--- title: Her daughter being at hand, they carried the weak Queen between them… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: Her daughter being at hand, they carried the weak Queen between them into the room, and laid her in the bath, and then, shutting the door, they ran off; but first they made up an immense fire in the stove, which must soon suffocate the poor young Queen. Who acts: daughter, envy, stove. 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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 (daughter, envy, stove), 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:pg11027:7:55 # text = Her daughter being at hand, they carried the weak Queen between them into the room, and laid her in the bath, and then, shutting the door, they ran off; but first they made up an immense fire in the stove, which must soon suffocate the poor young Queen. 1 Her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 2 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 cop _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 7 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 carried carry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 weak weak ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 12 between between ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obl _ _ 14 into into ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 laid lay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 20 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 bath bath NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 26 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 28 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 28 shutting shut VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 34 off off ADP RP _ 33 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ; ; PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 36 but but CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 37 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 39 advmod _ _ 38 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 40 up up ADP RP _ 39 compound:prt _ _ 41 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 immense immense ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 44 in in ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 stove stove NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 48 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 51 nsubj _ _ 49 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 50 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 51 advmod _ _ 51 suffocate suffocate VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 46 acl:relcl _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 53 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 55 amod _ _ 54 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 55 amod _ _ 55 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 51 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | gerund | daughter | | | Queen's hand | | | tree rules | | 2 | **carry** | past | envy | the weak Queen | | the room | | between children *= child* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent queen=Theme | | 3 | **lay** | past | envy *not said here* | Queen | | the bath | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme in bath=Destination | | 4 | **shut** | gerund | envy *not said here* | the door | | | then | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent door=Patient | | 5 | **run off** | past | envy | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **make up** | past | envy | a immense fire | | the stove | | first *property* | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme fire=Pivot | | 7 | **suffocate** | must | the stove | the poor young Queen | | | | soon *property* | vn suffocate-40.7 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent queen=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 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/7/54/) - next →: [sentence 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/7/56/) - ↑ back to [The Little Brother and Sister](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/7/)