--- title: The old king could not for some time think of any work for her, but… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: The old king could not for some time think of any work for her, but at last he said, "I have a lad who takes care of my geese; she may go and help him." Who acts: old king, king, lad, maid. 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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 (old king, king, lad, maid), 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:pg11027:6:28 # text = The old king could not for some time think of any work for her, but at last he said, "I have a lad who takes care of my geese; she may go and help him." 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 4 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 5 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 8 det _ _ 8 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 9 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 12 det _ _ 12 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 13 for for ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 16 but but CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 17 at at ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 last last NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 " " PUNCT `` _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 ccomp _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 lad lad NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 27 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 28 nsubj _ _ 28 takes take VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 acl:relcl _ _ 29 care care NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 geese goose NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ; ; PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 34 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 parataxis _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 conj _ _ 39 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 " " PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **think** *speech: other* | could | the old king | | | | time | of any work for maid | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | king | | | last | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **have** *in a quote* | present | the old king *= king* | a lad | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lad=Patient | | 4 | **take** *in a quote* | present | a lad | care | | | | of my geese | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent care=Theme of goose=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **go** *in a quote* | may | maid | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **help** *in a quote* | infinitive | maid *not said here* | | king | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary | 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 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/6/27/) - next →: [sentence 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/6/29/) - ↑ back to [The Goose-girl](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/6/)