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title: Once upon a time there was a Woman, who had three daughters, the eld… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics
description: Once upon a time there was a Woman, who had three daughters, the eldest of whom was named One-Eye, because she had but a single eye, and that placed in the middle of her forehead; the second was called Two-Eyes, because she was like other mortals; and the third, Three-Eyes, because she had three eye
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# Grimm's Fairy Stories, Little One-eye, Two-eyes and Three-eyes, sentence 1

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Once upon a time there was a Woman, who had three daughters, the eldest of whom was named One-Eye, because she had but a single eye, and that placed in the middle of her forehead; the second was called Two-Eyes, because she was like other mortals; and the third, Three-Eyes, because she had three eyes, and one of them in the centre of her forehead, like her eldest sister.

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**Who acts:** Woman · **What happens:** be, have, name, place, call · **To what, where:** three daughters, One, single eye, that, middle, second · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Grimm's Fairy Stories» by Jacob Grimm, Little One-eye, Two-eyes and Three-eyes. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Woman), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg11027:25:1
# text = Once upon a time there was a Woman, who had three daughters, the eldest of whom was named One-Eye, because she had but a single eye, and that placed in the middle of her forehead; the second was called Two-Eyes, because she was like other mortals; and the third, Three-Eyes, because she had three eyes, and one of them in the centre of her forehead, like her eldest sister.
1	Once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	6	advmod	_	_
2	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	6	expl	_	_
6	was	be	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
11	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	appos	_	_
12	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	13	nummod	_	_
13	daughters	daughter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	eldest	eld	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	13	appos	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	whom	whom	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	16	obl	_	_
19	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	20	aux:pass	_	_
20	named	name	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	18	acl:relcl	_	_
21	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	20	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	23	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	Eye	Eye	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	21	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
25	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	27	mark	_	_
26	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	27	nsubj	_	_
27	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	parataxis	_	_
28	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	31	cc	_	_
29	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	31	det	_	_
30	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	31	amod	_	_
31	eye	eye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	_
33	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	35	cc	_	_
34	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	35	nsubj:pass	_	_
35	placed	place	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	27	conj	_	_
36	in	in	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
37	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
38	middle	middle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	obl	_	_
39	of	of	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
40	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	41	nmod:poss	_	_
41	forehead	forehead	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	46	punct	_	_
43	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	44	det	_	_
44	second	second	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	46	nsubj	_	_
45	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	46	aux:pass	_	_
46	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	35	parataxis	_	_
47	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	49	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	47	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	Eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	46	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
50	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	56	punct	_	_
51	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	56	mark	_	_
52	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	56	nsubj	_	_
53	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	56	cop	_	_
54	like	like	ADP	IN	_	56	case	_	_
55	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	56	amod	_	_
56	mortals	mortal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	46	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
57	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	60	punct	_	_
58	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	60	cc	_	_
59	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	60	det	_	_
60	third	third	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	6	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
61	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	64	punct	_	_
62	Three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	64	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
63	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	62	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
64	Eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	60	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
65	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	68	punct	_	_
66	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	68	mark	_	_
67	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	68	nsubj	_	_
68	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	60	conj	_	_
69	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	70	nummod	_	_
70	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	68	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
71	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	78	punct	_	_
72	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	78	cc	_	_
73	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	78	nsubj	_	_
74	of	of	ADP	IN	_	75	case	_	_
75	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	73	nmod	_	_
76	in	in	ADP	IN	_	78	case	_	_
77	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	78	det	_	_
78	centre	centre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	68	obl	_	_
79	of	of	ADP	IN	_	81	case	_	_
80	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	81	nmod:poss	_	_
81	forehead	forehead	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	78	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
82	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	86	punct	_	_
83	like	like	ADP	IN	_	86	case	_	_
84	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	86	nmod:poss	_	_
85	eldest	eld	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	86	amod	_	_
86	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	78	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
87	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** | past | a Woman |  |  | there |  | once *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **have** | past | a Woman | three daughters |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent daughter=Patient |
| 3 | **name** | past · passive |  | One |  |  |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: one=Theme |
| 4 | **have** | past | Woman | a single eye |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Patient |
| 5 | **place** | participle · passive |  | that |  | the middle of Woman's forehead |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in middle=Destination |
| 6 | **call** | past · passive |  | the second |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |
| 7 | **is** | past | Woman |  |  |  |  | like other mortals | tree rules |
| 8 | **have** | past | Woman | three eyes |  | the centre of Woman's forehead and Woman's eldest sister |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Patient |

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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.

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**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.

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