--- title: The maiden laughed, and said: ‘He does not stand much on ceremony, b… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The maiden laughed, and said: ‘He does not stand much on ceremony, but I have already seen by his golden hair that he was no gardener’s boy,’ and then she went and kissed him. Who acts: maiden, I, gardener. 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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 (maiden, I, gardener), 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:pg2591:59:143 # text = The maiden laughed, and said: ‘He does not stand much on ceremony, but I have already seen by his golden hair that he was no gardener’s boy,’ and then she went and kissed him. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 maiden maiden NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 laughed laugh VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 : : PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 8 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 10 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 11 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 12 advmod _ _ 12 stand stand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 ccomp _ _ 13 much much ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 14 on on ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 ceremony ceremony NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 17 but but CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 18 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 19 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 20 already already ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 21 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 parataxis _ _ 22 by by ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 24 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 26 that that SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 28 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 cop _ _ 29 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 30 det _ _ 30 gardener gardener NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ’s 's PART POS _ 30 case _ _ 32 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 32 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 36 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 38 advmod _ _ 37 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 kissed kiss VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 conj _ _ 41 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **laugh** | past | the maiden | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the maiden *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **not** **stand** | present · do-support | maiden | | | ceremony | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on ceremony=Location | | 4 | **see** | present · perfect | I | | | | | by maiden's golden hair | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **is a** | past | maiden | no gardener's boy | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **go** | past | gardener | | | | then | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **kiss** | past | gardener *not said here* | maiden | | | | | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-Agent | 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 142](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/59/142/) - next →: [sentence 144](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/59/144/) - ↑ back to [Iron Hans](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/59/)