--- title: The maiden showed no surprise at receiving such an order, but merely… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The maiden showed no surprise at receiving such an order, but merely asked for some flour, salt, and water, and also that she might be left alone in a little room adjoining the oven, where the kneading-trough stood. Who acts: maiden, surprise, kneading trough. 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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 (maiden, surprise, kneading trough), 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:pg7277:24:30 # text = The maiden showed no surprise at receiving such an order, but merely asked for some flour, salt, and water, and also that she might be left alone in a little room adjoining the oven, where the kneading-trough stood. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 maiden maiden NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 showed show VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 5 det _ _ 5 surprise surprise NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 at at SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 7 receiving receive VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 acl _ _ 8 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 10 det:predet _ _ 9 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 but but CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 merely merely ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 15 for for ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 17 det _ _ 17 flour flour NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 salt salt NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 25 also also ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 26 that that SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 27 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 28 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 29 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 30 aux:pass _ _ 30 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 31 alone alone ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 xcomp _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 36 adjoining adjoin VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 30 advcl _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 oven oven NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 40 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 45 advmod _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 42 kneading kneading NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 43 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 trough trough NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 45 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **show** | past | the maiden | no surprise | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent surprise=Recipient | | 2 | **receive** | gerund | no surprise *not said here* | such order | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent order=Theme | | 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | the maiden *not said here* | water | | | | for some flour and salt; merely *property* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **leave** | might · passive | | maiden | | a little room | | alone *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in room=Location | | 5 | **adjoin** | gerund | | the oven | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme oven=Co-Theme | | 6 | **stand** | past | the kneading trough | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «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 Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 7277 (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 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/24/29/) - next →: [sentence 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/24/31/) - ↑ back to [The Dirty Shepherdess](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/24/)