--- title: Then, laying her ugly daughter in the bed, the old woman covered her… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: Then, laying her ugly daughter in the bed, the old woman covered her up, even over her head; and when the King came back he wished to speak to his wife, but the old woman exclaimed, "Softly! softly! do not go near her; she is lying in a beautiful sleep, and must be kept quiet to-day." 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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 (old woman, King, woman), 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:pg11027:24:66 # text = Then, laying her ugly daughter in the bed, the old woman covered her up, even over her head; and when the King came back he wished to speak to his wife, but the old woman exclaimed, "Softly! softly! do not go near her; she is lying in a beautiful sleep, and must be kept quiet to-day." 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 laying lay VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 advcl _ _ 4 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 5 ugly ugly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 14 covered cover VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ _ 16 up up ADP RP _ 14 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 even even ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 19 over over ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 24 when when SCONJ WRB _ 27 mark _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 27 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 advcl _ _ 28 back back ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 wished wish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 speak speak VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 xcomp _ _ 33 to to ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 37 but but CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 41 exclaimed exclaim VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 50 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 " " PUNCT `` _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 Softly softly ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ! ! PUNCT . _ 44 punct _ _ 46 softly softly ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ! ! PUNCT . _ 41 punct _ _ 48 do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 49 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 50 advmod _ _ 50 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 ccomp _ _ 51 near near ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 ; ; PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 54 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 56 nsubj _ _ 55 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 56 aux _ _ 56 lying lie VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 advcl _ _ 57 in in ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 58 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 59 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 60 amod _ _ 60 sleep sleep NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 61 , , PUNCT , _ 65 punct _ _ 62 and and CCONJ CC _ 65 cc _ _ 63 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 65 aux _ _ 64 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 65 aux:pass _ _ 65 kept keep VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 conj _ _ 66 quiet quiet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 65 xcomp _ _ 67 to to ADP IN _ 69 case _ SpaceAfter=No 68 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 67 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 69 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 70 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 71 " " PUNCT '' _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lay** | gerund | the old woman *not said here* | Queen's ugly daughter | | the bed | then | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent daughter=Theme in bed=Destination | | 2 | **cover up** | past | the old woman | | daughter | | | | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Destination | | 3 | **come back** | past | the King | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **wish** | past | King | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V that S»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 5 | **speak** *speech: other* *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | King *not said here* | | | | | to King's wife | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to wife=Co-Agent | | 6 | **exclaim** *speech: express* | participle | the old woman | | | | | softly *property* | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **not** **go** *in a quote* | infinitive · do-support | | | | | | near woman | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme near she=Location | | 8 | **lie** *in a quote* | present · progressive | woman | | | a beautiful sleep | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in sleep=Location | | 9 | **keep** *in a quote* | must · passive | the old woman *not said here* | | | | day | quiet *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP» | 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 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/24/65/) - next →: [sentence 67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/24/67/) - ↑ back to [The Three Little Men in the Wood](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/24/)