--- title: At last, however, they had pity on him, and gave him the coffin; but… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: At last, however, they had pity on him, and gave him the coffin; but the moment he lifted it up to carry it home with him, the piece of apple fell from between her lips, and Snowdrop awoke, and said, ‘Where am I?’ Who acts: letters, moment, piece, Snowdrop. 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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 (letters, moment, piece, Snowdrop), 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:pg2591:30:148 # text = At last, however, they had pity on him, and gave him the coffin; but the moment he lifted it up to carry it home with him, the piece of apple fell from between her lips, and Snowdrop awoke, and said, ‘Where am I?’ 1 At at ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 however however ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 8 pity pity NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 9 on on ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 14 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 iobj _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 coffin coffin NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 18 but but CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 lifted lift VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 23 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ _ 24 up up ADP RP _ 22 compound:prt _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 advcl _ _ 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 home home ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 29 with with ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 piece piece NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 apple apple NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ _ 36 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 parataxis _ _ 37 from from ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 between between ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 lips lip NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 43 Snowdrop Snowdrop PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 nsubj _ _ 44 awoke awake VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 49 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 50 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 Where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 47 advmod _ _ 51 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 50 cop _ _ 52 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | letters *= letter* | pity | | | | on owl; however *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pity=Patient | | 2 | **give** | past | letters *= letter* *not said here* | the coffin | owl | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient coffin=Theme | | 3 | **lift up** | past | the moment | coffin | | | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 4 | **carry** | to-infinitive | the moment *not said here* | coffin | | | | with owl; home *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 5 | **fall** | past | the piece of apple | | | SNOWDROP's lips | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from lip=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **awake** | past | Snowdrop | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the moment *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **is** | present | I | | | | | where *property* | tree rules | 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 147](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/30/147/) - next →: [sentence 149](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/30/149/) - ↑ back to [Sweetheart Roland](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/30/)