--- title: Thus the princess became a kitchen-maid, and helped the cook to do a… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Thus the princess became a kitchen-maid, and helped the cook to do all the dirtiest work; but she was allowed to carry home some of the meat that was left, and on this they lived. Who acts: princess, cook, threads. 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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 (princess, cook, threads), 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:pg2591:58:57 # text = Thus the princess became a kitchen-maid, and helped the cook to do all the dirtiest work; but she was allowed to carry home some of the meat that was left, and on this they lived. 1 Thus thus ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 6 kitchen kitchen NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 maid maid NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 helped help VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 cook cook NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 xcomp _ _ 16 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 19 det:predet _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 dirtiest dirty ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 19 amod _ _ 19 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 but but CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 22 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj:pass _ _ 23 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux:pass _ _ 24 allowed allow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 xcomp _ _ 27 home home ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 28 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 26 obj _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 meat meat NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ _ 32 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 34 nsubj:pass _ _ 33 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux:pass _ _ 34 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 37 on on ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 40 obl _ _ 39 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **become** | past | the princess | a kitchen maid | | | | thus *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **help** | past | the princess *not said here* | the cook | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent cook=Beneficiary clause=Theme | | 3 | **do** | to-infinitive | the cook *not said here* | all dirtiest work | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent work=Eventuality | | 4 | **allow** | past · passive | | princess | | | | | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | | 5 | **carry** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | princess *not said here* | some | | | | home *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent some=Theme | | 6 | **leave** | past · passive | | the meat | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 7 | **live** | past | threads *= thread* | | | this | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on this=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 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/58/56/) - next →: [sentence 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/58/58/) - ↑ back to [King Grisly-beard](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/58/)