--- title: The Sister, however, was terribly afraid when she saw that her Fawn… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: The Sister, however, was terribly afraid when she saw that her Fawn was wounded, and, washing off the blood, she put herbs upon the foot, and said, "Go and rest upon your bed, dear Fawn, that your wound may heal." Who acts: Sister, Fawn, wound, your. 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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 (Sister, Fawn, wound, your), 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:pg11027:7:37 # text = The Sister, however, was terribly afraid when she saw that her Fawn was wounded, and, washing off the blood, she put herbs upon the foot, and said, "Go and rest upon your bed, dear Fawn, that your wound may heal." 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 however however ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 7 terribly terribly ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 afraid afraid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 9 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 11 advmod _ _ 10 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 12 that that SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 13 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 Fawn fawn NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 15 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 16 wounded wounded ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 washing wash VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 26 advcl _ _ 21 off off ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 25 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 27 herbs herb NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obj _ _ 28 upon upon ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 " " PUNCT `` _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 Go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 33 ccomp _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 rest rest VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ _ 39 upon upon ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 Fawn fawn NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 46 that that SCONJ IN _ 50 mark _ _ 47 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 48 wound wound NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nsubj _ _ 49 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 50 heal heal VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 " " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the Sister | | | | | afraid, however, terribly *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **see** | past | Sister | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **is** | past | Sister's Fawn | | | | | wounded *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **wash off** | gerund | Sister *not said here* | the blood | | | | | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blood=Patient | | 5 | **put** | past | Sister | herbs | | the foot | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent herb=Theme upon foot=Destination | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Sister *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **go** *in a quote* | infinitive | | dear Fawn | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **rest** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | your bed | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon bed=Location | | 9 | **heal** *in a quote* | may | your wound | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 10 | **wound** *in a quote* | | your | | | | | | nom wound «state transitive»: poss=agent | 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 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/7/36/) - next →: [sentence 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/7/38/) - ↑ back to [The Little Brother and Sister](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/7/)