--- title: Now it was no easy task to find a rose, for it was the middle of win… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Now it was no easy task to find a rose, for it was the middle of winter; yet as she was his prettiest daughter, and was very fond of flowers, her father said he would try what he could do. Who acts: third, Lily, father. 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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 (third, Lily, father), 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:pg2591:44:3 # text = Now it was no easy task to find a rose, for it was the middle of winter; yet as she was his prettiest daughter, and was very fond of flowers, her father said he would try what he could do. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 6 det _ _ 5 easy easy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 task task NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 acl _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 rose rose NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 12 for for ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 13 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 14 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 middle middle NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 winter winter NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 20 yet yet ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 21 as as SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 22 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 23 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 25 prettiest pretty ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 26 amod _ _ 26 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 29 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 30 very very ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 31 fond fond ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 conj _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 flowers flower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 37 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 try try VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 ccomp _ _ 41 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 44 obj _ _ 42 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 43 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | third | no easy task and father's prettiest daughter | | | now | | tree rules | | 2 | **find** | to-infinitive | | a rose | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rose=Topic | | 3 | **is** | past | third | | | | winter | for the middle | tree rules | | 4 | **is a** | past | Lily | father's prettiest daughter | | | yet | | tree rules | | 5 | **is** | past | Lily *not said here* | | | | | of flowers; fond *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Lily's father | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **try** | would | father | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 8 | **do** *not said to happen* | could | father | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | 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 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/44/2/) - next →: [sentence 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/44/4/) - ↑ back to [Lily and the Lion](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/44/)