--- title: The little maid looked at the two jars from under her long dark lash… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The little maid looked at the two jars from under her long dark lashes: “In the oil jar,” she answered timidly, thinking to herself: “I could not ask to be bathed in gold.” Who acts: little maid, maid, I. 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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 (little maid, maid, I), 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:pg2435:36:33 # text = The little maid looked at the two jars from under her long dark lashes: “In the oil jar,” she answered timidly, thinking to herself: “I could not ask to be bathed in gold.” 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 maid maid NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 8 nummod _ _ 8 jars jar NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 9 from from ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 10 under under ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 11 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 12 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 13 dark dark ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 lashes lash NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 : : PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 16 “ " PUNCT `` _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 In in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 oil oil NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 compound _ _ 20 jar jar NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ” " PUNCT '' _ 20 punct _ _ 23 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 25 timidly timidly ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 27 thinking think VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 24 ccomp _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 : : PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ _ 31 “ " PUNCT `` _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 33 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 34 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 35 advmod _ _ 35 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 parataxis _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 37 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 38 aux:pass _ _ 38 bathed bath VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 xcomp _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ” " PUNCT '' _ 35 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | past | the little maid | | | | | from maid's long dark lashes; at the two jars | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at jar=Theme | | 2 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | maid | | | the oil jar | | timidly *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **think** *speech: other* | gerund | | | maid | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 4 | **not** **ask** *speech: ask* *in a quote* | could | I | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **bath** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive · passive | I *not said here* | | | gold | | | 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:** «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 2435 (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 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/36/32/) - next →: [sentence 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/36/34/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/36/)