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title: The first and second time she did this the sisters thought nothing o… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics
description: The first and second time she did this the sisters thought nothing of it; but when she did the same the third morning their attention was roused, and they said, "All is not right with Two-Eyes, for she has left her meals twice, and has touched nothing of what was left for her; she must have found so
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# Grimm's Fairy Stories, Little One-eye, Two-eyes and Three-eyes, sentence 24

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The first and second time she did this the sisters thought nothing of it; but when she did the same the third morning their attention was roused, and they said, "All is not right with Two-Eyes, for she has left her meals twice, and has touched nothing of what was left for her; she must have found some other way of living."

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**Who acts:** sister, sisters, third morning, leavings, All, other way · **What happens:** do, think, rouse, say, not be, leave · **To what, where:** this, nothing, same, attention, meals, other way · **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 (sister, sisters, third morning, leavings), 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:pg11027:25:24
# text = The first and second time she did this the sisters thought nothing of it; but when she did the same the third morning their attention was roused, and they said, "All is not right with Two-Eyes, for she has left her meals twice, and has touched nothing of what was left for her; she must have found some other way of living."
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	5	amod	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	second	second	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	2	conj	_	_
5	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl:unmarked	_	_
6	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	7	obj	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	sisters	sister	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
11	thought	think	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	11	obj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
16	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
17	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	19	advmod	_	_
18	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	_
19	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	conj	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	obj	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
23	third	third	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	24	amod	_	_
24	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl:unmarked	_	_
25	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	26	nmod:poss	_	_
26	attention	attention	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	nsubj:pass	_	_
27	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	28	aux:pass	_	_
28	roused	rouse	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	24	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
30	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	32	cc	_	_
31	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	32	nsubj	_	_
32	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	38	punct	_	_
34	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	38	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	All	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	38	nsubj	_	_
36	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	38	cop	_	_
37	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	38	advmod	_	_
38	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	32	ccomp	_	_
39	with	with	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
40	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	42	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	40	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	Eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	38	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	47	punct	_	_
44	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	47	mark	_	_
45	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	47	nsubj	_	_
46	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	47	aux	_	_
47	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	32	conj	_	_
48	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	49	nmod:poss	_	_
49	meals	meal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	47	obj	_	_
50	twice	twice	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	47	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	54	punct	_	_
52	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	54	cc	_	_
53	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	54	aux	_	_
54	touched	touch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	47	advcl	_	_
55	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	54	obj	_	_
56	of	of	ADP	IN	_	57	case	_	_
57	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	55	nmod	_	_
58	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	59	aux:pass	_	_
59	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	57	acl:relcl	_	_
60	for	for	ADP	IN	_	61	case	_	_
61	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	59	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
62	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	66	punct	_	_
63	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	66	nsubj	_	_
64	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	66	aux	_	_
65	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	66	aux	_	_
66	found	find	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	11	parataxis	_	_
67	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	69	det	_	_
68	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	69	amod	_	_
69	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	66	obj	_	_
70	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	71	mark	_	_
71	living	live	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	69	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
72	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	66	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
73	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	66	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | sister | this |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent this=Eventuality |
| 2 | **think** *speech: other* | past | the sisters | nothing |  |  | time |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent nothing=Attribute clause=Theme |
| 3 | **do** | past | sister | the same |  |  | morning |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent same=Eventuality |
| 4 | **rouse** | past · passive | the third morning *not said here* | leavings's attention |  |  |  |  | vn stimulate-59.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | leavings *= leaving* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 6 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | present | All |  |  |  |  | with Two Eyes; right *property* | tree rules |
| 7 | **leave** *in a quote* | present · perfect | sister | sister's meals |  |  |  | twice *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meal=Theme |
| 8 | **touch** *in a quote* | present · perfect | sister *not said here* | nothing |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme nothing=Co-Theme |
| 9 | **leave** *in a quote* | past · passive |  |  |  |  |  | for sister | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: for she=Recipient |
| 10 | **find** *in a quote* | must · perfect | sister | some other way |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Topic |
| 11 | **live** *in a quote* | gerund | some other way *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 12 | **attend** |  | leavings *= leaving* |  |  |  |  |  | nom attention «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent |

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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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