--- title: In the morning Snowdrop told them all her story; and they pitied her… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: In the morning Snowdrop told them all her story; and they pitied her, and said if she would keep all things in order, and cook and wash and knit and spin for them, she might stay where she was, and they would take good care of her. Who acts: Snowdrop, feet. 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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, feet), 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:pg2591:30:95 # text = In the morning Snowdrop told them all her story; and they pitied her, and said if she would keep all things in order, and cook and wash and knit and spin for them, she might stay where she was, and they would take good care of her. 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 4 Snowdrop Snowdrop PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 iobj _ _ 7 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 9 det:predet _ _ 8 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ; ; PUNCT : _ 13 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 pitied pity VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 14 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 18 if if SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 19 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 ccomp _ _ 22 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 23 det _ _ 23 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obj _ _ 24 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 cook cook VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 conj _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 wash wash VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 conj _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 knit knit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 conj _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 spin spin VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 conj _ _ 35 for for ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 41 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 43 advmod _ _ 42 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 46 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 47 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 48 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 parataxis _ _ 49 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 50 care care NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obj _ _ 51 of of ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | Snowdrop | SNOWDROP's story | feet *= foot* | | morning | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient story=Topic | | 2 | **pity** | past | feet *= foot* | SNOWDROP | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | feet *= foot* *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **keep** *a condition, not said to happen* | would | SNOWDROP | all things | | order | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent thing=Theme in order=Location | | 5 | **cook** | infinitive | SNOWDROP *not said here* | | | | | | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 6 | **wash** | infinitive | SNOWDROP *not said here* | | | | | | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **knit** | infinitive | SNOWDROP *not said here* | | | | | | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **spin** | infinitive | SNOWDROP *not said here* | | | | | for feet *= foot* | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for they=Beneficiary | | 9 | **stay** | might | SNOWDROP | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **be** | past | SNOWDROP | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 11 | **take** | would | feet *= foot* | good care of SNOWDROP | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent care=Theme | | 12 | **care** | | SNOWDROP | | | | | | nom care «act intransitive»: of=agent | 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 94](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/30/94/) - next →: [sentence 96](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/30/96/) - ↑ back to [Sweetheart Roland](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/30/)