--- title: The two children loved each other so dearly that they always walked… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The two children loved each other so dearly that they always walked about hand in hand whenever they went out together, and when Snow-white said, “We will never desert each other,” Rose-red answered: “No, not as long as we live”; and the mother added: “Whatever one gets she shall share with the othe --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/36/4/) [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/) / [The Blue Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/) / [Snow-white and Rose-red](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/36/) / 4 # The Blue Fairy Book, Snow-white and Rose-red, sentence 4 The two children loved each other so dearly that they always walked about hand in hand whenever they went out together, and when Snow-white said, “We will never desert each other,” Rose-red answered: “No, not as long as we live”; and the mother added: “Whatever one gets she shall share with the other.” **Who acts:** two children, children, Snow white, We, Whatever, mother · **What happens:** love, walk, go out, say, not desert, answer · **To what, where:** each, Rose · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, 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:pg503:36:4 # text = The two children loved each other so dearly that they always walked about hand in hand whenever they went out together, and when Snow-white said, “We will never desert each other,” Rose-red answered: “No, not as long as we live”; and the mother added: “Whatever one gets she shall 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 58 nsubj _ _ 4 loved love VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 5 each each DET DT ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp 4 obj _ _ 6 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 fixed _ _ 7 so so ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 dearly dearly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 9 that that SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 10 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 12 advmod _ _ 12 walked walk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 13 about about ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ 17 whenever whenever ADV WRB PronType=Rel 19 advmod _ _ 18 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 advcl _ _ 20 out out ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 21 together together ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 24 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 28 advmod _ _ 25 Snow snow NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 26 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 white white NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 28 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 30 “ " PUNCT `` _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 We we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 32 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 33 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 34 advmod _ _ 34 desert desert VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 ccomp _ _ 35 each each DET DT ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp 34 obj _ _ 36 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ” " PUNCT '' _ 34 punct _ _ 39 Rose Rose PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 40 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 answered answer VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 43 : : PUNCT : _ 49 punct _ _ 44 “ " PUNCT `` _ 49 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 49 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 47 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 49 advmod _ _ 48 as as ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 49 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 28 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 , _ 58 punct _ _ 55 and and CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 nsubj _ _ 58 added add VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 59 : : PUNCT : _ 63 punct _ _ 60 “ " PUNCT `` _ 63 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 61 Whatever whatever PRON WP PronType=Rel 63 nsubj _ _ 62 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 61 nsubj _ _ 63 gets get VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 58 parataxis _ _ 64 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 66 nsubj _ _ 65 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 66 aux _ _ 66 share share VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 63 xcomp _ _ 67 with with ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 68 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 69 det _ _ 69 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 66 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 70 . . PUNCT . _ 63 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 71 ” " PUNCT '' _ 58 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **love** | participle | the two children *not said here* | each | | | | dearly *property* | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer each=Stimulus | | 2 | **walk** | past | children *= child* | | | | | about hand in hand; always *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme about hand=Trajectory | | 3 | **go out** | past | children *= child* | | | | | out, together, whenever *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 that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **not** **desert** *in a quote* | future | We | each | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **answer** *speech: assert* | participle · passive | | Rose | | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: subject=Eventuality | | 7 | **live** *in a quote* | present | we | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **add** *speech: assert* | past | the two children | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 9 | **get** *in a quote* | present | Whatever | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 10 | **share** *in a quote* | shall | 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:** «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 503 (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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/36/3/) - next →: [sentence 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/36/5/) - ↑ back to [Snow-white and Rose-red](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/36/)