--- title: When he saw the apple he was astonished, and asked where it came fro… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: When he saw the apple he was astonished, and asked where it came from; and One-Eye and Three-Eyes said they had another sister, but they dared not let her be seen, because she had only two eyes, like common folk! Who acts: Knight, apple, One Eye, fruits. 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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 (Knight, apple, One Eye, fruits), 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:pg11027:25:84 # text = When he saw the apple he was astonished, and asked where it came from; and One-Eye and Three-Eyes said they had another sister, but they dared not let her be seen, because she had only two eyes, like common folk! 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 apple apple NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 8 astonished astonished ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 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 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 ccomp _ _ 15 from from ADP IN _ 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 18 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 20 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 Eye eye NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 22 Three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 24 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 Eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 conj _ _ 25 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 26 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 ccomp _ _ 28 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 29 det _ _ 29 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 31 but but CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 32 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 33 dared dare VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 34 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 33 advmod _ _ 35 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 36 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ _ 37 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 38 aux:pass _ _ 38 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 because because SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 41 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 43 only only ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 44 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 45 nummod _ _ 45 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 47 like like ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 common common ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 folk folk NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ! ! PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | Knight | the apple | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer apple=Stimulus | | 2 | **is** | past | Knight | the apple *not said here* | | | | astonished *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | Knight *not said here* | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **come** | past | apple | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | One Eye and Three Eyes | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **have** | past | fruits *= fruit* | another sister | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sister=Patient | | 7 | **let** | past | fruits *= fruit* | sister | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **see** | infinitive · passive | sister *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V» | | 9 | **have** | past | Eye | two eyes | | | | like common folk | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Patient | 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 83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/25/83/) - next →: [sentence 85](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/25/85/) - ↑ back to [Little One-eye, Two-eyes and Three-eyes](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/25/)