--- title: Then first came two white doves; and next two turtle-doves; and afte… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: Then first came two white doves; and next two turtle-doves; and after them all the little birds under heaven came, and the little doves stooped their heads down and set to work, pick, pick, pick; and then the others began to pick, pick, pick, and picked out all the good grain and put it into a dish, --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/15/144/) [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/) / 144 # Grimm's Fairy Stories, The Golden Goose, sentence 144 Then first came two white doves; and next two turtle-doves; and after them all the little birds under heaven came, and the little doves stooped their heads down and set to work, pick, pick, pick; and then the others began to pick, pick, pick, and picked out all the good grain and put it into a dish, and left the ashes. **Who acts:** little doves, others · **What happens:** come, stoop down, set, work, pick, begin · **To what, where:** two white doves, heads, good grain, grain, dish, ashes 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 (little doves, others), 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:pg11027:15:144 # text = Then first came two white doves; and next two turtle-doves; and after them all the little birds under heaven came, and the little doves stooped their heads down and set to work, pick, pick, pick; and then the others began to pick, pick, pick, and picked out all the good grain and put it into a dish, and left the ashes. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 3 advmod _ _ 3 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 5 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 doves dove NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ; ; PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 9 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 10 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 13 nummod _ _ 11 turtle turtle NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 12 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 doves dove NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 16 after after ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obl _ _ 18 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 21 det:predet _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 birds bird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 appos _ _ 22 under under ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 heaven heaven NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ _ 24 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 doves dove NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nsubj _ _ 30 stooped stoop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 31 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 heads head NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obj _ _ 33 down down ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 set set VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 conj _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 work work VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 39 pick pick VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 35 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 41 pick pick VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 39 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 43 pick pick VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 41 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ; ; PUNCT : _ 49 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 46 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 49 advmod _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 nsubj _ _ 49 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 50 to to PART TO _ 51 mark _ _ 51 pick pick VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 49 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 53 pick pick VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 51 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 55 pick pick VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 51 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 57 and and CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ _ 58 picked pick VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 49 parataxis _ _ 59 out out ADP RP _ 58 compound:prt _ _ 60 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 63 det:predet _ _ 61 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 63 det _ _ 62 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 63 amod _ _ 63 grain grain NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 obj _ _ 64 and and CCONJ CC _ 65 cc _ _ 65 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 58 conj _ _ 66 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 65 obj _ _ 67 into into ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 68 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 69 det _ _ 69 dish dish NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 70 , , PUNCT , _ 72 punct _ _ 71 and and CCONJ CC _ 72 cc _ _ 72 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 73 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 74 det _ _ 74 ashes ash NOUN NNS Number=Plur 72 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 75 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | | two white doves | | | then | next two turtle doves *obl*; first *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location dove=Theme | | 2 | **come** | past | | | | | after doves *= dove* | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **stoop down** | past | the little doves | doves's heads | | | | down *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location head=Theme | | 4 | **set** | infinitive | the little doves *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **work** | to-infinitive | the little doves *not said here* | | | | | | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **pick** | infinitive | the little doves *not said here* | | | | | | vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **pick** | infinitive | the little doves *not said here* | | | | | | vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **pick** | infinitive | the little doves *not said here* | | | | | | vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **begin** | past | the others | | | | then | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 10 | **pick** | to-infinitive | the others *not said here* | | | | | | vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **pick** | infinitive | the others *not said here* | | | | | | vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 12 | **pick** | infinitive | the others *not said here* | | | | | | vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 13 | **pick out** | participle | | all good grain | | | | | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grain=Patient | | 14 | **put** | infinitive | | grain | | a dish | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal | | 15 | **leave** | past | | the ashes | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ash=Theme | 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 143](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/15/143/) - next →: [sentence 145](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/15/145/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Goose](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/15/)