--- title: But the seventh saw Snowdrop, and called all his brethren to come an… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: But the seventh saw Snowdrop, and called all his brethren to come and see her; and they cried out with wonder and astonishment and brought their lamps to look at her, and said, ‘Good heavens! what a lovely child she is!’ Who acts: seventh, feet, lovely child. 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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 (seventh, feet, lovely child), 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:pg2591:30:93 # text = But the seventh saw Snowdrop, and called all his brethren to come and see her; and they cried out with wonder and astonishment and brought their lamps to look at her, and said, ‘Good heavens! what a lovely child she is!’ 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 seventh seventh NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 Snowdrop Snowdrop PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 9 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 11 det:predet _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 brethren brethren NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 advcl _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 conj _ _ 16 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 21 out out ADP RP _ 20 compound:prt _ _ 22 with with ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 wonder wonder NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 astonishment astonishment NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 conj _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 28 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 lamps lamp NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obj _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 advcl _ _ 32 at at ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 Good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 heavens heaven NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ! ! PUNCT . _ 40 punct _ _ 42 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 36 ccomp _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 lovely lovely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 46 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ! ! PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | the seventh | Snowdrop | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer snowdrop=Stimulus | | 2 | **call** | past | the seventh *not said here* | seventh's brethren | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent brethren=Recipient | | 3 | **come** | to-infinitive | the seventh *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **see** | infinitive | the seventh *not said here* | SNOWDROP | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | | 5 | **cry out** *speech: express* | past | feet *= foot* | | | | | with wonder and astonishment | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with wonder=Theme | | 6 | **bring** | past | feet *= foot* *not said here* | feet's lamps | | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent lamp=Theme | | 7 | **look** | to-infinitive | feet *= foot* *not said here* | | | | | at SNOWDROP | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at she=Theme | | 8 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the seventh *not said here* | Good heavens | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent heaven=Topic | | 9 | **is a** | present | a lovely child | | | | | | 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 92](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/30/92/) - next →: [sentence 94](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/30/94/) - ↑ back to [Sweetheart Roland](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/30/)