--- title: Ashputtel’s two sisters were asked to come; so they called her up, a… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Ashputtel’s two sisters were asked to come; so they called her up, and said, ‘Now, comb our hair, brush our shoes, and tie our sashes for us, for we are going to dance at the king’s feast.’ Who acts: two sisters, sisters, we. 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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 (two sisters, sisters, we), 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:pg2591:33:64 # text = Ashputtel’s two sisters were asked to come; so they called her up, and said, ‘Now, comb our hair, brush our shoes, and tie our sashes for us, for we are going to dance at the king’s feast.’ 1 Ashputtel Ashputtel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ’s 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 3 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 4 sisters sister NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 asked ask VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ; ; PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 so so ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 11 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 13 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ 14 up up ADP RP _ 12 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 22 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 comb comb VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 ccomp _ _ 23 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 brush brush VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 conj _ _ 27 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 shoes shoe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 tie tie VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 32 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 sashes sash NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obj _ _ 34 for for ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 for for SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 38 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 conj _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 42 dance dance VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 xcomp _ _ 43 at at ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ’s 's PART POS _ 45 case _ _ 47 feast feast NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 40 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past · passive | | Ashputtel's two sisters | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **come** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Ashputtel's two sisters *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **call up** *speech: assert* | past | sisters *= sister* | | ASHPUTTEL | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **comb** | infinitive | | our hair | | | now | | vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hair=Patient | | 6 | **brush** | infinitive | | our shoes | | | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent shoe=Theme | | 7 | **tie** | present | | our sashes | | | | for us | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sash=Patient | | 8 | **go** | present · progressive | we | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 9 | **dance** | to-infinitive | we *not said here* | | | the king's feast | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at feast=Location | 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 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/33/63/) - next →: [sentence 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/33/65/) - ↑ back to [The Miser in the Bush](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/33/)