--- title: Overjoyed, the maiden ran to fetch her lint, and placed it in her ne… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Overjoyed, the maiden ran to fetch her lint, and placed it in her new friend's hand, asking where she should call for the yarn in the evening; but she received no reply; the old woman passed away from her among the trees and bushes. Who acts: maiden, ne'er, old woman. 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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, ne'er, old woman), 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:pg14241:31:11 # text = Overjoyed, the maiden ran to fetch her lint, and placed it in her new friend's hand, asking where she should call for the yarn in the evening; but she received no reply; the old woman passed away from her among the trees and bushes. 1 Overjoyed overjoy VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 maiden maiden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 nsubj _ _ 5 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 fetch fetch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 lint lint NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 placed place VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 13 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 15 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 16 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 18 's 's PART POS _ 17 case _ _ 19 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 21 asking ask VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 advcl _ _ 22 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 25 advmod _ _ 23 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 call call VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 ccomp _ _ 26 for for ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 yarn yarn NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ _ 33 but but CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 34 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 received receive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 36 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 37 det _ _ 37 reply reply NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ; ; PUNCT : _ 42 punct _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 42 passed pass VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 43 away away ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 44 from from ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obl _ _ 46 among among ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obl _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 50 bushes bush NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **overjoy** | past | | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **run** | past | the maiden | | | | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **fetch** | to-infinitive | the maiden *not said here* | ne'er's lint | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lint=Theme | | 4 | **place** | past | | lint | | ne'er's new friend's hand | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in hand=Destination | | 5 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund | | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **call** | should | ne'er | | | | evening | for the yarn | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S\_INF»: agent=Agent for yarn=Recipient | | 7 | **receive** | past | ne'er | no reply | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reply=Theme | | 8 | **pass away** | past | the old woman | | | | | from ne'er; among the trees and bushes; away *property* | vn die-42.4-1 «NP V PP.cause»: agent=Patient from she=Causer | 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 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/31/10/) - next →: [sentence 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/31/12/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/31/)