--- title: ‘Now Heaven help us,’ replied her stepdaughter; ‘strawberries don’t… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Now Heaven help us,’ replied her stepdaughter; ‘strawberries don’t grow in winter; the earth is all frozen and the snow has covered up everything; and why send me in a paper dress? it is so cold outside that one’s very breath freezes; the wind will whistle through my dress, and the brambles tear it --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/37/21/) [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 Red Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/) / [The Three Dwarfs, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/37/) / 21 # The Red Fairy Book, The Three Dwarfs, part 1, sentence 21 ‘Now Heaven help us,’ replied her stepdaughter; ‘strawberries don’t grow in winter; the earth is all frozen and the snow has covered up everything; and why send me in a paper dress? it is so cold outside that one’s very breath freezes; the wind will whistle through my dress, and the brambles tear it from my body.’ **Who acts:** Heaven, ’, strawberries, snow, breath, wind · **What happens:** help, reply, not grow, freeze, cover up, send · **To what, where:** us, stepdaughter, earth, snow, me, paper dress This is a sentence of «The Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Three Dwarfs, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Heaven, ’, strawberries, snow), 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:pg540:37:21 # text = ‘Now Heaven help us,’ replied her stepdaughter; ‘strawberries don’t grow in winter; the earth is all frozen and the snow has covered up everything; and why send me in a paper dress? it is so cold outside that one’s very breath freezes; the wind will whistle through my dress, and the brambles tear it from my body.’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 3 Heaven Heaven PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 help help VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ’ ' PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 9 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 stepdaughter stepdaughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ; ; PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 12 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 strawberries strawberry NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nsubj _ _ 14 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 15 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 16 advmod _ _ 16 grow grow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 winter winter NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj:pass _ _ 22 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux:pass _ _ 23 all all ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 24 frozen freeze VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 parataxis _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 snow snow NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj:pass _ _ 28 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 covered cover VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 conj _ _ 30 up up ADP RP _ 29 compound:prt _ _ 31 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 34 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 35 advmod _ _ 35 send send VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 36 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 iobj _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 paper paper NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 compound _ _ 40 dress dress NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ 42 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 43 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 45 cop _ _ 44 so so ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 45 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 parataxis _ _ 46 outside outside ADP IN _ 49 mark _ _ 47 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 48 det _ _ 48 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ’s be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 45 advcl _ _ 50 very very ADV RB _ 51 advmod _ _ 51 breath breath NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nsubj _ _ 52 freezes freeze VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 49 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 ; ; PUNCT : _ 57 punct _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 nsubj _ _ 56 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 57 aux _ _ 57 whistle whistle VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 58 through through ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 59 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 60 nmod:poss _ _ 60 dress dress NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 61 , , PUNCT , _ 65 punct _ _ 62 and and CCONJ CC _ 65 cc _ _ 63 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 64 det _ _ 64 brambles bramble NOUN NNS Number=Plur 65 nsubj _ _ 65 tear tear VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 57 conj _ _ 66 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 65 obj _ _ 67 from from ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 68 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 69 nmod:poss _ _ 69 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 70 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 71 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **help** | present | Heaven | | us | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent we=Beneficiary | | 2 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | ’ | Heaven's stepdaughter | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent stepdaughter=Topic | | 3 | **not** **grow** | present · do-support | strawberries | | | | winter | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **freeze** | present · passive | | the earth | | | | all *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Result | | 5 | **cover up** | present · perfect · passive | | the snow | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **send** | infinitive | Heaven *not said here* | | me | a paper dress | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent i=Theme in dress=Destination | | 7 | **is** | present | snow | | | | | cold *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **freeze** | present | breath | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 9 | **whistle** | future | the wind | | | my dress | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through dress=Location | | 10 | **tear** | present | the brambles | dress | | | | from my body | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient from body=Co-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:** «The Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 540 (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 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/37/20/) - next →: [sentence 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/37/22/) - ↑ back to [The Three Dwarfs, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/37/)