--- title: "Just see her arrogance," said the step-sister, "to throw away money… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: "Just see her arrogance," said the step-sister, "to throw away money in that way!" but in her heart she was jealous, and wished to go into the forest, too, to seek strawberries. Who acts: step sister, 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 (step sister, 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:pg11027:24:42 # text = "Just see her arrogance," said the step-sister, "to throw away money in that way!" but in her heart she was jealous, and wished to go into the forest, too, to seek strawberries. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Just just ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 ccomp _ _ 4 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 arrogance arrogance NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 8 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 10 step step NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 11 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 " " PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 throw throw VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 ccomp _ _ 17 away away ADP RP _ 16 compound:prt _ _ 18 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 21 det _ _ 21 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ! ! PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 " " PUNCT '' _ 16 punct _ _ 24 but but CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 28 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 30 jealous jealous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 wished wish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 xcomp _ _ 36 into into ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 40 too too ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 seek seek VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 conj _ _ 44 strawberries strawberry NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** *in a quote* | infinitive | | girl's arrogance | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer arrogance=Stimulus | | 2 | **say** *speech: express* | past | the step sister | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **throw away** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | money | | that way | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent money=Theme in way=Destination | | 4 | **is** | past | girl | | | girl's heart | | jealous *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **wish** | past | the step sister *not said here* | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 6 | **go** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the step sister *not said here* | | | the forest | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into forest=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **seek** | to-infinitive | the step sister *not said here* | strawberries | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent strawberry=Theme | 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 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/24/41/) - next →: [sentence 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/24/43/) - ↑ back to [The Three Little Men in the Wood](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/24/)