--- title: When he came back to the King’s palace the kitchen-maid clapped her… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When he came back to the King’s palace the kitchen-maid clapped her hands and wondered where he could have got all that gold and silver; but Minnikin answered that he had been home for a short time, and that it was only the hoops which had fallen off some pails, and that he had brought them away for --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/45/56/) [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 Red Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/) / [Mother Holle, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/45/) / 56 # The Red Fairy Book, Mother Holle, part 2, sentence 56 When he came back to the King’s palace the kitchen-maid clapped her hands and wondered where he could have got all that gold and silver; but Minnikin answered that he had been home for a short time, and that it was only the hoops which had fallen off some pails, and that he had brought them away for the kitchen-maid. **Who acts:** Minnikin, kitchen maid, maid, hoops · **What happens:** come back, clap, wonder, get, answer, be · **To what, where:** palace, hands, gold, hoops, pails · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Mother Holle, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Minnikin, kitchen maid, maid, hoops), 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:pg540:45:56 # text = When he came back to the King’s palace the kitchen-maid clapped her hands and wondered where he could have got all that gold and silver; but Minnikin answered that he had been home for a short time, and that it was only the hoops which had fallen off some pails, and that he had brought them away for the kitchen-maid. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 advcl _ _ 4 back back ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ’s 's PART POS _ 7 case _ _ 9 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 11 kitchen kitchen NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 12 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 maid maid NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 14 clapped clap VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obj _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 wondered wonder VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 19 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 23 advmod _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 21 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 22 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 23 aux _ _ 23 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 18 ccomp _ _ 24 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 26 det:predet _ _ 25 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 26 det _ _ 26 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 30 but but CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 Minnikin Minnikin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 32 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 parataxis _ _ 33 that that SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 35 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 36 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 37 cop _ _ 37 home home ADV RB _ 32 conj _ _ 38 for for ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 short short ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 44 that that SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 45 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 46 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 cop _ _ 47 only only ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 hoops hoop NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obl _ _ 50 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 52 nsubj _ _ 51 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 52 aux _ _ 52 fallen fall VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 49 acl:relcl _ _ 53 off off ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 55 det _ _ 55 pails pail NOUN NNS Number=Plur 52 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 57 and and CCONJ CC _ 61 cc _ _ 58 that that SCONJ IN _ 61 mark _ _ 59 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 61 nsubj _ _ 60 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 61 aux _ _ 61 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 49 acl _ _ 62 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 61 obj _ _ 63 away away ADV RB _ 61 advmod _ _ 64 for for ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 65 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 68 det _ _ 66 kitchen kitchen NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 67 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 66 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 68 maid maid NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 69 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come back** | past | Minnikin | | | the King's palace | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to palace=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **clap** | past | the kitchen maid | gladness's hands | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location hand=Theme | | 3 | **wonder** *speech: ask* | past | the kitchen maid *not said here* | | | | | | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **get** | could · perfect | Minnikin | all gold and silver | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer gold=Stimulus | | 5 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | Minnikin | | | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is** | past · perfect | Minnikin | | | | time | home *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **is a** | past | maid | the hoops | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **fall off** | past · perfect | the hoops | some pails | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V NP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: agent=Patient pail=Extent | | 9 | **bring away** | past · perfect | Minnikin | hoops *= hoop* | | | | for the kitchen maid; away *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent they=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 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 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/45/55/) - next →: [sentence 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/45/57/) - ↑ back to [Mother Holle, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/45/)