--- title: But in a few minutes a maid saw him, and said to her master, ‘I pray… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But in a few minutes a maid saw him, and said to her master, ‘I pray you, sir, to drive away that beggar who is sitting on the steps, or he will fill the whole house with his dirt.’ Who acts: maid, I, beggar, Don. 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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, I, beggar, Don), 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:pg5615:39:27 # text = But in a few minutes a maid saw him, and said to her master, ‘I pray you, sir, to drive away that beggar who is sitting on the steps, or he will fill the whole house with his dirt.’ 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 2 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 minutes minute NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 maid maid NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 pray pray VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 parataxis _ _ 20 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 sir sir NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 drive drive VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 26 away away ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 27 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 28 det _ _ 28 beggar beggar NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 29 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 31 nsubj _ _ 30 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 sitting sit VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 28 acl:relcl _ _ 32 on on ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 steps step NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 36 or or CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 fill fill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 conj _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 43 with with ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 dirt dirt NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | a maid | Don | | | minute | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | a maid *not said here* | | maid's master | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to master=Recipient | | 3 | **pray** | present | I | you | | | | sir *vocative* | tree rules | | 4 | **drive away** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | that beggar | | | | away *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme beggar=Trajectory | | 5 | **sit** | present · progressive | that beggar | | | | | on the steps | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on step=Location | | 6 | **fill** | future | Don | the whole house | | | | with Don's dirt | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent house=Patient with dirt=Instrument | 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 Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 5615 (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 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/39/26/) - next →: [sentence 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/39/28/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/39/)