--- title: She employed her in the meanest work of the house; she scoured the d… — The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault · tree and pragmatics description: She employed her in the meanest work of the house; she scoured the dishes, tables, &c. and rubbed Madam's chamber, and those of Misses, her daughters; she lay up in a sorry garret, upon a wretched straw-bed, while her sisters lay in fine rooms, with floors all inlaid, upon beds of the very newest fa --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/11/21/) [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/) / [The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/) / [Followed the King, Who Went Up First"\]](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/11/) / 21 # The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault, Followed the King, Who Went Up First"\], sentence 21 She employed her in the meanest work of the house; she scoured the dishes, tables, &c. and rubbed Madam's chamber, and those of Misses, her daughters; she lay up in a sorry garret, upon a wretched straw-bed, while her sisters lay in fine rooms, with floors all inlaid, upon beds of the very newest fashion, and where they had looking-glasses so large, that they might see themselves at their full length, from head to foot. **Who acts:** daughter, sisters, house · **What happens:** employ, scour, rub, lie up, lay, inlay · **To what, where:** stepmother, meanest work, dishes, chamber, sorry garret, fine rooms This is a sentence of «The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault» by Charles Perrault, Followed the King, Who Went Up First"\]. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (daughter, sisters, house), 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:pg29021:11:21 # text = She employed her in the meanest work of the house; she scoured the dishes, tables, &c. and rubbed Madam's chamber, and those of Misses, her daughters; she lay up in a sorry garret, upon a wretched straw-bed, while her sisters lay in fine rooms, with floors all inlaid, upon beds of the very newest fashion, and where they had looking-glasses so large, that they might see themselves at their full length, from head to foot. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 employed employ VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 meanest mean ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 7 amod _ _ 7 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ; ; PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 scoured scour VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 dishes dish NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 tables table NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 & & CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 20 c. c. NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 conj _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 rubbed rub VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 23 Madam Madam PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 24 's 's PART POS _ 23 case _ _ 25 chamber chamber NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 2 obl _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 Misses miss NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 32 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 daughters daughter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ; ; PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 37 up up ADP RP _ 36 compound:prt _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 sorry sorry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 garret garret NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 43 upon upon ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 45 wretched wretched ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 46 straw straw NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 47 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 50 while while SCONJ IN _ 53 mark _ _ 51 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 52 sisters sister NOUN NNS Number=Plur 53 nsubj _ _ 53 lay lay VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 parataxis _ _ 54 in in ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 56 amod _ _ 56 rooms room NOUN NNS Number=Plur 53 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 58 with with ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 59 floors floor NOUN NNS Number=Plur 53 obl _ _ 60 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 59 nmod _ _ 61 inlaid inlay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 60 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 62 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 63 upon upon ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 64 beds bed NOUN NNS Number=Plur 61 obl _ _ 65 of of ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 66 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 69 det _ _ 67 very very ADV RB _ 68 advmod _ _ 68 newest new ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 69 amod _ _ 69 fashion fashion NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 70 , , PUNCT , _ 79 punct _ _ 71 and and CCONJ CC _ 79 cc _ _ 72 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 74 advmod _ _ 73 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 74 nsubj _ _ 74 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 79 conj _ _ 75 looking look VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 77 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 76 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 75 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 77 glasses glass NOUN NNS Number=Plur 74 obj _ _ 78 so so ADV RB _ 79 advmod _ _ 79 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 80 , , PUNCT , _ 84 punct _ _ 81 that that SCONJ IN _ 84 mark _ _ 82 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 84 nsubj _ _ 83 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 84 aux _ _ 84 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 79 conj _ _ 85 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 84 obj _ _ 86 at at ADP IN _ 89 case _ _ 87 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 89 nmod:poss _ _ 88 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 89 amod _ _ 89 length length NOUN NN Number=Sing 84 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 90 , , PUNCT , _ 92 punct _ _ 91 from from ADP IN _ 92 case _ _ 92 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 84 obl _ _ 93 to to ADP IN _ 94 case _ _ 94 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 92 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 95 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **employ** | past | daughter | stepmother | | the meanest work of the house | | those *obl* | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 2 | **scour** | past | daughter | the dishes and tables & c. | | | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent dish=Theme | | 3 | **rub** | past | daughter *not said here* | Madam's chamber | | | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent chamber=Theme | | 4 | **lie up** | past | daughter | | | a sorry garret | | upon a wretched straw bed | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in garret=Location | | 5 | **lay** | present | daughter's sisters | | | fine rooms | | with floors all | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in room=Destination | | 6 | **inlay** | participle | | | | | | upon beds of the newest fashion | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **have** | past | sisters *= sister* | looking glasses | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent glass=Patient | | 8 | **look** | gerund | | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 9 | **see** | might | sisters *= sister* | sisters *= sister* | | sisters's full length | | from head to foot | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer themselves=Stimulus | | 10 | **work** | | the house | | | | | | nom work «act intransitive»: of=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:** «The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault» by Charles Perrault, Project Gutenberg book 29021 (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 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/11/20/) - next →: [sentence 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/11/22/) - ↑ back to [Followed the King, Who Went Up First"\]](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/11/)