--- title: But her mother said, ‘It is all of no use, you cannot go; you have n… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: But her mother said, ‘It is all of no use, you cannot go; you have no clothes, and cannot dance, and you would only put us to shame’: and off she went with her two daughters to the ball. Who acts: mother, you. 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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 (mother, you), 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:pg2591:33:90 # text = But her mother said, ‘It is all of no use, you cannot go; you have no clothes, and cannot dance, and you would only put us to shame’: and off she went with her two daughters to the ball. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 mother mother 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 , _ 9 punct _ _ 6 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 9 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 4 ccomp _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 12 det _ _ 12 use use NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 14 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 15 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 16 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 17 advmod _ _ 17 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 19 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 21 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 22 det _ _ 22 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 25 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 26 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 27 advmod _ _ 27 dance dance VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 30 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 31 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 32 only only ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 conj _ _ 34 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 shame shame VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 : : PUNCT : _ 42 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 off off ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 41 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 43 with with ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obl _ _ 45 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 46 nummod _ _ 46 daughters daughter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obl:unmarked _ _ 47 to to ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 ball ball NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | ASHPUTTEL's mother | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **not** **go** | can | you | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **have** | present | you | no clothes | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clothes=Patient | | 4 | **not** **dance** | can | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **put** | would | you | | us | | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent we=Goal | | 6 | **shame** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **go** | past | mother | two daughters | | the ball | | with ASHPUTTEL; off *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to ball=Initial\_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 89](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/33/89/) - next →: [sentence 91](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/33/91/) - ↑ back to [The Miser in the Bush](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/33/)