--- title: The two sisters, Fair and Brown, heard that the princes of the world… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The two sisters, Fair and Brown, heard that the princes of the world were looking all over Erin for the woman that could wear the shoe, and every day they were talking of trying it on; and one day Trembling spoke up and said: "Maybe it's my foot that the shoe will fit." 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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 (two sisters, princes, woman, one day), 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:pg7885:23:89 # text = The two sisters, Fair and Brown, heard that the princes of the world were looking all over Erin for the woman that could wear the shoe, and every day they were talking of trying it on; and one day Trembling spoke up and said: "Maybe it's my foot that the shoe will fit." 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 sisters sister NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 Fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 Brown Brown PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 9 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 that that SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 princes prince NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nsubj _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 16 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 ccomp _ _ 18 all all ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 19 over over ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 Erin Erin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 21 for for ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 24 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 26 nsubj _ _ 25 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 wear wear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 acl:relcl _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 shoe shoe NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 31 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 32 det _ _ 32 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl:unmarked _ _ 33 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 talking talk VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ _ 36 of of SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 37 trying try VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 35 advcl _ _ 38 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 on on ADP RP _ 37 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ; ; PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 42 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 43 nummod _ _ 43 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 44 Trembling tremble VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 43 acl _ _ 45 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 46 up up ADP RP _ 45 compound:prt _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 48 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 : : PUNCT : _ 55 punct _ _ 50 " " PUNCT `` _ 55 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 Maybe maybe ADV RB _ 55 advmod _ _ 52 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 55 cop _ _ 54 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 55 nmod:poss _ _ 55 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 ccomp _ _ 56 that that SCONJ IN _ 60 mark _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 shoe shoe NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 nsubj _ _ 59 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 60 aux _ _ 60 fit fit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 55 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 61 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 62 " " PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past | the two sisters | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **look** | past · progressive | the princes of the world | | | Erin | | for the woman | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent over erin=Location for woman=Theme | | 3 | **wear** | could | the woman | the shoe | | | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent shoe=Theme | | 4 | **talk** | past · progressive | princes *= prince* | | | | day | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **try on** | gerund | princes *= prince* *not said here* | world | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 6 | **tremble** | gerund | one day *not said here* | | | | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **speak up** *speech: other* | past | one day | | | | | | vn lecture-37.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | one day *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | world | my foot | | | | maybe *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **fit** *in a quote* | future | the shoe | | | | | | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V S\_ING»: 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:** «Celtic Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 7885 (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 88](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/23/88/) - next →: [sentence 90](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/23/90/) - ↑ back to [Fair, Brown, and Trembling](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/23/)