--- title: ‘Little kitchenmaid!’ said the First Lord, ‘I will give you a place… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Little kitchenmaid!’ said the First Lord, ‘I will give you a place in the kitchen, and you shall have leave to see the Emperor at dinner, if you can lead us to the Nightingale, for she is invited to come to Court this evening.’ Who acts: First Lord, I, you, mother. 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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 (First Lord, I, you, mother), 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:pg640:48:47 # text = ‘Little kitchenmaid!’ said the First Lord, ‘I will give you a place in the kitchen, and you shall have leave to see the Emperor at dinner, if you can lead us to the Nightingale, for she is invited to come to Court this evening.’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 kitchenmaid kitchenmaid NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ! ! PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 6 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 First first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 9 amod _ _ 9 Lord Lord PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 ccomp _ _ 15 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 14 iobj _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 kitchen kitchen NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 23 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 conj _ _ 26 leave leave NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 acl _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 Emperor Emperor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 31 at at ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 dinner dinner NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 34 if if SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 35 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 lead lead VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 parataxis _ _ 38 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 to to ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 Nightingale Nightingale PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 43 for for SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 44 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj:pass _ _ 45 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 aux:pass _ _ 46 invited invite VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 37 conj _ _ 47 to to PART TO _ 48 mark _ _ 48 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 46 xcomp _ _ 49 to to ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 Court court VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 48 conj _ _ 51 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 52 det _ _ 52 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the First Lord | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **give** | future | I | a place | you | the kitchen | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient place=Theme | | 3 | **have** | shall | you | leave | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leave=Patient | | 4 | **see** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | the Emperor | | dinner | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer emperor=Stimulus | | 5 | **lead** *a condition, not said to happen* | can | you | us | the Nightingale | | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent we=Theme to nightingale=Destination | | 6 | **invite** | present · passive | | mother | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic | | 7 | **come** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | mother *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **court** | infinitive | mother *not said here* | | | | evening | | vn marry-36.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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 Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 640 (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 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/48/46/) - next →: [sentence 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/48/48/) - ↑ back to [The Nightingale](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/48/)