--- title: And she could not bear to think that anyone lived who was more beaut… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: And she could not bear to think that anyone lived who was more beautiful than she was; so she dressed herself up as an old pedlar, and went her way over the hills, to the place where the dwarfs dwelt. Who acts: queen, anyone, dwarfs. 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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 (queen, anyone, dwarfs), 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:pg2591:30:103 # text = And she could not bear to think that anyone lived who was more beautiful than she was; so she dressed herself up as an old pedlar, and went her way over the hills, to the place where the dwarfs dwelt. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 bear bear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 that that SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 9 anyone anyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 10 nsubj _ _ 10 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 ccomp _ _ 11 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 14 nsubj _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 13 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 14 advmod _ _ 14 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 ccomp _ _ 15 than than SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 16 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 so so ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 20 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 dressed dress VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 22 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 21 obj _ _ 23 up up ADP RP _ 21 compound:prt _ _ 24 as as ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 25 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 pedlar pedlar NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 31 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 over over ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 hills hill NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 to to ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 40 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 43 advmod _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 dwarfs dwarf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 nsubj _ _ 43 dwelt dwell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **bear** | could | queen | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | queen *not said here* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **live** | past | anyone | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **is** | past | | | | | | beautiful *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **be** | past | queen | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **dress up** | past | queen | queen | | | | as a old pedlar | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent herself=Patient | | 7 | **go** | past | queen *not said here* | queen's way | | the hills | | to the place | tree rules | | 8 | **dwell** | past | the dwarfs | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 102](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/30/102/) - next →: [sentence 104](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/30/104/) - ↑ back to [Sweetheart Roland](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/30/)