--- title: So the huntsmen took it up, and the maiden awoke and was greatly fri… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: So the huntsmen took it up, and the maiden awoke and was greatly frightened, and said, ‘I am a poor child that has neither father nor mother left; have pity on me and take me with you.’ Who acts: huntsmen, maiden, I, poor child. 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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 (huntsmen, maiden, I, poor child), 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:pg2591:59:171 # text = So the huntsmen took it up, and the maiden awoke and was greatly frightened, and said, ‘I am a poor child that has neither father nor mother left; have pity on me and take me with you.’ 1 So so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 huntsmen huntsman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 up up ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 maiden maiden NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 awoke awake VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 13 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux:pass _ _ 14 greatly greatly ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 frightened frighten VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 20 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 22 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 ccomp _ _ 26 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 27 nsubj _ _ 27 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 acl:relcl _ _ 28 neither neither DET DT PronType=Neg 29 det _ _ 29 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 30 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 31 cc _ _ 31 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 conj _ _ 32 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ; ; PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 34 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 35 pity pity NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 36 on on ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 obl _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 conj _ _ 40 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ _ 41 with with ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take up** | past | the huntsmen | SKIN | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 2 | **awake** | past | the maiden | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **frighten** | past · passive | the maiden *not said here* | | | | | greatly *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle» | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the huntsmen *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is a** | present | I | a poor child | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **have** | present | a poor child | neither father nor mother | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent father=Patient | | 7 | **leave** | participle | | neither father nor mother *not said here* | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **have** | infinitive | | pity | | | | on me | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pity=Patient | | 9 | **take** | infinitive | | | me | | | with you | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument i=Destination | 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 170](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/59/170/) - next →: [sentence 172](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/59/172/) - ↑ back to [Iron Hans](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/59/)