--- title: Her second sister was soon after married, and when Lily was asked to… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Her second sister was soon after married, and when Lily was asked to go to the wedding, she said to the prince, ‘I will not go alone this time--you must go with me.’ Who acts: second sister, Lily, sister, I. 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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 (second sister, Lily, sister, I), 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:pg2591:44:29 # text = Her second sister was soon after married, and when Lily was asked to go to the wedding, she said to the prince, ‘I will not go alone this time--you must go with me.’ 1 Her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 2 second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 3 amod _ _ 3 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 5 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 7 advmod _ _ 6 after after ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 married married ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 10 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 13 advmod _ _ 11 Lily Lily PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux:pass _ _ 13 asked ask VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 conj _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 xcomp _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 wedding wedding NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 26 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 28 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 29 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 30 advmod _ _ 30 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 ccomp _ _ 31 alone alone ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 32 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 33 det _ _ 33 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 34 -- -- PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 conj _ _ 38 with with ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | sister's second sister | | | | | married, soon *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past · passive | | Lily | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **go** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Lily *not said here* | | | the wedding | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to wedding=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | sister | | | | | to the prince | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Pivot to prince=Experiencer clause=Topic | | 5 | **not** **go** | future | I | | | | time | alone *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **go** | must | you | | | | | with me | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with i=Beneficiary | 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 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/44/28/) - next →: [sentence 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/44/30/) - ↑ back to [Lily and the Lion](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/44/)