--- title: There she sat for a long time, thinking how to save her life; for sh… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: There she sat for a long time, thinking how to save her life; for she understood nothing of the art whereby straw might be spun into gold; and her perplexity increased more and more, till at last she began to weep. Who acts: daughter, perplexity. 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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 (daughter, perplexity), 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:pg11027:24:92 # text = There she sat for a long time, thinking how to save her life; for she understood nothing of the art whereby straw might be spun into gold; and her perplexity increased more and more, till at last she began to weep. 1 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 3 expl _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 thinking think VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 10 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 12 advmod _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 save save VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 ccomp _ _ 13 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 for for SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 17 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 understood understand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 19 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 18 obj _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 art art NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ _ 23 whereby whereby ADV WRB PronType=Int 27 advmod _ _ 24 straw straw NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj:pass _ _ 25 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 26 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 27 aux:pass _ _ 27 spun spin VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 acl _ _ 28 into into ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ; ; PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 32 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 perplexity perplexity NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 34 increased increase VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 35 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 34 advmod _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 35 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 till till ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 at at ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 obl _ _ 42 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 acl:relcl _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 45 weep weep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit** | past | daughter | | | there | time | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | gerund | daughter *not said here* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **save** | to-infinitive | | daughter's life | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Theme | | 4 | **understand** | past | daughter | nothing | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer nothing=Stimulus | | 5 | **spin** | might · passive | | straw | | gold | | whereby *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme into gold=Trajectory | | 6 | **increase** | past | daughter's perplexity | | | | till last | | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 7 | **begin** | past | daughter | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 8 | **weep** | to-infinitive | daughter *not said here* | | | | | | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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 91](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/24/91/) - next →: [sentence 93](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/24/93/) - ↑ back to [The Three Little Men in the Wood](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/24/)