--- title: The two elder sisters were quite ignorant how the tree came where it… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: The two elder sisters were quite ignorant how the tree came where it stood; but Two-Eyes perceived that it was produced by the goat's entrails, for it stood on the exact spot where she had buried them. Who acts: two elder sisters, tree, Two Eyes, entrails. 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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 (two elder sisters, tree, Two Eyes, entrails), 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:pg11027:25:67 # text = The two elder sisters were quite ignorant how the tree came where it stood; but Two-Eyes perceived that it was produced by the goat's entrails, for it stood on the exact spot where she had buried them. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 3 elder elder ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 sisters sister NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 5 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 quite quite ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 ignorant ignorant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 8 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 11 advmod _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ _ 12 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 14 advmod _ _ 13 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 16 but but CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 17 Two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 19 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 Eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nsubj _ _ 20 perceived perceive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 21 that that SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 22 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj:pass _ _ 23 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux:pass _ _ 24 produced produce VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 ccomp _ _ 25 by by ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 goat goat NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 28 's 's PART POS _ 27 case _ _ 29 entrails entrail NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 for for SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 32 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 34 on on ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 exact exact ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 spot spot NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 38 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 41 advmod _ _ 39 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 40 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 buried bury VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 37 acl:relcl _ _ 42 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the two elder sisters | | | | | ignorant *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **come** | past | the tree | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **stand** | past | tree | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **perceive** | past | Two Eyes | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 5 | **produce** | past · passive | the goat's entrails | tree | | | | | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Result | | 6 | **stand** | past | tree | | | the exact spot | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on spot=Location | | 7 | **bury** | past · perfect | sister | entrails *= entrail* | | | | | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=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 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/25/66/) - next →: [sentence 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/25/68/) - ↑ back to [Little One-eye, Two-eyes and Three-eyes](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/25/)