--- title: This is capital housekeeping," said the maiden, in high glee; and at… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: This is capital housekeeping," said the maiden, in high glee; and at evening she went home with her goat, and found an earthen dish which her sisters had left her filled with their leavings. Who acts: This, maiden, Table, sisters. 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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 (This, maiden, Table, sisters), 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:pg11027:25:22 # text = This is capital housekeeping," said the maiden, in high glee; and at evening she went home with her goat, and found an earthen dish which her sisters had left her filled with their leavings. 1 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 capital capital ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 housekeeping housekeeping NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 7 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 maiden maiden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 glee glee NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 16 at at ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 18 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 20 home home ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 21 with with ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 goat goat NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 27 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 earthen earthen ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 dish dish NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 30 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 34 obj _ _ 31 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 sisters sister NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 nsubj _ _ 33 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 29 acl:relcl _ _ 35 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 filled fill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 34 conj _ _ 37 with with ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 leavings leaving NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | This | capital housekeeping | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | the maiden | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **go** *in a quote* | past | Table | | | | evening | with Table's goat; home *property* | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with goat=Beneficiary | | 4 | **find** *in a quote* | past | Table *not said here* | a earthen dish | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dish=Topic | | 5 | **leave** *in a quote* | past · perfect | Table's sisters | a earthen dish | | | | with dishes's leavings | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent which=Recipient with leaving=Theme | | 6 | **fill** *in a quote* | participle | Table's sisters *not said here* | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | 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 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/25/21/) - next →: [sentence 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/25/23/) - ↑ back to [Little One-eye, Two-eyes and Three-eyes](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/25/)