--- title: This new wife had two daughters of her own, that she brought home wi… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: This new wife had two daughters of her own, that she brought home with her; they were fair in face but foul at heart, and it was now a sorry time for the poor little girl. Who acts: new wife, wife, eyes, sun. 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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 (new wife, wife, eyes, sun), 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:pg2591:33:50 # text = This new wife had two daughters of her own, that she brought home with her; they were fair in face but foul at heart, and it was now a sorry time for the poor little girl. 1 This this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 det _ _ 2 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 6 daughters daughter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 that that SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 12 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 14 home home ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 15 with with ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 20 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 23 but but CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 foul foul NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 conj _ _ 25 at at ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 29 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 30 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 cop _ _ 31 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 34 advmod _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 sorry sorry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 35 for for ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 37 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 38 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | this new wife | two daughters of wife's own | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent daughter=Patient | | 2 | **bring** | past | wife | | | | | with snow; home *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** | past | eyes *= eye* | | | face but foul at heart | | fair *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **is a** | past | sun | a sorry time | | | now | for the poor little girl | 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 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/33/49/) - next →: [sentence 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/33/51/) - ↑ back to [The Miser in the Bush](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/33/)