--- title: The sisters, however, maintained that it was theirs; but while they… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: The sisters, however, maintained that it was theirs; but while they spoke Two-Eyes rolled a golden apple from underneath the cask, so that it travelled to the feet of the Knight, for she was angry, because her sisters had not spoken the truth. Who acts: sisters, tree, fruits, sister. 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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 (sisters, tree, fruits, sister), 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:pg11027:25:83 # text = The sisters, however, maintained that it was theirs; but while they spoke Two-Eyes rolled a golden apple from underneath the cask, so that it travelled to the feet of the Knight, for she was angry, because her sisters had not spoken the truth. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 sisters sister NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 however however ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 maintained maintain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 that that SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 10 theirs their PRON PRP Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ; ; PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 12 but but CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 13 while while SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 14 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 advcl _ _ 16 Two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 18 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 Eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obj _ _ 19 rolled roll VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 apple apple NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 23 from from ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 underneath underneath ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 cask cask NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 31 mark _ _ 29 that that SCONJ IN _ 28 fixed _ _ 30 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 travelled travel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 32 to to ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obl _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 Knight knight NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 39 for for SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 40 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 cop _ _ 42 angry angry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 44 because because SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 45 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 sisters sister NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 nsubj:pass _ _ 47 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 48 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 49 advmod _ _ 49 spoken speak VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 conj _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 truth truth NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **maintain** | past | the sisters | | | | | however *property* | vn declare-29.4-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | past | tree | fruits *= fruit* | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | fruits *= fruit* | Two Eyes | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **roll** | past | | a golden apple | | the cask | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent apple=Theme from cask=Trajectory | | 5 | **travel** | past | tree | | | the feet of the Knight | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to foot=Destination | | 6 | **is** | past | sister | | | | | angry *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **not** **speak** *speech: other* | past · perfect · passive | | sister's sisters | | | | | tree rules | 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 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/25/82/) - next →: [sentence 84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/25/84/) - ↑ back to [Little One-eye, Two-eyes and Three-eyes](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/25/)