--- title: The poor girl remained there a long time, but at length, as he did n… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The poor girl remained there a long time, but at length, as he did not return at all, she was sad, and changed herself into a flower, and thought: ‘Someone will surely come this way, and trample me down.’ Who acts: poor girl, Roland, girl, Someone. 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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 (poor girl, Roland, girl, Someone), 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:pg2591:30:41 # text = The poor girl remained there a long time, but at length, as he did not return at all, she was sad, and changed herself into a flower, and thought: ‘Someone will surely come this way, and trample me down.’ 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 remained remain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 but but CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 at at ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 length length NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 14 as as SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 16 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 17 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 18 advmod _ _ 18 return return VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 19 at at ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ _ 24 sad sad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 changed change VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 28 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 27 obj _ _ 29 into into ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 flower flower NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 : : PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ _ 36 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 Someone someone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 40 nsubj _ _ 38 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 39 surely surely ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 ccomp _ _ 41 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 42 det _ _ 42 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 trample trample VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 conj _ _ 46 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 45 obj _ _ 47 down down ADP RP _ 45 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 40 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **remain** | past | the poor girl | | | there | time | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **not** **return** | past · do-support | Roland | | | all | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **is** | past | girl | | | | | sad *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **change** | past | the poor girl *not said here* | girl | | | | into a flower *result* | vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: agent=Agent herself=Patient into flower=Result | | 5 | **think** *speech: other* | past | the poor girl *not said here* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 6 | **come** | future | Someone | this way | | | | surely *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **trample down** | infinitive | Someone *not said here* | me | | | | | 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 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/30/40/) - next →: [sentence 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/30/42/) - ↑ back to [Sweetheart Roland](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/30/)