--- title: You are no better than common folk," they would say to her; "you do… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: You are no better than common folk," they would say to her; "you do not belong to us"; and then they would push her about, give her coarse clothing, and nothing to eat but their leavings, besides numerous other insults as occasion offered. Who acts: You, daughters. 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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 (You, daughters), 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:pg11027:25:3 # text = You are no better than common folk," they would say to her; "you do not belong to us"; and then they would push her about, give her coarse clothing, and nothing to eat but their leavings, besides numerous other insults as occasion offered. 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 no no ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ 5 than than ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 common common ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 folk folk NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 " " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ _ 10 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 16 " " PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 18 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 19 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 20 advmod _ _ 20 belong belong VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 parataxis _ _ 21 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 " " PUNCT '' _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 26 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 29 advmod _ _ 27 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 push push VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 conj _ _ 30 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 about about ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 33 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 conj _ _ 34 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 35 coarse coarse ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 clothing clothing NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 33 obl _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 acl _ _ 42 but but CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 43 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 leavings leaving NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 46 besides besides ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 47 numerous numerous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 48 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 insults insult NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obl _ _ 50 as as ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 occasion occasion NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nmod _ _ 52 offered offer VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 49 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is** | present | You | | | | | than common folk; good *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | would | daughters *= daughter* | | sister | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to she=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **not** **belong** | present · do-support | you | | us | | | | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **push** *in a quote* | would | daughters *= daughter* | sister | | | then | about *property* | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 5 | **give** *in a quote* | infinitive | daughters *= daughter* *not said here* | sister's coarse clothing | | | | nothing *obl* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clothing=Theme | | 6 | **eat** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | daughters *= daughter* *not said here* | daughters's leavings | | | | besides numerous other insults as occasion | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leaving=Patient | | 7 | **offer** *in a quote* | participle | | numerous other insults as occasion *not said here* | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: 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 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/25/2/) - next →: [sentence 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/25/4/) - ↑ back to [Little One-eye, Two-eyes and Three-eyes](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/25/)