--- title: But when she was gone out of doors the three Dwarfs said one to anot… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: But when she was gone out of doors the three Dwarfs said one to another, "What shall we give her, because she is so gentle and good, and has shared her bread with us?" Who acts: three Dwarfs, we, girl. 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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 (three Dwarfs, we, girl), 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:pg11027:24:32 # text = But when she was gone out of doors the three Dwarfs said one to another, "What shall we give her, because she is so gentle and good, and has shared her bread with us?" 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 2 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 advcl _ _ 6 out out ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 doors door NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obl _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 11 nummod _ _ 11 Dwarfs dwarf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nsubj _ _ 12 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 12 obj _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 17 " " PUNCT `` _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 21 obj _ _ 19 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 20 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 ccomp _ _ 22 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 24 because because SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 25 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 26 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 27 so so ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 28 gentle gentle ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 parataxis _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 33 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 shared share VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 21 parataxis _ _ 35 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 bread bread NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 37 with with ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ? ? PUNCT . _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 " " PUNCT '' _ 21 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go out** | past · passive | | girl | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: ask* | past | the three Dwarfs | one | | doors | | to another | tree rules | | 3 | **give** *in a quote* | shall | we | | girl | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient what=Theme | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | present | girl | | | | | gentle *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **be** *in a quote* | | girl *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **share** *in a quote* | present · perfect | | girl's bread | | | | with us | 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 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/24/31/) - next →: [sentence 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/24/33/) - ↑ back to [The Three Little Men in the Wood](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/24/)