--- title: ‘They call me the little kitchen-maid,’ she replied, ‘and I come to… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘They call me the little kitchen-maid,’ she replied, ‘and I come to offer some precious things for sale,’ and with that she searched in her old sack, and drew out the emerald bracelets King Charming had given her. Who acts: thrones, Turritella, I. 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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 (thrones, Turritella, I), 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:pg7277:4:103 # text = ‘They call me the little kitchen-maid,’ she replied, ‘and I come to offer some precious things for sale,’ and with that she searched in her old sack, and drew out the emerald bracelets King Charming had given her. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 call call VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 ccomp _ _ 4 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 6 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 7 kitchen kitchen NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 8 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 maid maid NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 12 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 ‘ ‘ INTJ UH _ 13 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 17 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 offer offer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 xcomp _ _ 21 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 23 det _ _ 22 precious precious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obj _ _ 24 for for ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 sale sale NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 18 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 29 with with ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 32 obl _ _ 31 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 searched search VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 33 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 35 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 sack sack NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 drew draw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 parataxis _ _ 40 out out ADP RP _ 39 compound:prt _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 emerald emerald NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 compound _ _ 43 bracelets bracelet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 nsubj:pass _ _ 44 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 nsubj _ _ 45 Charming Charming PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 flat _ _ 46 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 47 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 39 conj _ _ 48 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call** | present | thrones *= throne* | | me | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Recipient | | 2 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | Turritella | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **come** | present | I | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **offer** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | some precious things | | | | for sale *goal* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent thing=Theme for sale=Goal | | 5 | **search** | past | Turritella | | | Turritella's old sack | | with that | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in sack=Location | | 6 | **draw out** | past | | | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **give** | past · perfect · passive | | the emerald bracelets | Turritella | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient she=Theme | 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 102](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/4/102/) - next →: [The Blue Bird, part 4, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/5/1/) - ↑ back to [The Blue Bird, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/4/)