--- title: The two children were so fond of one another that they always held e… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The two children were so fond of one another that they always held each other by the hand when they went out together, and when Snow-white said: ‘We will not leave each other,’ Rose-red answered: ‘Never so long as we live,’ and their mother would add: ‘What one has she must share with the other.’ Wh --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/60/6/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Grimms' Fairy Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/) / [Snow-white and Rose-red](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/60/) / 6 # Grimms' Fairy Tales, Snow-white and Rose-red, sentence 6 The two children were so fond of one another that they always held each other by the hand when they went out together, and when Snow-white said: ‘We will not leave each other,’ Rose-red answered: ‘Never so long as we live,’ and their mother would add: ‘What one has she must share with the other.’ **Who acts:** two children, children, Snow white, We, mother, one · **What happens:** be, hold, go out, say, not leave, answer · **To what, where:** each · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Grimms' Fairy Tales» by Jacob Grimm, Snow-white and Rose-red. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (two children, children, Snow white, We), 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:pg2591:60:6 # text = The two children were so fond of one another that they always held each other by the hand when they went out together, and when Snow-white said: ‘We will not leave each other,’ Rose-red answered: ‘Never so long as we live,’ and their mother would add: ‘What one has she must share with the other.’ 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 4 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 so so ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 fond fond ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 obl _ _ 9 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 8 fixed _ _ 10 that that SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 11 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 12 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 13 advmod _ _ 13 held hold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ _ 14 each each DET DT ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp 13 obj _ _ 15 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 fixed _ _ 16 by by ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 19 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 21 advmod _ _ 20 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 advcl _ _ 22 out out ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 23 together together ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 26 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 30 advmod _ _ 27 Snow snow NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 28 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 white white NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 30 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 : : PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 32 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 We we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 34 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 35 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 36 advmod _ _ 36 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 ccomp _ _ 37 each each DET DT ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp 36 obj _ _ 38 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ’ ' PUNCT `` _ 44 punct _ _ 41 Rose rose NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 42 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 answered answer VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 : : PUNCT : _ 49 punct _ _ 46 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 49 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 Never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 49 advmod _ _ 48 so so ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 49 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 30 advmod _ _ 50 as as SCONJ IN _ 52 mark _ _ 51 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 52 live live VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 49 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 52 punct _ _ 55 and and CCONJ CC _ 59 cc _ _ 56 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 57 nmod:poss _ _ 57 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 nsubj _ _ 58 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 59 aux _ _ 59 add add VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 52 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 60 : : PUNCT : _ 64 punct _ _ 61 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 64 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 62 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 64 obj _ _ 63 one one PRON PRP Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 64 nsubj _ _ 64 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 ccomp _ _ 65 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 67 nsubj _ _ 66 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 67 aux _ _ 67 share share VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 64 xcomp _ _ 68 with with ADP IN _ 70 case _ _ 69 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 70 det _ _ 70 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 67 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 71 . . PUNCT . _ 64 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 72 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 64 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the two children | | | | | of one; fond *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **hold** | past | children *= child* | each | | | | by the hand; always *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent each=Theme by hand=Location | | 3 | **go out** | past | children *= child* | | | | | out, together *property* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Snow white | | | | | long *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **not** **leave** | future | We | each | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent each=Theme | | 6 | **answer** *speech: assert* | participle | We *not said here* | | | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **live** | present | we | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **add** *speech: assert* | would | children's mother | | | | | | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **have** | present | one | | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **share** | must | mother | | | | | with the other | tree rules | 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 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/60/5/) - next →: [sentence 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/60/7/) - ↑ back to [Snow-white and Rose-red](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/60/)