--- title: The whole court was present, and the little kitchen maid, who had sh… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: The whole court was present, and the little kitchen maid, who had shown the First Lord where the bird could be found, was allowed to stand behind the door where she could see and hear everything. Who acts: whole court, little kitchen maid, maid. 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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 (whole court, little kitchen maid, maid), 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:pg65965:1:162 # text = The whole court was present, and the little kitchen maid, who had shown the First Lord where the bird could be found, was allowed to stand behind the door where she could see and hear everything. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 present present ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 9 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 10 kitchen kitchen NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 maid maid NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 15 nsubj _ _ 14 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 shown show VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 11 acl:relcl _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 First first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 18 amod _ _ 18 Lord Lord PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 19 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 24 advmod _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj:pass _ _ 22 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 23 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 24 aux:pass _ _ 24 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 26 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux:pass _ _ 27 allowed allow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 stand stand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 xcomp _ _ 30 behind behind ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 33 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 36 advmod _ _ 34 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 acl:relcl _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 conj _ _ 39 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the whole court | | | | | present *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **show** | past · perfect | the little kitchen maid | the First Lord | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **find** | could · passive | | the bird | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | | 4 | **allow** | past · passive | | the little kitchen maid | | | | | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | | 5 | **stand** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the little kitchen maid *not said here* | | | the door | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent behind door=Location | | 6 | **see** | could | maid | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **hear** | infinitive | the little kitchen maid *not said here* | everything | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer everything=Stimulus | 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 153](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/1/153/) - next →: [sentence 155](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/1/155/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/1/)