--- title: So she went by herself into her chamber, and got ready a poisoned ap… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: So she went by herself into her chamber, and got ready a poisoned apple: the outside looked very rosy and tempting, but whoever tasted it was sure to die. Who acts: SNOWDROP, outside, whoever, it. 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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 (SNOWDROP, outside, whoever, it), 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:pg2591:30:126 # text = So she went by herself into her chamber, and got ready a poisoned apple: the outside looked very rosy and tempting, but whoever tasted it was sure to die. 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 by by ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 3 obl _ _ 6 into into ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 chamber chamber NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 12 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 xcomp _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 poisoned poison VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 amod _ _ 15 apple apple NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 : : PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 outside outside NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 19 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 20 very very ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 21 rosy rosy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 xcomp _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 tempting tempt VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 21 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 but but CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 whoever whoever PRON WP PronType=Rel 27 nsubj _ _ 27 tasted taste VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 28 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 30 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 xcomp _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 33 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | SNOWDROP | | | SNOWDROP's chamber | | by SNOWDROP | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into chamber=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **get** | past | SNOWDROP *not said here* | | | | | ready *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **poison** | participle | | | | | | | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **look** | past | the outside | | | | | rosy *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 5 | **tempt** | gerund | the outside *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **taste** | past | whoever | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 7 | **is** | past | it | | | | | sure *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **die** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | 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 125](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/30/125/) - next →: [sentence 127](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/30/127/) - ↑ back to [Sweetheart Roland](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/30/)