--- title: Now the servant-maid came into the kitchen, and seeing the salad rea… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Now the servant-maid came into the kitchen, and seeing the salad ready, was going to carry it up; but on the way she too felt a wish to taste it as the old woman had done, and ate some leaves; so she also was turned into an ass and ran after the other, letting the dish with the salad fall on the gro --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/56/51/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Grimms' Fairy Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/) / [The Salad](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/56/) / 51 # Grimms' Fairy Tales, The Salad, sentence 51 Now the servant-maid came into the kitchen, and seeing the salad ready, was going to carry it up; but on the way she too felt a wish to taste it as the old woman had done, and ate some leaves; so she also was turned into an ass and ran after the other, letting the dish with the salad fall on the ground. **Who acts:** servant maid, seeing, maid, old woman, dish · **What happens:** come, see, go, carry up, feel, taste · **To what, where:** kitchen, salad, wish, way, leaves, woman This is a sentence of «Grimms' Fairy Tales» by Jacob Grimm, The Salad. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (servant maid, seeing, maid, 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:pg2591:56:51 # text = Now the servant-maid came into the kitchen, and seeing the salad ready, was going to carry it up; but on the way she too felt a wish to taste it as the old woman had done, and ate some leaves; so she also was turned into an ass and ran after the other, letting the dish with the salad fall on the ground. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 3 servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 4 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 maid maid NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 into into ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 kitchen kitchen NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 12 seeing see VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 18 csubj _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 salad salad NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 17 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 xcomp _ _ 21 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 up up ADP RP _ 20 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 24 but but CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 25 on on ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 28 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 too too ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 wish wish NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 taste taste VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 ccomp _ _ 35 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ _ 36 as as SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 40 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 34 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 ate eat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 conj _ _ 45 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 46 det _ _ 46 leaves leaf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ; ; PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 48 so so ADV RB _ 52 advmod _ _ 49 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 50 also also ADV RB _ 52 advmod _ _ 51 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 52 aux:pass _ _ 52 turned turn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 parataxis _ _ 53 into into ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 ass ass NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obl _ _ 56 and and CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 57 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 52 conj _ _ 58 after after ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 59 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 60 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 57 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 61 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 62 letting let VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 57 advcl _ _ 63 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 64 det _ _ 64 dish dish NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 obj _ _ 65 with with ADP IN _ 67 case _ _ 66 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 67 det _ _ 67 salad salad NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 obl _ _ 68 fall fall VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 62 xcomp _ _ 69 on on ADP IN _ 71 case _ _ 70 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 71 det _ _ 71 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 72 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | the servant maid | | | the kitchen | now | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into kitchen=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **see** | gerund | | the salad | | | | ready *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer salad=Stimulus | | 3 | **go** | past · progressive | seeing | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **carry up** | to-infinitive | seeing *not said here* | salad | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 5 | **feel** | past | maid | a wish | | the way | | | tree rules | | 6 | **taste** | to-infinitive | maid *not said here* | salad | | | | | vn seem-109 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Theme it=Attribute | | 7 | **do** | past · perfect | the old woman | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **eat** | past | maid *not said here* | some leaves | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leaf=Patient | | 9 | **turn** | past · passive | | woman | | a ass | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme into ass=Trajectory | | 10 | **run** | past | | | | | after the other | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 11 | **let** | gerund | | the dish | | | | with the salad | tree rules | | 12 | **fall** | present | the dish *not said here* | | | the ground | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on ground=Location | 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 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/56/50/) - next →: [sentence 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/56/52/) - ↑ back to [The Salad](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/56/)