--- title: The maid happened to be just then milking the cow; and hearing someo… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The maid happened to be just then milking the cow; and hearing someone speak, but seeing nobody, and yet being quite sure it was the same voice that she had heard in the night, she was so frightened that she fell off her stool, and overset the milk-pail. Who acts: maid, someone, space. 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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 (maid, someone, space), 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:pg2591:25:75 # text = The maid happened to be just then milking the cow; and hearing someone speak, but seeing nobody, and yet being quite sure it was the same voice that she had heard in the night, she was so frightened that she fell off her stool, and overset the milk-pail. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 maid maid NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 5 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 8 aux _ _ 6 just just ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 7 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 8 advmod _ _ 8 milking milk VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 cow cow NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ; ; PUNCT : _ 13 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 hearing hear VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 14 someone someone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 15 nsubj _ _ 15 speak speak VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 but but CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 seeing see VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 conj _ _ 19 nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 22 yet yet ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 23 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 25 cop _ _ 24 quite quite ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 25 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 parataxis _ _ 26 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 27 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 parataxis _ _ 31 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 34 nsubj:pass _ _ 32 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 acl:relcl _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 39 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 40 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 cop _ _ 41 so so ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 42 frightened frightened ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 parataxis _ _ 43 that that SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 44 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 advcl _ _ 46 off off ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 48 stool stool NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 51 overset overset VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 conj _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 53 milk milk NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 54 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 53 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 pail pail NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | past | the maid | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **milk** | to-infinitive · progressive | the maid *not said here* | the cow | | | then | | vn cheat-10.6.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cow=Source | | 3 | **hear** | gerund | the maid *not said here* | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **speak** *speech: other* | infinitive | someone | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **see** | gerund | the maid *not said here* | nobody | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer nobody=Stimulus | | 6 | **is** | gerund | | | | | yet | sure *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **is a** | past | maid | the same voice | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **hear** | past · perfect · passive | | the same voice | | | night | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Stimulus | | 9 | **is** | past | space | | | | | frightened *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **fall off** | past | space | space's stool | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V NP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: agent=Patient stool=Extent | | 11 | **overset** | infinitive | space *not said here* | the milk pail | | | | | 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:** «Grimms' Fairy Tales» by Jacob Grimm, Project Gutenberg book 2591 (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 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/25/74/) - next →: [sentence 76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/25/76/) - ↑ back to [Tom Thumb](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/25/)