--- title: At first the Sister wept over her little, changed Brother, and he we… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: At first the Sister wept over her little, changed Brother, and he wept too, and knelt by her, very sorrowful; but at last the maiden said, "Be still, dear little fawn, and I will never forsake you!" and, taking off her golden garter, she placed it around his neck, and, weaving rushes, made a girdle --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/7/18/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Grimm's Fairy Stories](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/) / [The Little Brother and Sister](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/7/) / 18 # Grimm's Fairy Stories, The Little Brother and Sister, sentence 18 At first the Sister wept over her little, changed Brother, and he wept too, and knelt by her, very sorrowful; but at last the maiden said, "Be still, dear little fawn, and I will never forsake you!" and, taking off her golden garter, she placed it around his neck, and, weaving rushes, made a girdle to lead him with. **Who acts:** Sister, brother, last, weaving · **What happens:** weep, change, kneel, say, be, not forsake · **To what, where:** little, you, golden garter, fawn, neck, rushes · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Grimm's Fairy Stories» by Jacob Grimm, The Little Brother and Sister. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Sister, brother, last, weaving), 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:pg11027:7:18 # text = At first the Sister wept over her little, changed Brother, and he wept too, and knelt by her, very sorrowful; but at last the maiden said, "Be still, dear little fawn, and I will never forsake you!" and, taking off her golden garter, she placed it around his neck, and, weaving rushes, made a girdle to lead him with. 1 At at ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 5 obl _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 Sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 wept weep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 over over ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 7 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 8 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 10 changed change VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 amod _ _ 11 Brother Brother PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 wept weep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 16 too too ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 knelt kneel VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 conj _ _ 20 by by ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 very very ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 24 sorrowful sorrowful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 26 but but CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 27 at at ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 nsubj _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 maiden maiden NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 31 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 33 " " PUNCT `` _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 Be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 35 cop _ _ 35 still still ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 38 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 fawn fawn NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 42 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 43 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 44 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 45 advmod _ _ 45 forsake forsake VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 ccomp _ _ 46 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ! ! PUNCT . _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 " " PUNCT '' _ 45 punct _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 51 taking take VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 31 conj _ _ 52 off off ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 53 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 55 nmod:poss _ _ 54 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 55 amod _ _ 55 garter garter NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 57 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 58 nsubj _ _ 58 placed place VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 59 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 58 obj _ _ 60 around around ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 61 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 62 nmod:poss _ _ 62 neck neck NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 63 , , PUNCT , _ 69 punct _ _ 64 and and CCONJ CC _ 69 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 65 , , PUNCT , _ 66 punct _ _ 66 weaving weave VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 69 csubj _ _ 67 rushes rush NOUN NNS Number=Plur 66 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 68 , , PUNCT , _ 66 punct _ _ 69 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 70 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 71 det _ _ 71 girdle girdle NOUN NN Number=Sing 69 obj _ _ 72 to to PART TO _ 73 mark _ _ 73 lead lead VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 71 acl _ _ 74 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 73 obj _ _ 75 with with ADP IN _ 73 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 76 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **weep** | past | the Sister | | | | | over Sister's changed Brother | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **change** | participle | | little | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **weep** | past | brother | | | | | | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **kneel** | participle | brother *not said here* | | | | | by Sister | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by she=Location | | 5 | **say** *speech: express* | past | last | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **is** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | still *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **not** **forsake** *in a quote* | future | last | you | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **take off** | gerund | last *not said here* | Sister's golden garter | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent garter=Theme | | 9 | **place** | past | Sister | fawn | | brother's neck | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme around neck=Destination | | 10 | **weave** | gerund | | rushes | | | | | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rush=Product | | 11 | **make** | past | weaving | a girdle | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset girdle=Product | | 12 | **lead** | to-infinitive | weaving *not said here* | brother | | | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=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 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/7/17/) - next →: [sentence 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/7/19/) - ↑ back to [The Little Brother and Sister](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/7/)