--- title: And as they passed a brook she called once more to her waiting-maid:… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: And as they passed a brook she called once more to her waiting-maid: “Pray get down and give me a drink from my golden cup,” for she had long ago forgotten her maid’s rude words. Who acts: rays, Princess, maid. 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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 (rays, Princess, maid), 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:pg503:37:15 # text = And as they passed a brook she called once more to her waiting-maid: “Pray get down and give me a drink from my golden cup,” for she had long ago forgotten her maid’s rude words. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 as as SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 passed pass VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 brook brook NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ _ 9 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 10 advmod _ _ 10 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 4 obj _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 12 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 13 waiting waiting NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 14 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 maid maid NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 : : PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 17 “ " PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 Pray pray VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 19 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 xcomp _ _ 20 down down ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 conj _ _ 23 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 iobj _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 drink drink NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 26 from from ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 28 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 cup cup NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 32 for for SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 33 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 34 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 35 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 36 advmod _ _ 36 ago ago ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 37 forgotten forget VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 38 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 maid maid NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ’s 's PART POS _ 39 case _ _ 41 rude rude ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pass** | past | rays *= ray* | a brook | | | | to Princess's waiting maid | tree rules | | 2 | **call** | past | Princess | a brook *not said here* | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent brook=Recipient | | 3 | **pray** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 4 | **get down** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | down *property* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **give** *in a quote* | infinitive | | a drink | Princess | my golden cup | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient drink=Theme | | 6 | **forget** | past · perfect | Princess | Princess's maid's rude words | | | | ago *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **word** | | Princess's maid | | | | | | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=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 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/37/14/) - next →: [sentence 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/37/16/) - ↑ back to [The Goose-girl](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/37/)