--- title: And the soldier broke a branch from each; and every time there was a… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: And the soldier broke a branch from each; and every time there was a loud noise, which made the youngest sister tremble with fear; but the eldest still said, it was only the princes, who were crying for joy. Who acts: soldier, loud noise, eldest, noise. 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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 (soldier, loud noise, eldest, noise), 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:pg2591:10:32 # text = And the soldier broke a branch from each; and every time there was a loud noise, which made the youngest sister tremble with fear; but the eldest still said, it was only the princes, who were crying for joy. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 soldier soldier NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 broke break VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 branch branch NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 from from ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ; ; PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 11 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 12 det _ _ 12 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl:unmarked _ _ 13 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 14 expl _ _ 14 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 acl:relcl _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 loud loud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 noise noise NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 20 nsubj _ _ 20 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 acl:relcl _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 22 youngest young ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 24 amod _ _ 23 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 compound _ _ 24 tremble tremble NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 25 with with ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 fear fear NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 28 but but CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 eldest eld ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 32 nsubj _ _ 31 still still ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 32 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 34 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 35 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 cop _ _ 36 only only ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 princes prince NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 42 nsubj _ _ 41 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 crying cry VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 38 acl _ _ 43 for for ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 joy joy NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **break** | past | the soldier | a branch | | | | from each | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent branch=Patient from each=Co-Patient | | 2 | **make** | past | a loud noise | the youngest sister tremble | | | | with fear | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset tremble=Product | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the eldest | | | | still; time | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is a** | past | noise | the princes | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **cry** *speech: express* | past · progressive | the princes | | | | | for joy | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S\_INF»: agent=Agent for joy=Recipient | 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:** «Grimms' Fairy Tales» by Jacob Grimm, Project Gutenberg book 2591 (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 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/10/31/) - next →: [sentence 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/10/33/) - ↑ back to [The Twelve Dancing Princesses](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/10/)