--- title: After they had ridden for about an hour the Princess began to feel v… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: After they had ridden for about an hour the Princess began to feel very thirsty, and said to her waiting-maid: “Pray get down and fetch me some water in my golden cup out of yonder stream: I would like a drink.” Who acts: drops, Princess, I. A sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Go --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/37/8/) [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 Goose-girl](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/37/) / 8 # The Blue Fairy Book, The Goose-girl, sentence 8 After they had ridden for about an hour the Princess began to feel very thirsty, and said to her waiting-maid: “Pray get down and fetch me some water in my golden cup out of yonder stream: I would like a drink.” **Who acts:** drops, Princess, I · **What happens:** ride, begin, feel, say, pray, get down · **To what, where:** waiting maid, water, me, golden cup, drink · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Goose-girl. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (drops, Princess, I), 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:pg503:37:8 # text = After they had ridden for about an hour the Princess began to feel very thirsty, and said to her waiting-maid: “Pray get down and fetch me some water in my golden cup out of yonder stream: I would like a drink.” 1 After after SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 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 ridden ride VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 11 advcl _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 about about ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 7 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 hour hour NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 feel feel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 xcomp _ _ 14 very very ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 thirsty thirsty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 19 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 20 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 21 waiting waiting NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 22 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 maid maid NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 : : PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 25 “ " PUNCT `` _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 Pray pray VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 conj _ _ 27 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 xcomp _ _ 28 down down ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 fetch fetch VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 31 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 33 det _ _ 33 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 36 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 cup cup NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 38 out out ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 yonder yonder ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 41 stream stream NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 : : PUNCT : _ 45 punct _ _ 43 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 44 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 like like VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 parataxis _ _ 46 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 drink drink NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ” " PUNCT '' _ 45 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ride** | past · perfect | drops *= drop* | | | | hour | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **begin** | past | the Princess | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **feel** | to-infinitive | the Princess *not said here* | | | | | thirsty *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | Princess's waiting maid | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to maid=Recipient | | 5 | **pray** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 6 | **get down** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | down *property* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient | | 7 | **fetch** *in a quote* | infinitive | | some water | me | my golden cup | | out stream | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent i=Beneficiary water=Theme | | 8 | **like** *in a quote* | would | I | a drink | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot drink=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 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/37/7/) - next →: [sentence 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/37/9/) - ↑ back to [The Goose-girl](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/37/)