--- title: Then the waiting-maid commanded her harshly to take off her royal ro… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then the waiting-maid commanded her harshly to take off her royal robes, and to put on her common ones, and finally she made her swear by heaven not to say a word about the matter when they reached the palace; and if she hadn’t taken this oath she would have been killed on the spot. 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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 (waiting maid, maid, Princess, words), 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:pg503:37:22 # text = Then the waiting-maid commanded her harshly to take off her royal robes, and to put on her common ones, and finally she made her swear by heaven not to say a word about the matter when they reached the palace; and if she hadn’t taken this oath she would have been killed on the spot. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 3 waiting waiting NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 4 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 maid maid NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 commanded command VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 harshly harshly ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 advcl _ _ 11 off off ADP RP _ 10 compound:prt _ _ 12 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 13 royal royal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 robes robe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 conj _ _ 19 on on ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 20 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 21 common common ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 ones one NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 25 finally finally ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 26 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 28 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ _ 29 swear swear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 xcomp _ _ 30 by by ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 heaven heaven NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 32 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 34 advmod _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 ccomp _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 37 about about ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 matter matter NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ _ 40 when when SCONJ WRB _ 42 mark _ _ 41 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 advcl _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ; ; PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 47 if if SCONJ IN _ 51 mark _ _ 48 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 49 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 50 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 51 advmod _ _ 51 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 parataxis _ _ 52 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 53 det _ _ 53 oath oath NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obj _ _ 54 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 58 nsubj:pass _ _ 55 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 58 aux _ _ 56 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 58 aux _ _ 57 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 58 aux:pass _ _ 58 killed kill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 53 acl:relcl _ _ 59 on on ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 60 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 61 spot spot NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 62 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **command** | past | the waiting maid | Princess | | | then | harshly *property* | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 2 | **take off** | to-infinitive | the waiting maid *not said here* | Princess's royal robes | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent robe=Theme | | 3 | **put** | to-infinitive | the waiting maid *not said here* | | | | | on Princess's common ones | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent on one=Destination | | 4 | **make** | past | maid | Princess | | | | finally *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **swear** | infinitive | Princess *not said here* | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 6 | **not** **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | Princess *not said here* | a word | | | | by heaven; about the matter | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent word=Topic | | 7 | **reach** | past | words *= word* | the palace | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent palace=Theme | | 8 | **not** **take** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect | maid | this oath | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent oath=Theme | | 9 | **kill** | would · perfect · passive | this oath *not said here* | maid | | the spot | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=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 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/37/21/) - next →: [sentence 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/37/23/) - ↑ back to [The Goose-girl](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/37/)