--- title: So the maid followed her into the wood and watched, and saw how the… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: So the maid followed her into the wood and watched, and saw how the step-daughter took the cloth out of the Blue Bull’s ear, and spread it out, and how the cloth was then covered with the most delicate dishes, which the step-daughter ate and regaled herself with. Who acts: maid, step daughter. 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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 (maid, step daughter), 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:pg540:29:17 # text = So the maid followed her into the wood and watched, and saw how the step-daughter took the cloth out of the Blue Bull’s ear, and spread it out, and how the cloth was then covered with the most delicate dishes, which the step-daughter ate and regaled herself with. 1 So so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 maid maid NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 followed follow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 into into ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 watched watch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 14 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 19 advmod _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 16 step step NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 17 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 19 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 ccomp _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 cloth cloth NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 22 out out ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 Blue blue ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 Bull bull NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ’s 's PART POS _ 26 case _ _ 28 ear ear NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 spread spread VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 32 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 out out ADP RP _ 31 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 36 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 41 advmod _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 cloth cloth NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj:pass _ _ 39 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux:pass _ _ 40 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 41 advmod _ _ 41 covered cover VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 conj _ _ 42 with with ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 44 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 45 advmod _ _ 45 delicate delicate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 dishes dish NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 48 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 53 obj _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 50 step step NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 51 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 50 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 nsubj _ _ 53 ate eat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 parataxis _ _ 54 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 55 regaled regale VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 53 conj _ _ 56 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 55 obj _ _ 57 with with ADP IN _ 55 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 58 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow** | past | the maid | Queen | | the wood | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent she=Theme into wood=Trajectory | | 2 | **watch** | past | the maid *not said here* | | | | | | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **see** | past | the maid *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **take** | past | the step daughter | the cloth | | the Blue Bull's ear | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent cloth=Theme out ear=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **spread out** | past | the maid *not said here* | cloth | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme | | 6 | **cover** | past · passive | | the cloth | | | then | with the delicate dishes | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination with dish=Theme | | 7 | **eat** | past | the step daughter | the delicate dishes | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Patient | | 8 | **regale** | past | the step daughter *not said here* | Queen | | | | | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent herself=Recipient | 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 Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 540 (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 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/29/16/) - next →: [sentence 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/29/18/) - ↑ back to [Kari Woodengown, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/29/)