--- title: But she knew not what answer to make to this, and stood for a time i… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: But she knew not what answer to make to this, and stood for a time in doubt; at length she thought: ‘I will go home and ask if it be I, or if it be not I, they will be sure to know.’ Who acts: Clever, I, length. 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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 (Clever, I, length), 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:pg2591:32:51 # text = But she knew not what answer to make to this, and stood for a time in doubt; at length she thought: ‘I will go home and ask if it be I, or if it be not I, they will be sure to know.’ 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 3 advmod _ _ 5 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 6 obj _ _ 6 answer answer NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 14 for for ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 doubt doubt NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 20 at at ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 length length NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 22 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 : : PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 25 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 ccomp _ _ 29 home home ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 conj _ _ 32 if if SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 33 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 35 cop _ _ 35 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 37 or or CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 38 if if SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 39 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 40 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 42 cop _ _ 41 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 42 advmod _ _ 42 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 44 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 45 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 46 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 47 cop _ _ 47 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 advcl _ _ 48 to to PART TO _ 49 mark _ _ 49 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **know** | past | Clever | answer | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer answer=Stimulus | | 2 | **make** | to-infinitive | Clever *not said here* | | | | | to this | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 3 | **stand** | past | Clever *not said here* | | | doubt | time | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in doubt=Location | | 4 | **think** *speech: other* | past | Clever | | | length | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 5 | **go** | future | I | | | | | home *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **ask** *speech: ask* | infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is a** *a condition, not said to happen* | infinitive | length | I | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **not** **is a** *a condition, not said to happen* | infinitive | length | I | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **is** | future | I | | | | | sure *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **know** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | 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 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/32/50/) - next →: [sentence 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/32/52/) - ↑ back to [Clever Elsie](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/32/)