--- title: But they were best (and universally) known for the collection of ove… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: But they were best (and universally) known for the collection of over two hundred folk tales they made from oral sources and published in two volumes of ‘Nursery and Household Tales’ in 1812 and 1814. Who acts: Grimm. 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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 (Grimm), 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:pg2591:60:106 # text = But they were best (and universally) known for the collection of over two hundred folk tales they made from oral sources and published in two volumes of ‘Nursery and Household Tales’ in 1812 and 1814. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 universally universally ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 7 punct _ _ 9 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 10 for for ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 collection collection NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 14 over over ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 15 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 16 compound _ _ 16 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 18 nummod _ _ 17 folk folk NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 compound _ _ 18 tales tale NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nmod _ _ 19 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 acl:relcl _ _ 21 from from ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 oral oral ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 sources source NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obl _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 published publish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 9 conj _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 28 nummod _ _ 28 volumes volume NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obl _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 Nursery nursery NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 Household household NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 conj _ _ 34 Tales Tale PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 34 punct _ _ 36 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 1812 1812 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 25 obl _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 1814 1814 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 37 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | Grimm | | | | | good *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **know** | participle · passive | | best | | | | for the collection of hundred folk tales; universally *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus | | 3 | **make** | past | Grimm | hundred folk tales *not said here* | | oral sources | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: agent=Asset tale=Product from source=Material | | 4 | **publish** | participle | | | | two volumes of Nursery and Household Tales | | in 1812 | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | 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 105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/60/105/) - next →: [sentence 107](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/60/107/) - ↑ back to [Snow-white and Rose-red](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/60/)