people for uncommon and curious names, and called the Dwarf "Ribs-of-Beef," "Sheep-shank," "Whalebone," but at each he said, "This is not my name." 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 3 amod _ _ 3 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl:unmarked _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 inquired inquire VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 10 det:predet _ _ 9 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ 11 for for ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 12 uncommon uncommon ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 curious curious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 conj _ _ 15 names name NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 Dwarf Dwarf PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 21 " " PUNCT `` _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 Ribs rib NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ SpaceAfter=No 25 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 Beef beef NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 " " PUNCT '' _ 32 punct _ _ 29 " " PUNCT `` _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 Sheep sheep NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 31 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 shank shank NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 " " PUNCT '' _ 32 punct _ _ 35 " " PUNCT `` _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 Whalebone whalebone NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 " " PUNCT '' _ 36 punct _ _ 39 but but CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 40 at at ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 43 obl _ _ 42 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 45 " " PUNCT `` _ 50 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 50 nsubj _ _ 47 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 50 cop _ _ 48 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 50 advmod _ _ 49 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 50 nmod:poss _ _ 50 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **inquire** *speech: other* | past | the Queen | | | | day | of Queen's people for uncommon names | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V PP.recipient how S»: agent=Agent of people=Recipient | | 2 | **call** | past | | | the Dwarf | | | Ribs and Beef *obl* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent dwarf=Recipient | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | name | | | each | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **not** **is a** *in a quote* | present | This | my name | | | | | 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 116](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/24/116/) - next →: [sentence 118](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/24/118/) - ↑ back to [The Three Little Men in the Wood](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/24/)