--- title: When the young man heard this, he went to her with the goose and all… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: When the young man heard this, he went to her with the goose and all its followers; and as soon as she saw the seven all hanging together, and running about, treading on each other's heels, she could not help bursting into a long and loud laugh. Who acts: young man, man, princess. 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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 (young man, man, princess), 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:pg11027:15:44 # text = When the young man heard this, he went to her with the goose and all its followers; and as soon as she saw the seven all hanging together, and running about, treading on each other's heels, she could not help bursting into a long and loud laugh. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ _ 6 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obl _ _ 12 with with ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 goose goose NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 16 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 18 det:predet _ _ 17 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 followers follower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 21 as as ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 25 advmod _ _ 23 as as SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 24 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 28 nsubj _ _ 28 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 25 obj _ _ 29 hanging hang VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 28 acl _ _ 30 together together ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 running run VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 25 advcl _ _ 34 about about ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 36 treading tread VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 33 conj _ _ 37 on on ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 38 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 39 det _ _ 39 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 40 's 's PART POS _ 39 case _ _ 41 heels heel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 43 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 44 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 45 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 46 advmod _ _ 46 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ _ 47 bursting burst VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 46 xcomp _ _ 48 into into ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 49 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 50 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 amod _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 52 loud loud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 conj _ _ 53 laugh laugh VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 47 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past | the young man | this | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer this=Stimulus | | 2 | **go** | past | man | | princess | | | with the goose and world's followers | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to she=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **see** | past | princess | all | | | | soon *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer all=Stimulus | | 4 | **hang together** | gerund | | | | | | together *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **run about** | gerund | princess *not said here* | | | | | about *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **tread** | gerund | princess *not said here* | | | each other's heels | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on heel=Trajectory | | 7 | **not** **help** | could | princess | | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 8 | **burst** *not said to happen* | gerund | princess *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **laugh** | present | princess *not said here* | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/15/43/) - next →: [sentence 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/15/45/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Goose](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/15/)