--- title: The maid-servant called him in to the fire, and gave him plenty to e… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The maid-servant called him in to the fire, and gave him plenty to eat, good meat and bread and beer; and as he was eating his food by the fire, there came the young lady to look at him, and she loved him well and he loved her. Who acts: maid servant, lad, young lady, lady. 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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 (maid servant, lad, young lady, lady), 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:pg7439:20:17 # text = The maid-servant called him in to the fire, and gave him plenty to eat, good meat and bread and beer; and as he was eating his food by the fire, there came the young lady to look at him, and she loved him well and he loved her. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 maid maid NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 5 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 acl _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 in in ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 iobj _ _ 15 plenty plenty NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 meat meat NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 conj _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 bread bread NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 conj _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 beer beer NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 27 as as SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 eating eat VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 advcl _ _ 31 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 by by ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 38 expl _ _ 38 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 conj _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 acl _ _ 44 at at ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 48 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 49 loved love VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 parataxis _ _ 50 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 obj _ _ 51 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 49 advmod _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 53 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 54 loved love VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 conj _ _ 55 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call in** *speech: assert* | participle | the maid servant *not said here* | lad | the fire | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Topic to fire=Recipient | | 2 | **give** | past | the maid servant | plenty and good meat and bread and beer | lad | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient plenty=Theme | | 3 | **eat** | to-infinitive | the maid servant *not said here* | plenty and good meat and bread and beer *not said here* | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **eat** | past · progressive | lad | lad's food | | | | by the fire | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Patient | | 5 | **come** | past | the young lady | | | there | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **look** | to-infinitive | the young lady *not said here* | | | | | at lad | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at he=Theme | | 7 | **love** | past | lady | lad | | | | well *property* | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 8 | **love** | past | lad | lady | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=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:** «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 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/20/16/) - next →: [sentence 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/20/18/) - ↑ back to [Jack and His Golden Snuff-box](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/20/)