--- title: So she told her father how it had happened, and he, getting up, saw… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: So she told her father how it had happened, and he, getting up, saw it was quite true; and going to the widow he settled the matter, and the wedding was celebrated. Who acts: girl, it, widow, boot. 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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 (girl, it, widow, boot), 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:pg11027:24:9 # text = So she told her father how it had happened, and he, getting up, saw it was quite true; and going to the widow he settled the matter, and the wedding was celebrated. 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 iobj _ _ 6 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 9 advmod _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 happened happen VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 getting get VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 conj _ _ 15 up up ADP RP _ 14 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 18 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 19 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 20 quite quite ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 21 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 24 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 29 advcl _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 widow widow NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 settled settle VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 matter matter NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 wedding wedding NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj:pass _ _ 36 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux:pass _ _ 37 celebrated celebrate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 38 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | girl | | girl's father | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent father=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **happen** | past · perfect | it | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **get up** | gerund | widow | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **see** | past | girl *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **is** | past | boot | | | | | true *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **go** | gerund | widow *not said here* | | | | | to the widow | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to widow=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **settle** | past | widow | the matter | | | | | vn odge-46-1 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme matter=Location | | 8 | **celebrate** | past · passive | | the wedding | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/24/8/) - next →: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/24/10/) - ↑ back to [The Three Little Men in the Wood](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/24/)