--- title: ‘The others are there,’ she thought, ‘I may as well be there too,’ a… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: ‘The others are there,’ she thought, ‘I may as well be there too,’ and ran to them; but as soon as she had touched her sister, she remained sticking fast to her. Who acts: others, last, 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 (others, last, 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:pg2591:48:29 # text = ‘The others are there,’ she thought, ‘I may as well be there too,’ and ran to them; but as soon as she had touched her sister, she remained sticking fast to her. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 4 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ’ ' CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 11 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 13 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 14 as as ADV RB ExtPos=ADV 17 advmod _ _ 15 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 14 fixed _ _ 16 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 17 cop _ _ 17 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 9 parataxis _ _ 18 too too ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 17 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 23 to to ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 26 but but CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 27 as as ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 28 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 5 parataxis _ _ 29 as as SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 30 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 touched touch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 28 advcl _ _ 33 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 remained remain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 38 sticking stick VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 37 xcomp _ _ 39 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 38 advmod _ _ 40 to to ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the others | | | | | there *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | past | last | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** | may | I | | | | | there *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **run** | past | last *not said here* | | others *= other* | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to they=Result | | 5 | **touch** | past · perfect | last | last's sister | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme sister=Co-Theme | | 6 | **remain** | past | last | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **stick** | gerund | last *not said here* | | last | | | fast *property* | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | 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/pg2591/48/28/) - next →: [sentence 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/48/30/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Goose](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/48/)