--- title: When the kitchen-maid caught sight of all this gold and silver she w… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When the kitchen-maid caught sight of all this gold and silver she was quite amazed, and said: ‘My dear friend Minnikin, where have you got all that from?’ for she was half afraid that he had not come by it honestly. Who acts: kitchen maid, caught sight, you, Princess. 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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 (kitchen maid, caught sight, you, Princess), 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:pg540:45:32 # text = When the kitchen-maid caught sight of all this gold and silver she was quite amazed, and said: ‘My dear friend Minnikin, where have you got all that from?’ for she was half afraid that he had not come by it honestly. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 3 kitchen kitchen NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 4 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 maid maid NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 6 caught catch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 amod _ _ 7 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 11 det:predet _ _ 10 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 11 det _ _ 11 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 conj _ _ 14 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 15 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 16 quite quite ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 amazed amazed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 : : PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 22 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 24 dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod:desc _ _ 26 Minnikin Minnikin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 31 advmod _ _ 29 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 30 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 26 parataxis _ _ 32 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 33 det:predet _ _ 33 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 31 obj _ _ 34 from from ADP IN _ 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ? ? PUNCT . _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 26 punct _ _ 37 for for SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 38 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 39 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 40 half half ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 41 advmod _ _ 41 afraid afraid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 advcl _ _ 42 that that SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 43 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 44 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 45 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 46 advmod _ _ 46 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 41 ccomp _ _ 47 by by ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obl _ _ 49 honestly honestly ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 17 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **catch** | participle | | | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **sight** | | the kitchen maid | | | | | of all gold and silver | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | past | caught sight | | | | | amazed *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | caught sight *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **get** | present · perfect | you | that | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer that=Stimulus | | 6 | **is** | past | Princess | | | | | afraid, half *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **not** **come** | past · perfect | Minnikin | | | | | by silver; honestly *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by it=Location | 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 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/45/31/) - next →: [sentence 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/45/33/) - ↑ back to [Mother Holle, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/45/)