--- title: The gardener's daughter, going to draw water in the well, saw the sh… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The gardener's daughter, going to draw water in the well, saw the shadow of the lady in the water and thought it was herself, and said; “If I'm so bonny, if I'm so brave, why do you send me to draw water?” Who acts: daughter, water, you. 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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 (daughter, water, you), 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:pg7439:12:65 # text = The gardener's daughter, going to draw water in the well, saw the shadow of the lady in the water and thought it was herself, and said; “If I'm so bonny, if I'm so brave, why do you send me to draw water?” 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 gardener gardener NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 conj _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 draw draw VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ 9 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 well well NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 14 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 shadow shadow NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ _ 20 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 25 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 27 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 24 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ; ; PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 32 “ " PUNCT `` _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 If if SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 34 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 'm be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ _ 36 so so ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 37 bonny bonny NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 39 if if SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 40 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 'm be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 cop _ _ 42 so so ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 43 brave brave ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 45 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 48 advmod _ _ 46 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 47 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 48 send send VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 conj _ _ 49 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 48 iobj _ _ 50 to to PART TO _ 51 mark _ _ 51 draw draw VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 48 advcl _ _ 52 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 ? ? PUNCT . _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ” " PUNCT '' _ 43 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | gerund | the gardener's daughter *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **draw** | to-infinitive | the gardener's daughter *not said here* | water | | the well | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent water=Theme in well=Destination | | 3 | **see** | past | the gardener's daughter | the shadow of the lady in the water | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer shadow=Stimulus | | 4 | **think** *speech: other* | past | the gardener's daughter *not said here* | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is a** | past | water | daughter | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **say** *speech: ask* | past | the gardener's daughter *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | the gardener's daughter *= daughter* | bonny | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the gardener's daughter *= daughter* | | | | | brave *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **send** *in a quote* | present · do-support | you | | the gardener's daughter *= daughter* | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 10 | **draw** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | water | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme | | 11 | **shadow** | | | the lady in the water | | | | | nom shadow «state transitive»: of=patient | 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:** «English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 7439 (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 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/12/64/) - next →: [sentence 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/12/66/) - ↑ back to [Nix Nought Nothing](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/12/)