--- title: Snow-white was quite sorry at his departure, and as she unbolted the… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Snow-white was quite sorry at his departure, and as she unbolted the door for him, and the bear was hurrying out, he caught against the bolt and a piece of his hairy coat was torn off, and it seemed to Snow-white as if she had seen gold shining through it, but she was not sure about it. 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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 (Snow white, sun, bear, it), 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:pg2591:60:41 # text = Snow-white was quite sorry at his departure, and as she unbolted the door for him, and the bear was hurrying out, he caught against the bolt and a piece of his hairy coat was torn off, and it seemed to Snow-white as if she had seen gold shining through it, but she was not sure about it. 1 Snow snow NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 white white NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 quite quite ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 sorry sorry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 departure departure NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 12 as as SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 13 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 unbolted unbolt VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 advcl _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 17 for for ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 bear bear NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 23 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 hurrying hurry VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 advcl _ _ 25 out out ADP RP _ 24 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 caught catch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 29 against against ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 bolt bolt NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 piece piece NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj:pass _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 37 hairy hairy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 coat coat NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ _ 39 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux:pass _ _ 40 torn tear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 conj _ _ 41 off off ADP RP _ 40 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 44 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 46 to to ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 47 Snow snow NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 obl _ _ 50 as as SCONJ IN _ 54 mark _ _ 51 if if SCONJ IN _ 54 mark _ _ 52 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 53 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 54 aux _ _ 54 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 45 advcl _ _ 55 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obj _ _ 56 shining shine VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 55 acl _ _ 57 through through ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 58 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 56 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 60 but but CCONJ CC _ 64 cc _ _ 61 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 64 nsubj _ _ 62 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 64 cop _ _ 63 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 64 advmod _ _ 64 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 conj _ _ 65 about about ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 66 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 64 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 67 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | Snow white | | | white's departure | | sorry *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **unbolt** | past | sun | the door | | | | for white | vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Patient | | 3 | **hurry out** | past · progressive | the bear | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **catch** | past | bear | | | | | against the bolt | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **tear off** | past · passive | | a piece of white's hairy coat | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | | 6 | **seem** | past | it | | | | | to white | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **see** | past · perfect | sun | gold | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer gold=Stimulus | | 8 | **shine** | gerund | gold *not said here* | | | piece | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through it=Location | | 9 | **not** **is** | past | sun | | | | | about piece; sure *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **depart** | | white | | | | | | nom departure «act intransitive»: poss=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 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/60/40/) - next →: [sentence 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/60/42/) - ↑ back to [Snow-white and Rose-red](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/60/)