--- title: The poor girl wandered on and on, till at last she came to a great n… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The poor girl wandered on and on, till at last she came to a great noble's castle, and she asked to have some work given to her; and they made her the scullion girl of the castle, for she had been used to such work in the fisherman's hut. Who acts: poor girl, girl, arms. 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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 (poor girl, girl, arms), 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:pg7439:41:45 # text = The poor girl wandered on and on, till at last she came to a great noble's castle, and she asked to have some work given to her; and they made her the scullion girl of the castle, for she had been used to such work in the fisherman's hut. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 wandered wander VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 on on ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 on on ADV RB _ 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 9 till till ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 at at ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 obl _ _ 12 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 noble noble NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 18 's 's PART POS _ 17 case _ _ 19 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 xcomp _ _ 26 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 27 det _ _ 27 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 acl _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ; ; PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 33 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 35 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 scullion scullion NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 compound _ _ 38 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 43 for for SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 44 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 45 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 46 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 47 aux:pass _ _ 47 used use VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 conj _ _ 48 to to ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 50 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ _ 51 in in ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 fisherman fisherman NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 54 's 's PART POS _ 53 case _ _ 55 hut hut NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wander** | past | the poor girl | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **come** | past | girl | | | a great noble's castle | till last | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to castle=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | girl | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **have** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | girl *not said here* | some work | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent work=Patient | | 5 | **give** | participle | | some work *not said here* | girl | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to she=Recipient | | 6 | **make** | past | arms *= arm* | the scullion girl of the castle | girl | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset she=Beneficiary girl=Product | | 7 | **use** | past · perfect · passive | | girl | | | | to such work in the fisherman's hut | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=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 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/41/44/) - next →: [sentence 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/41/46/) - ↑ back to [The Fish and the Ring](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/41/)