--- title: “Then,” said the First Lord, “little kitchen maid, if you can lead u… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: “Then,” said the First Lord, “little kitchen maid, if you can lead us to this Nightingale you shall have leave to see the Emperor at dinner this evening, for she is invited by His Majesty to come and sing to him.” Who acts: First Lord, you, Majesty. 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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, you, Majesty), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg65965:1:136 # text = “Then,” said the First Lord, “little kitchen maid, if you can lead us to this Nightingale you shall have leave to see the Emperor at dinner this evening, for she is invited by His Majesty to come and sing to him.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 5 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 First first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 8 amod _ _ 8 Lord Lord PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 “ " PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 12 kitchen kitchen NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 13 maid maid NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 if if SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 16 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 lead lead VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 ccomp _ _ 19 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 22 det _ _ 22 Nightingale Nightingale PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 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 18 parataxis _ _ 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 _ _ 33 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 34 det _ _ 34 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 36 for for SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 37 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj:pass _ _ 38 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux:pass _ _ 39 invited invite VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 conj _ _ 40 by by ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 Majesty majesty NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 44 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 advcl _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 sing sing VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 conj _ _ 47 to to ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the First Lord | | | | then | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **lead** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | can | you | us | | | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent we=Theme | | 3 | **have** *in a quote* | shall | you | leave | | | | to this Nightingale | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leave=Patient | | 4 | **see** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | the Emperor | | dinner | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer emperor=Stimulus | | 5 | **invite** *in a quote* | present · passive | Nightingale's Majesty | maid | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient | | 6 | **come** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Nightingale's Majesty *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **sing** *speech: express* *in a quote* | infinitive | Nightingale's Majesty *not said here* | | Nightingale | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to he=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 Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens, Project Gutenberg book 65965 (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 127](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/1/127/) - next →: [sentence 129](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/1/129/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/1/)