--- title: When he came into the castle yard, a beautiful maid stood by the bro… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: When he came into the castle yard, a beautiful maid stood by the brook, who had two golden pails in her hand, drawing water; and when she had filled them and had turned round, she saw a strange man, and asked who he was. Who acts: John, beautiful maid, brook, maid. 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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 (John, beautiful maid, brook, maid), 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:pg11027:16:34 # text = When he came into the castle yard, a beautiful maid stood by the brook, who had two golden pails in her hand, drawing water; and when she had filled them and had turned round, she saw a strange man, and asked who he was. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 advcl _ _ 4 into into ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 yard yard NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 maid maid NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 by by ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 brook brook NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 18 nsubj _ _ 18 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 acl:relcl _ _ 19 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 21 nummod _ _ 20 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 pails pail NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obj _ _ 22 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 drawing draw VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 27 amod _ _ 27 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 30 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 33 advmod _ _ 31 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 filled fill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 12 conj _ _ 34 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 36 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 turned turn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 33 conj _ _ 38 round round ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 strange strange ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 parataxis _ _ 48 who who PRON WP PronType=Int 47 ccomp _ _ 49 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 50 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | John | | | | | into the castle yard | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into yard=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **stand** | past | a beautiful maid | | | | | by the brook | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by brook=Location | | 3 | **have** | past | the brook | two golden pails and drawing water | | maid's hand | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pail=Patient | | 4 | **draw** | gerund | | | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **fill** | past · perfect | maid | pails *= pail* | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent they=Patient | | 6 | **turn round** | past · perfect | maid *not said here* | | | | | round *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **see** | past | maid | a strange man | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer man=Stimulus | | 8 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **is a** | past | John | | | | | | 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:** «Grimm's Fairy Stories» by Jacob Grimm, Project Gutenberg book 11027 (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 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/16/33/) - next →: [sentence 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/16/35/) - ↑ back to [Faithful John](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/16/)