--- title: Because I have two eyes like ordinary people," replied the maiden, "… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: Because I have two eyes like ordinary people," replied the maiden, "and therefore my mother and sisters dislike me, push me into corners, throw me their old clothes, and give me nothing to eat but what they leave. Who acts: I, mother, clothes. 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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 (I, mother, clothes), 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:pg11027:25:7 # text = Because I have two eyes like ordinary people," replied the maiden, "and therefore my mother and sisters dislike me, push me into corners, throw me their old clothes, and give me nothing to eat but what they leave. 1 Because because SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 advcl _ _ 4 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 6 like like ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 ordinary ordinary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 " " PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ 11 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 maiden maiden NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 15 " " PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 17 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 18 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 sisters sister NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 conj _ _ 22 dislike dislike VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 23 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 25 push push VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 conj _ _ 26 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ _ 27 into into ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 corners corner NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 30 throw throw VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 31 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 33 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 conj _ _ 38 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 iobj _ _ 39 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 37 obj _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 acl _ _ 42 but but CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 43 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 45 obj _ _ 44 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 leave leave VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | I | two eyes | | | | like ordinary people | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Patient | | 2 | **reply** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | | the maiden | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent maiden=Topic | | 3 | **dislike** | present | my mother and sisters | me | | | | therefore *property* | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus | | 4 | **push** | infinitive | my mother and sisters *not said here* | me | | corners | | | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent i=Theme into corner=Destination | | 5 | **throw** | infinitive | my mother and sisters *not said here* | corners's old clothes | me | | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Destination clothes=Theme | | 6 | **give** | infinitive | my mother and sisters *not said here* | nothing | me | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient nothing=Theme | | 7 | **eat** | to-infinitive | my mother and sisters *not said here* | nothing *not said here* | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **leave** | present | clothes | | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/25/6/) - next →: [sentence 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/25/8/) - ↑ back to [Little One-eye, Two-eyes and Three-eyes](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/25/)