--- title: The next morning Dummerly carried off the goose under his arm, and t… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: The next morning Dummerly carried off the goose under his arm, and took no heed of the three girls, but went out with them sticking fast behind; and wherever he journeyed, the three were obliged to follow, whether they wished or not, as fast as their legs could carry them. 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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 (Dummerly, feathers, legs), 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:pg11027:15:33 # text = The next morning Dummerly carried off the goose under his arm, and took no heed of the three girls, but went out with them sticking fast behind; and wherever he journeyed, the three were obliged to follow, whether they wished or not, as fast as their legs could carry them. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl:unmarked _ _ 4 Dummerly Dummerly PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 carried carry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 off off ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 goose goose NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 under under ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 arm arm NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 15 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 16 det _ _ 16 heed heed NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 20 nummod _ _ 20 girls girl NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 but but CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 24 out out ADP RP _ 23 compound:prt _ _ 25 with with ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obl _ _ 27 sticking stick VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 23 advcl _ _ 28 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 29 advmod _ _ 29 behind behind ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ; ; PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 32 wherever wherever ADV WRB PronType=Int 34 advmod _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 journeyed journey VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 39 nsubj:pass _ _ 38 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux:pass _ _ 39 obliged oblige VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 follow follow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 43 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 44 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 wished wish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 conj _ _ 46 or or CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 45 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 49 as as ADV RB _ 50 advmod _ _ 50 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 45 advmod _ _ 51 as as SCONJ IN _ 55 mark _ _ 52 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 53 nmod:poss _ _ 53 legs leg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 55 nsubj _ _ 54 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 55 aux _ _ 55 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 50 advcl _ _ 56 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **carry off** | past | Dummerly | the goose | | goose's arm | morning | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent goose=Theme | | 2 | **take** | past | Dummerly *not said here* | no heed of the three girls | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heed=Theme | | 3 | **go out** | past | Dummerly *not said here* | | | | | with feathers *= feather* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with they=Co-Agent | | 4 | **stick** | gerund | Dummerly *not said here* | | | | | behind *property* | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **journey** | past | Dummerly | | | | | wherever *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **oblige** | past · passive | | the three | | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result | | 7 | **follow** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **wish** | past | feathers *= feather* | | | | | fast *property* | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 9 | **carry** | could | feathers's legs | feathers *= feather* | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 10 | **heed** | | | the three girls | | | | | nom heed «cognition 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:** «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 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/15/32/) - next →: [sentence 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/15/34/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Goose](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/15/)