--- title: And Curdken said, "When we go in the morning through the dark gate w… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: And Curdken said, "When we go in the morning through the dark gate with our flock of geese, she weeps, and talks with the head of a horse that hangs upon the wall, and says-- Who acts: Curdken, we, girl, horse. A sentence of «Grimm's Fairy Stories» by Jacob Grimm, The Goose-girl, with its dependency --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/6/67/) [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 Goose-girl](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/6/) / 67 # Grimm's Fairy Stories, The Goose-girl, sentence 67 And Curdken said, "When we go in the morning through the dark gate with our flock of geese, she weeps, and talks with the head of a horse that hangs upon the wall, and says-- **Who acts:** Curdken, we, girl, horse · **What happens:** say, go, weep, talk, hang · **To what, where:** dark gate, wall · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Grimm's Fairy Stories» by Jacob Grimm, The Goose-girl. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Curdken, we, girl, horse), 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:pg11027:6:67 # text = And Curdken said, "When we go in the morning through the dark gate with our flock of geese, she weeps, and talks with the head of a horse that hangs upon the wall, and says-- 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 Curdken Curdken PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 7 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 go go VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 12 through through ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 dark dark ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 gate gate NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 16 with with ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 flock flock NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 geese goose NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 weeps weep VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 talks talk VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 27 with with ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ _ 33 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 34 nsubj _ _ 34 hangs hang VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 acl:relcl _ _ 35 upon upon ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 wall wall NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 -- -- PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Curdken | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **go** *in a quote* | present | we | | | the dark gate | morning | with our flock of geese | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme through gate=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **weep** *in a quote* | present | girl | | | | | | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **talk** *in a quote* | present | girl *not said here* | | | | | with the head of a horse | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with head=Co-Agent | | 5 | **hang** *in a quote* | present | a horse | | | the wall | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent upon wall=Location | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | girl *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: 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 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/6/66/) - next →: [sentence 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/6/68/) - ↑ back to [The Goose-girl](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/6/)