--- title: Then she took it, and went to her mother's grave and planted it ther… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: Then she took it, and went to her mother's grave and planted it there, and cried so much that it was watered with her tears; and there it grew and became a fine tree, and soon a little bird came and built its nest upon the tree, and talked with her and watched over her, and brought her whatever she --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/15/134/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Grimm's Fairy Stories](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/) / [The Golden Goose](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/15/) / 134 # Grimm's Fairy Stories, The Golden Goose, sentence 134 Then she took it, and went to her mother's grave and planted it there, and cried so much that it was watered with her tears; and there it grew and became a fine tree, and soon a little bird came and built its nest upon the tree, and talked with her and watched over her, and brought her whatever she wished for. **Who acts:** sprig, way, little bird · **What happens:** take, go, plant, cry, water, grow · **To what, where:** way, grave, fine tree, nest, whatever, sprig This is a sentence of «Grimm's Fairy Stories» by Jacob Grimm, The Golden Goose. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (sprig, way, little bird), 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:pg11027:15:134 # text = Then she took it, and went to her mother's grave and planted it there, and cried so much that it was watered with her tears; and there it grew and became a fine tree, and soon a little bird came and built its nest upon the tree, and talked with her and watched over her, and brought her whatever she wished for. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 9 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 11 's 's PART POS _ 10 case _ _ 12 grave grave NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 planted plant VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 15 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ _ 16 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 14 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 20 so so ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 21 much much ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 22 that that SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 23 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj:pass _ _ 24 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux:pass _ _ 25 watered water VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 advcl _ _ 26 with with ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 tears tear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 31 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 33 expl _ _ 32 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 conj _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 41 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 45 advmod _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 45 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 built build VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 conj _ _ 48 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 nest nest NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ _ 50 upon upon ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 54 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 55 talked talk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 56 with with ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 57 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 obl _ _ 58 and and CCONJ CC _ 59 cc _ _ 59 watched watch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 55 conj _ _ 60 over over ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 61 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 59 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 62 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 63 and and CCONJ CC _ 64 cc _ _ 64 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 65 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 64 obj _ _ 66 whatever whatever PRON WP PronType=Rel 64 obj _ _ 67 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 68 nsubj _ _ 68 wished wish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 66 acl:relcl _ _ 69 for for ADP IN _ 68 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 70 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | sprig | way | | | then | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 2 | **go** | past | sprig *not said here* | | | sprig's mother's grave | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to grave=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **plant** | past | sprig *not said here* | way | | there | | | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 4 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | sprig *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **water** | past · passive | | way | | | | with sprig's tears | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination with tear=Theme | | 6 | **grow** | past | way | | | there | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **become** | past | way *not said here* | a fine tree | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 8 | **come** | past | a little bird | | | | | soon *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **build** | past | a little bird *not said here* | way's nest | | | | upon the tree | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset nest=Product | | 10 | **talk** | past | sprig *not said here* | | | | | with sprig | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with she=Co-Agent | | 11 | **watch** | past | sprig *not said here* | | | | | over sprig | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent over she=Location | | 12 | **bring** | past | sprig *not said here* | whatever | sprig | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent she=Destination whatever=Theme | | 13 | **wish** | past | sprig | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | 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:** «Grimm's Fairy Stories» by Jacob Grimm, Project Gutenberg book 11027 (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 133](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/15/133/) - next →: [sentence 135](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/15/135/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Goose](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/15/)