--- title: When the huntsmen seized the maiden, she awoke and was frightened, a… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When the huntsmen seized the maiden, she awoke and was frightened, and cried out to them, ‘I am a poor child, forsaken by father and mother; take pity on me, and let me go with you.’ Who acts: huntsmen, sun, I, me. 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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 (huntsmen, sun, I, me), 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:pg7277:42:27 # text = When the huntsmen seized the maiden, she awoke and was frightened, and cried out to them, ‘I am a poor child, forsaken by father and mother; take pity on me, and let me go with you.’ 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 huntsmen huntsman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 seized seize VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 maiden maiden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 8 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 awoke awake VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux:pass _ _ 12 frightened frighten VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 16 out out ADP RP _ 15 compound:prt _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 20 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 22 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 27 forsaken forsake VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 acl _ _ 28 by by ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 33 take take VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 34 pity pity NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 35 on on ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 33 conj _ _ 40 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ _ 41 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 xcomp _ _ 42 with with ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 33 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **seize** | past | the huntsmen | the maiden | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent maiden=Theme | | 2 | **awake** | past | sun | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **frighten** | past · passive | sun *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle» | | 4 | **cry out** *speech: express* | past | sun *not said here* | | huntsmen *= huntsman* | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to they=Recipient | | 5 | **is a** | present | I | a poor child | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **forsake** | participle | | a poor child *not said here* | | | | by father and mother | tree rules | | 7 | **take** | infinitive | | pity | | | | on me | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent pity=Theme on i=Destination | | 8 | **let** | infinitive | | me | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **go** | infinitive | me *not said here* | | | | | with you | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with you=Beneficiary | 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 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/42/26/) - next →: [sentence 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/42/28/) - ↑ back to [Allerleirauh; Or, the Many-furred Creature](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/42/)