--- title: Then she began to bewail her loss, and said, ‘Alas! if I could only… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Then she began to bewail her loss, and said, ‘Alas! if I could only get my ball again, I would give all my fine clothes and jewels, and everything that I have in the world.’ Who acts: princess, I. 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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 (princess, I), 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:pg2591:13:5 # text = Then she began to bewail her loss, and said, ‘Alas! if I could only get my ball again, I would give all my fine clothes and jewels, and everything that I have in the world.’ 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 bewail bewail VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 loss loss NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 Alas alas INTJ UH _ 19 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ! ! PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ 15 if if SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 16 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 17 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 18 only only ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 ccomp _ _ 20 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 ball ball NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 22 again again ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 conj _ _ 27 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 30 det:predet _ _ 28 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 29 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 26 obj _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 jewels jewel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 3 parataxis _ _ 36 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 38 obj _ _ 37 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 acl:relcl _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **begin** | past | princess | | | | then | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **bewail** | to-infinitive | princess *not said here* | princess | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | princess *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **get** *a condition, not said to happen* | could | I | my ball | | | again | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ball=Stimulus | | 5 | **give** | would | I | my fine clothes and jewels | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clothes=Theme | | 6 | **have** | present | I | | | the world | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=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:** «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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/13/4/) - next →: [sentence 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/13/6/) - ↑ back to [The Frog-prince](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/13/)