--- title: The first two tried it and it wouldn't do, and the queen, mad with s… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The first two tried it and it wouldn't do, and the queen, mad with spite, hacked off the toes and heels of the third sister, and she could then put the slipper on, and the prince was brought to marry her, for he had to keep his promise. Who acts: first two, shoe, queen, Prince. 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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 (first two, shoe, queen, Prince), 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:pg14241:28:125 # text = The first two tried it and it wouldn't do, and the queen, mad with spite, hacked off the toes and heels of the third sister, and she could then put the slipper on, and the prince was brought to marry her, for he had to keep his promise. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 3 amod _ _ 3 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nsubj _ _ 4 tried try VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 8 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 9 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 10 advmod _ _ 10 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 mad mad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 17 with with ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 spite spite NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 hacked hack VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 parataxis _ _ 21 off off ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 toes toe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obl _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 heels heel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 conj _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 third third ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 29 amod _ _ 29 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 32 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 33 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 34 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 35 advmod _ _ 35 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 advcl _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 slipper slipper NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 38 on on ADP RP _ 35 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nsubj:pass _ _ 43 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux:pass _ _ 44 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 parataxis _ _ 45 to to PART TO _ 46 mark _ _ 46 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 xcomp _ _ 47 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 49 for for ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 51 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 advcl _ _ 52 to to PART TO _ 53 mark _ _ 53 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 51 xcomp _ _ 54 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 55 nmod:poss _ _ 55 promise promise NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **try** | past | the first two | shoe | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | | 2 | **not** **do** | would | shoe | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **hack off** | participle | | the toes and heels of the third sister | | | | | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent toe=Product | | 4 | **put on** | could | queen | the slipper | | | then | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent slipper=Goal | | 5 | **bring** | past · passive | | the prince | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **marry** | to-infinitive | | queen | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient | | 7 | **have** | past | Prince | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **keep** | to-infinitive | Prince *not said here* | Prince's promise | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent promise=Theme | | 9 | **promise** | | Prince | | | | | | nom promise «communication 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:** «More English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 14241 (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 124](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/28/124/) - next →: [sentence 126](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/28/126/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/28/)