--- title: The maid was just milking the cow, and when she heard some one speak… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: The maid was just milking the cow, and when she heard some one speaking, and saw no one, and perceived that it was the same voice that she had heard in the night, she was so terrified that she slipped off her stool, and spilt the milk. Who acts: maid, speaking. 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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, speaking), 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:pg11027:17:152 # text = The maid was just milking the cow, and when she heard some one speaking, and saw no one, and perceived that it was the same voice that she had heard in the night, she was so terrified that she slipped off her stool, and spilt the milk. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 maid maid NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 just just ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 milking milk VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 cow cow NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 10 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 12 advmod _ _ 11 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 13 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 15 det _ _ 14 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 15 nummod _ _ 15 speaking speaking NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 19 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 20 det _ _ 20 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 perceived perceive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 parataxis _ _ 24 that that SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 25 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 26 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 30 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 33 nsubj:pass _ _ 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 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 acl:relcl _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 38 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 39 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 40 so so ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 41 terrified terrified ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 conj _ _ 42 that that SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 43 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 slipped slip VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 advcl _ _ 45 off off ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 stool stool NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 50 spilt spilt VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 milk milk NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **milk** | past · progressive | the maid | the cow | | | | | vn cheat-10.6.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cow=Source | | 2 | **hear** | past | maid | some one speaking | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer speaking=Stimulus | | 3 | **see** | past | maid *not said here* | no one | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer one=Stimulus | | 4 | **perceive** | past | | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **is a** | past | speaking | the same voice | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **hear** | past · perfect · passive | | the same voice | | | night | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Stimulus | | 7 | **is** | past | maid | | | | | terrified *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **slip off** | past | maid | maid's stool | | | | | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent stool=Patient | | 9 | **spilt** | past | maid *not said here* | the milk | | | | | 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 151](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/17/151/) - next →: [sentence 153](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/17/153/) - ↑ back to [The Water of Life](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/17/)