--- title: Her two sisters, meanwhile, were very jealous when Two-Eyes was carr… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: Her two sisters, meanwhile, were very jealous when Two-Eyes was carried off by the Knight; but they consoled themselves by saying, "The wonderful tree remains still for us; and even if we cannot get at the fruit, everybody that passes will stop to look at it, and then come and praise it to us. 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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 sisters, Knight, clothes, we), 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:pg11027:25:92 # text = Her two sisters, meanwhile, were very jealous when Two-Eyes was carried off by the Knight; but they consoled themselves by saying, "The wonderful tree remains still for us; and even if we cannot get at the fruit, everybody that passes will stop to look at it, and then come and praise it to us. 1 Her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 2 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 sisters sister NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 meanwhile meanwhile ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 7 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 8 very very ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 jealous jealous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 10 when when SCONJ WRB _ 15 mark _ _ 11 Two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 13 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 Eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nsubj:pass _ _ 14 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux:pass _ _ 15 carried carry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 advcl _ _ 16 off off ADP RP _ 15 compound:prt _ _ 17 by by ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 Knight knight NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 21 but but CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 consoled console VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 24 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 23 obj _ _ 25 by by SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 26 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 23 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 28 " " PUNCT `` _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 30 wonderful wonderful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 31 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 compound _ _ 32 remains remains NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 26 obj _ _ 33 still still ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 34 for for ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ; ; PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 38 even even ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 39 if if SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 40 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 41 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 42 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 43 advmod _ _ 43 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ _ 44 at at ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 fruit fruit NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 48 everybody everybody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 46 conj _ _ 49 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 50 nsubj _ _ 50 passes pass VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 acl:relcl _ _ 51 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 52 aux _ _ 52 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 50 xcomp _ _ 53 to to PART TO _ 54 mark _ _ 54 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 52 xcomp _ _ 55 at at ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 56 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 58 and and CCONJ CC _ 60 cc _ _ 59 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 60 advmod _ _ 60 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 parataxis _ _ 61 and and CCONJ CC _ 62 cc _ _ 62 praise praise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 60 conj _ _ 63 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 62 obj _ _ 64 to to ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 65 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 62 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 66 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | Eye's two sisters | | | | | jealous *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **carry off** | past · passive | the Knight | Two Eyes | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | | 3 | **console** | past | clothes | clothes | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus themselves=Experiencer | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | clothes *not said here* | the wonderful tree remains | | | | for us | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent remains=Topic | | 5 | **not** **get** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | can | we | | | the fruit | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **pass** *in a quote* | present | the fruit | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **stop** *in a quote* | future | the fruit *not said here* | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 8 | **look** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | the fruit *not said here* | | | | | at wedding | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at it=Theme | | 9 | **come** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | then | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **praise** *in a quote* | infinitive | | wedding | us | | | | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent it=Theme to we=be' | 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 91](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/25/91/) - next →: [sentence 93](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/25/93/) - ↑ back to [Little One-eye, Two-eyes and Three-eyes](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/25/)