--- title: Then she exclaimed, "Oh, what beautiful golden things!" and, setting… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: Then she exclaimed, "Oh, what beautiful golden things!" and, setting the pails down, she looked at the cups one after another, and said, "The King's daughter must see these; she is so pleased with anything made of gold that she will buy all these." Who acts: maid, daughter. 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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 (maid, daughter), 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:pg11027:16:36 # text = Then she exclaimed, "Oh, what beautiful golden things!" and, setting the pails down, she looked at the cups one after another, and said, "The King's daughter must see these; she is so pleased with anything made of gold that she will buy all these." 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 exclaimed exclaim VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 Oh oh INTJ UH _ 8 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 8 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 obl _ _ 9 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 10 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ! ! PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 " " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 setting set VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 conj _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 pails pail NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obj _ _ 19 down down ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 23 at at ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 cups cup NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obl _ _ 26 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 25 flat _ _ 27 after after ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 26 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 33 " " PUNCT `` _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 36 's 's PART POS _ 35 case _ _ 37 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 38 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 ccomp _ _ 40 these this PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ; ; PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 42 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|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 pleased pleased ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 parataxis _ _ 46 with with ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 45 obl _ _ 48 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 47 acl _ _ 49 of of ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ _ 51 that that SCONJ IN _ 54 mark _ _ 52 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 53 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 54 aux _ _ 54 buy buy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 advcl _ _ 55 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 56 det:predet _ _ 56 these this PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 54 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 58 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **exclaim** *speech: express* | past | maid | | | | then | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **set down** | gerund | maid *not said here* | the pails | | | | down *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient pail=Result | | 3 | **look** | past | maid | | | | | at the cups | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at cup=Theme | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | maid *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **see** *in a quote* | must | the King's daughter | these | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer this=Stimulus | | 6 | **is** *in a quote* | present | maid | | | | | with anything; pleased *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **make** *in a quote* | participle | | | | | | of gold | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 8 | **buy** *in a quote* | future | maid | these | | | | | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent this=Theme | 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 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/16/35/) - next →: [sentence 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/16/37/) - ↑ back to [Faithful John](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/16/)