--- title: The mother, however, loved the ugly and lazy one best, because she w… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The mother, however, loved the ugly and lazy one best, because she was her own daughter, and so the other, who was only her stepdaughter, was made to do all the work of the house, and was quite the Cinderella of the family. Who acts: mother, own daughter, house. 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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 (mother, own daughter, house), 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:pg2591:22:2 # text = The mother, however, loved the ugly and lazy one best, because she was her own daughter, and so the other, who was only her stepdaughter, was made to do all the work of the house, and was quite the Cinderella of the family. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 however however ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 loved love VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 8 ugly ugly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 lazy lazy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 conj _ _ 11 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 obj _ _ 12 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 14 because because SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 15 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 16 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 17 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 18 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 22 so so ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 26 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 30 nsubj _ _ 27 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 28 only only ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 29 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 stepdaughter stepdaughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux:pass _ _ 33 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 conj _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 xcomp _ _ 36 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 38 det:predet _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 44 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 cop _ _ 45 quite quite DET PDT PronType=Ind 47 det:predet _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 Cinderella Cinderella PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 parataxis _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **love** | past | the mother | the ugly one best | | | | however *property* | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer one=Stimulus | | 2 | **is a** | past | mother | mother's own daughter and mother's stepdaughter | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **be** | | mother *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **is a** | past | mother's own daughter and mother's stepdaughter | mother's stepdaughter | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **make** | past · passive | the mother *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **do** | to-infinitive | the mother *not said here* | all work of the house | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent work=Eventuality | | 7 | **is a** | past | | quite Cinderella | | | | of the family | tree rules | | 8 | **work** | | the house | | | | | | nom work «act intransitive»: of=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:** «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 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/22/1/) - next →: [sentence 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/22/3/) - ↑ back to [Mother Holle](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/22/)