--- title: The door was opened, and just as the maiden was standing beneath the… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: The door was opened, and just as the maiden was standing beneath the doorway, a heavy shower of golden rain fell, and all the gold remained sticking to her, so that she was completely covered with it. Who acts: maiden, golden rain, gold. 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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 (maiden, golden rain, gold), 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:pg11027:20:26 # text = The door was opened, and just as the maiden was standing beneath the doorway, a heavy shower of golden rain fell, and all the gold remained sticking to her, so that she was completely covered with it. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 opened open VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 7 just just ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 8 as as ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 maiden maiden NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 standing stand VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 13 beneath beneath ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 doorway doorway NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 heavy heavy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 shower shower NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 appos _ _ 20 of of SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 21 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 rain rain NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 23 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 26 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 28 det:predet _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 29 remained remain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 30 sticking stick VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 29 xcomp _ _ 31 to to ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 34 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 39 mark _ _ 35 that that SCONJ IN _ 34 fixed _ _ 36 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj:pass _ _ 37 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux:pass _ _ 38 completely completely ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 39 covered cover VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 40 with with ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **open** | past · passive | | the door | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **stand** | past · progressive | the maiden | | | the doorway | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent beneath doorway=Location | | 3 | **fall** | past | golden rain | | | | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **remain** | past | all gold | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **stick** | gerund | all gold *not said here* | | rain | | | | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 6 | **cover** | past · passive | | maiden | | | | with door; completely *property* | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination with it=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 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/20/25/) - next →: [sentence 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/20/27/) - ↑ back to [Mother Holle](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/20/)