--- title: So after the laundry-maid had his money in her apron as they went me… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: So after the laundry-maid had his money in her apron as they went merrily along, she stopt, exclaiming: "My clothes are left outside, I must run back and bring them in." " Who acts: maid, coachman. 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" **Who acts:** maid, coachman · **What happens:** have, go, stopt, exclaim, leave, run back · **To what, where:** money, apron, clothes · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «More English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, More English Fairy Tales, part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (maid, coachman), 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:pg14241:18:44 # text = So after the laundry-maid had his money in her apron as they went merrily along, she stopt, exclaiming: "My clothes are left outside, I must run back and bring them in." " 1 So so ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 2 after after ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 4 laundry laundry NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 maid maid NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 7 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 apron apron NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 13 as as SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 14 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ _ 16 merrily merrily ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 17 along along ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 stopt stopt VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 exclaiming exclaim VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 20 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 : : PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 24 " " PUNCT `` _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 28 nsubj:pass _ _ 27 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux:pass _ _ 28 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 conj _ _ 29 outside outside ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 run run VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 parataxis _ _ 34 back back ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 conj _ _ 37 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 in in ADP RP _ 36 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 " " PUNCT '' _ 36 punct _ _ 41 " " PUNCT '' _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | | butler's money | | coachman's apron | after the laundry maid | | tree rules | | 2 | **go** | past | maid | | | | | along, merrily *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **stopt** | past | coachman | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **exclaim** *speech: express* | gerund | coachman *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **leave** *in a quote* | present · passive | | My clothes | | | | outside *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 6 | **run back** *in a quote* | must | coachman | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **bring in** *in a quote* | infinitive | coachman *not said here* | clothes | | | | | vn earn-54.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme they=Asset | 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:** «More English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 14241 (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 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/18/43/) - next →: [sentence 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/18/45/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/18/)