--- title: Then she did as she was told; but when all was done she could not he… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Then she did as she was told; but when all was done she could not help crying, for she thought to herself, she should so have liked to have gone with them to the ball; and at last she begged her mother very hard to let her go. Who acts: ASHPUTTEL. 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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 (ASHPUTTEL), 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:pg2591:33:65 # text = Then she did as she was told; but when all was done she could not help crying, for she thought to herself, she should so have liked to have gone with them to the ball; and at last she begged her mother very hard to let her go. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 as as SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ; ; PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 9 but but CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 10 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 13 advmod _ _ 11 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 13 nsubj:pass _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux:pass _ _ 13 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 14 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 15 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 16 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 17 advmod _ _ 17 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 parataxis _ _ 18 crying cry VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 for for SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 21 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 advcl _ _ 23 to to ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 26 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 27 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 28 so so ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 29 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 30 aux _ _ 30 liked like VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 13 advcl _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 32 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 33 aux _ _ 33 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 30 xcomp _ _ 34 with with ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obl _ _ 36 to to ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 ball ball NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ; ; PUNCT : _ 44 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 41 at at ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 obl _ _ 43 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 begged beg VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 45 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ _ 47 very very ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 48 hard hard ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 advcl _ _ 49 to to PART TO _ 50 mark _ _ 50 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 48 xcomp _ _ 51 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 obj _ _ 52 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 50 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | ASHPUTTEL | | | | then | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past · passive | | ASHPUTTEL | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | | 3 | **do** | past · passive | | all | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 4 | **not** **help** | could | ASHPUTTEL | | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **cry** *speech: express* | gerund | | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **think** *speech: other* | past | ASHPUTTEL | | ASHPUTTEL | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **like** | should · perfect | ASHPUTTEL | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 8 | **go** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive · perfect | ASHPUTTEL *not said here* | | | the ball | | with sisters *= sister* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to ball=Initial\_Location | | 9 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | ASHPUTTEL | | ASHPUTTEL's mother | last | | | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent mother=Recipient | | 10 | **let** | to-infinitive | ASHPUTTEL *not said here* | ASHPUTTEL | | | | | tree rules | | 11 | **go** | infinitive | ASHPUTTEL *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/33/64/) - next →: [sentence 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/33/66/) - ↑ back to [The Miser in the Bush](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/33/)