--- title: Now they were all beautiful, and all exactly alike: but he was told… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Now they were all beautiful, and all exactly alike: but he was told that the eldest had eaten a piece of sugar, the next some sweet syrup, and the youngest a spoonful of honey; so he was to guess which it was that had eaten the honey. Who acts: kings, all, next, castle. 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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 (kings, all, next, castle), 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:pg2591:36:25 # text = Now they were all beautiful, and all exactly alike: but he was told that the eldest had eaten a piece of sugar, the next some sweet syrup, and the youngest a spoonful of honey; so he was to guess which it was that had eaten the honey. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 all all ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 8 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 10 nsubj _ _ 9 exactly exactly ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 alike alike ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 : : PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 12 but but CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux:pass _ _ 15 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 parataxis _ _ 16 that that SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 eldest eld ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 20 nsubj:pass _ _ 19 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 eaten eat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 15 ccomp _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 piece piece NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 sugar sugar NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 nsubj _ _ 28 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 30 det _ _ 29 sweet sweet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 syrup syrup NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 youngest young ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 20 parataxis _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 spoonful spoonful NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 honey honey NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ; ; PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 40 so so ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 41 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 42 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 cop _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 44 guess guess VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 45 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 50 nsubj _ _ 46 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj:pass _ _ 47 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 aux:pass _ _ 48 that that SCONJ IN _ 50 mark _ _ 49 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 50 eaten eat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 44 ccomp _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 honey honey NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | kings *= king* | | | | now | all, beautiful *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | | all | | | | | exactly *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past · passive | | castle | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **eat** | past · perfect · passive | | the eldest | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **syrup** | | the next | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **is** | past | castle | | | | | guess *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **eat** | past · perfect · passive | | the honey | | | | | 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 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/36/24/) - next →: [sentence 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/36/26/) - ↑ back to [The Queen Bee](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/36/)