--- title: When they had sat at the table for a short time, the Master-maid too… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When they had sat at the table for a short time, the Master-maid took out the cock, and the hen, and the golden apple which she had brought away with her from the giant’s house, and set them on the table in front of her, and instantly the cock and the hen began to fight with each other for the golde --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/19/22/) [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 Blue Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/) / [The Master-maid, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/19/) / 22 # The Blue Fairy Book, The Master-maid, part 3, sentence 22 When they had sat at the table for a short time, the Master-maid took out the cock, and the hen, and the golden apple which she had brought away with her from the giant’s house, and set them on the table in front of her, and instantly the cock and the hen began to fight with each other for the golden apple. **Who acts:** palace, Master maid, cock · **What happens:** sit, take out, bring away, set, begin, fight · **To what, where:** table, cock, golden apple, house, palace This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Master-maid, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (palace, Master maid, cock), 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:pg503:19:22 # text = When they had sat at the table for a short time, the Master-maid took out the cock, and the hen, and the golden apple which she had brought away with her from the giant’s house, and set them on the table in front of her, and instantly the cock and the hen began to fight with each other for the golden apple. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 sat sit VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 table table NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 short short ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 14 Master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 15 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 maid maid NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 17 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 18 out out ADP RP _ 17 compound:prt _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 cock cock NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 hen hen NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 apple apple NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 appos _ _ 30 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 33 nsubj:pass _ _ 31 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 acl:relcl _ _ 34 away away ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 35 with with ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obl _ _ 37 from from ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 giant giant NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ’s 's PART POS _ 39 case _ _ 41 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 set set VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 conj _ _ 45 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obj _ _ 46 on on ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 table table NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 49 in in ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 front front NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 51 of of ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 54 and and CCONJ CC _ 61 cc _ _ 55 instantly instantly ADV RB _ 57 advmod _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 cock cock NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 nsubj _ _ 58 and and CCONJ CC _ 60 cc _ _ 59 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 60 hen hen NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 conj _ _ 61 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 62 to to PART TO _ 63 mark _ _ 63 fight fight VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 61 xcomp _ _ 64 with with ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 65 each each DET DT ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp 63 obl _ _ 66 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 65 fixed _ _ 67 for for ADP IN _ 70 case _ _ 68 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 70 det _ _ 69 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 70 amod _ _ 70 apple apple NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 71 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit** | past · perfect | palace | | | the table | time | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at table=Location | | 2 | **take out** | past | the Master maid | the cock | | | | the hen *obl* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cock=Theme | | 3 | **bring away** | past · perfect · passive | | the golden apple | | the giant's house | | with maiden; away *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: subject=Theme from house=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **set** | infinitive | the Master maid *not said here* | palace | | the table | | in front of maiden | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme on table=Destination | | 5 | **begin** | past | the cock and the hen | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 6 | **fight** | to-infinitive | the cock and the hen *not said here* | | | | | with each; for the golden apple | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with each=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:** «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 503 (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 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/19/21/) - next →: [sentence 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/19/23/) - ↑ back to [The Master-maid, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/19/)