--- title: Then the son said: ‘Now will I show her to you in her own form,’ and… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Then the son said: ‘Now will I show her to you in her own form,’ and wished that she might become a maiden, and she stood there looking so beautiful that no painter could have made her look more so. Who acts: son, I, dog, painter. 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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 (son, I, dog, painter), 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:pg2591:31:59 # text = Then the son said: ‘Now will I show her to you in her own form,’ and wished that she might become a maiden, and she stood there looking so beautiful that no painter could have made her look more so. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 : : PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 6 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 10 advmod _ _ 8 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 9 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 show show VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ _ 11 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 iobj _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 10 obl _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 16 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 form form NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 wished wish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 22 that that SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 23 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 become become VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 advcl _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 maiden maiden NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 30 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 32 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 31 advmod _ _ 33 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 31 advcl _ _ 34 so so ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 xcomp _ _ 36 that that SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 37 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 38 det _ _ 38 painter painter NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj:pass _ _ 39 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 40 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 41 aux _ _ 41 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 advcl _ _ 42 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ _ 43 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 xcomp _ _ 44 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 45 advmod _ _ 45 so so ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the son | | | | then | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **show** | future | I | | dog | | now | to you; in dog's own form | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: agent=Agent she=Patient to you=Recipient in form=Topic | | 3 | **wish** | past | the son *not said here* | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 4 | **become** | might | dog | a maiden | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **stand** | past | dog | | | there | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **look** | gerund | dog *not said here* | | | | | beautiful *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 7 | **make** | could · perfect · passive | | no painter | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **look** | infinitive | no painter *not said here* | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 9 | **form** | | dog | | | | | | nom form «communication transitive»: poss=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 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/31/58/) - next →: [sentence 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/31/60/) - ↑ back to [The Pink](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/31/)