--- title: The little maid, having gratefully kissed the white paw of the old c… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The little maid, having gratefully kissed the white paw of the old cat, set off for home; but just as she got near her mother’s house the cock crowed, and quickly she turned towards it. Who acts: little maid, maid, cock. 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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, cock), 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:pg2435:36:40 # text = The little maid, having gratefully kissed the white paw of the old cat, set off for home; but just as she got near her mother’s house the cock crowed, and quickly she turned towards it. 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 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 having have VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 acl _ _ 6 gratefully gratefully ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 7 kissed kiss VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 paw paw NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 set set VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 acl _ _ 17 off off ADP RP _ 16 compound:prt _ _ 18 for for ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 21 but but CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 22 just just ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 23 as as SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 24 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 26 near near ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 27 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ’s 's PART POS _ 28 case _ _ 30 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 cock cock NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 33 crowed crow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 36 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 37 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 39 towards towards ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | gerund | the little maid *not said here* | | | | | gratefully *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **kiss** | past | the little maid | the white paw of the old cat | | | | | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent paw=Co-Agent | | 3 | **set off** | participle | | the old cat *not said here* | | | | for home | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **get** | past | maid | | | maid's mother's house | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **crow** | past | the cock | maid's mother's house *not said here* | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent house=Topic | | 6 | **turn** | past | maid | | | home | | quickly *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme towards it=Trajectory | 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 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/36/39/) - next →: [sentence 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/36/41/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/36/)