--- title: Then there came a wind, so strong that it blew off Curdken's hat, an… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: Then there came a wind, so strong that it blew off Curdken's hat, and away it flew over the hills, and he after it; till, by the time he came back, she had done combing and curling her hair, and put it up again safely. Who acts: wind, hat, Curdken, heart. 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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 (wind, hat, Curdken, heart), 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:pg11027:6:48 # text = Then there came a wind, so strong that it blew off Curdken's hat, and away it flew over the hills, and he after it; till, by the time he came back, she had done combing and curling her hair, and put it up again safely. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 3 expl _ _ 3 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 so so ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ 9 that that SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 blew blow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 12 off off ADP RP _ 11 compound:prt _ _ 13 Curdken Curdken PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 14 's 's PART POS _ 13 case _ _ 15 hat hat NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 18 away away ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 19 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 21 over over ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 hills hill NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 after after ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 30 till till SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 32 by by ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 37 back back ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 40 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 36 parataxis _ _ 42 combing comb VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 41 xcomp _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 curling curl VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 42 conj _ _ 45 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 49 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 advcl _ _ 50 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 obj _ _ 51 up up ADP RP _ 49 compound:prt _ _ 52 again again ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 53 safely safely ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | a wind | | | there | after hat; then | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **blow off** | past | wind | Curdken's hat | | | | | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent hat=Patient | | 3 | **fly** | past | hat | | | the hills | | away *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over hill=Location | | 4 | **come back** | past | Curdken | | | | time | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **do** | past · perfect | heart | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **comb** | gerund | heart *not said here* | | | | | | vn wipe\_instr-10.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **curl** | gerund | heart *not said here* | heart's hair | | | | | vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hair=Patient | | 8 | **put up** | infinitive | heart *not said here* | hat | | | again | safely *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal | 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 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/6/47/) - next →: [sentence 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/6/49/) - ↑ back to [The Goose-girl](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/6/)