--- title: The maidens had dreamed that he was coming, and were ready to go wit… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The maidens had dreamed that he was coming, and were ready to go with him, but first they made a cake in which they put poison, and left it on a table where the old woman was likely to see it when she returned. Who acts: prince, maidens, old woman, wedding. 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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 (prince, maidens, old woman, wedding), 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:pg503:26:131 # text = The maidens had dreamed that he was coming, and were ready to go with him, but first they made a cake in which they put poison, and left it on a table where the old woman was likely to see it when she returned. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 maidens maiden NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 dreamed dream VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 coming come VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 12 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 xcomp _ _ 15 with with ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 but but CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 19 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 21 advmod _ _ 20 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 cake cake NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 24 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 27 obl _ _ 26 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 acl:relcl _ _ 28 poison poison NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 32 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 on on ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 table table NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 36 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 41 advmod _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 40 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 41 likely likely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 advcl _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 xcomp _ _ 44 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ _ 45 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 47 advmod _ _ 46 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dream** | past · perfect · passive | | the maidens | | | | | vn cognize-85 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | | 2 | **come** | past · progressive | prince | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **is** | past | | | | | | ready *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **go** | to-infinitive | | | | | | with prince | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with he=Beneficiary | | 5 | **make** | past | maidens *= maiden* | a cake | | | | first *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset cake=Product | | 6 | **put** | past | maidens *= maiden* | poison | | a cake | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent poison=Theme in which=Destination | | 7 | **leave** | past | maidens *= maiden* *not said here* | Poison | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 8 | **is** | past | the old woman | | | a table | | likely *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **see** | to-infinitive | the old woman *not said here* | Poison | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | | 10 | **return** | past | wedding | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 130](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/26/130/) - next →: [sentence 132](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/26/132/) - ↑ back to [The Water-lily. the Gold-spinners](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/26/)