--- title: And so she grew up, with little to eat or wear, spending her days in… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: And so she grew up, with little to eat or wear, spending her days in the fields and lanes, with only the gooseherd for a companion, who would play to her so merrily on his little pipe, when she was hungry, or cold, or tired, that she forgot all her troubles, and fell to dancing, with his flock of no --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/20/91/) [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/) / [More English Fairy Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/) / [More English Fairy Tales, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/20/) / 91 # More English Fairy Tales, More English Fairy Tales, part 6, sentence 91 And so she grew up, with little to eat or wear, spending her days in the fields and lanes, with only the gooseherd for a companion, who would play to her so merrily on his little pipe, when she was hungry, or cold, or tired, that she forgot all her troubles, and fell to dancing, with his flock of noisy geese for partners. **Who acts:** granddaughter, gooseherd · **What happens:** grow up, eat, wear, spend, play, be · **To what, where:** fields, granddaughter, little pipe, troubles This is a sentence of «More English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, More English Fairy Tales, part 6. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (granddaughter, gooseherd), 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:pg14241:20:91 # text = And so she grew up, with little to eat or wear, spending her days in the fields and lanes, with only the gooseherd for a companion, who would play to her so merrily on his little pipe, when she was hungry, or cold, or tired, that she forgot all her troubles, and fell to dancing, with his flock of noisy geese for partners. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 so so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 up up ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 obl:unmarked _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ _ 11 or or CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 wear wear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 spending spend VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 15 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obj _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 fields field NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obl _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 lanes lane NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 with with ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 only only ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 gooseherd gooseherd NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 27 for for ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 companion companion NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 33 nsubj _ _ 32 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 play play VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 parataxis _ _ 34 to to ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obl _ _ 36 so so ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 37 merrily merrily ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 38 on on ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 40 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 pipe pipe NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 43 when when SCONJ WRB _ 46 mark _ _ 44 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 45 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 cop _ _ 46 hungry hungry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 48 or or CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 49 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 51 or or CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 52 tired tired ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 54 that that SCONJ IN _ 56 mark _ _ 55 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 56 nsubj _ _ 56 forgot forget VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 conj _ _ 57 all all ADV RB _ 59 advmod _ _ 58 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 59 nmod:poss _ _ 59 troubles trouble NOUN NNS Number=Plur 56 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 60 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 61 and and CCONJ CC _ 62 cc _ _ 62 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 63 to to ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 64 dancing dancing NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 65 , , PUNCT , _ 68 punct _ _ 66 with with ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 67 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 68 nmod:poss _ _ 68 flock flock NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 obl _ _ 69 of of ADP IN _ 71 case _ _ 70 noisy noisy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 71 amod _ _ 71 geese goose NOUN NNS Number=Plur 68 nmod _ _ 72 for for ADP IN _ 73 case _ _ 73 partners partner NOUN NNS Number=Plur 71 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 74 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow up** | past | granddaughter | | | | | with little | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **eat** | to-infinitive | granddaughter *not said here* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **wear** | infinitive | granddaughter *not said here* | | | | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **spend** | gerund | granddaughter *not said here* | | | the fields and lanes | day | with the gooseherd for a companion | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **play** | would | the gooseherd for a companion | | granddaughter | dog's little pipe | | merrily *property* | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is** | past | granddaughter | | | | | hungry *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **be** | | granddaughter *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **be** | | granddaughter *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **forget** | past | granddaughter | granddaughter's troubles | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **fall** | past | granddaughter *not said here* | | | | | to dancing; with dog's flock of noisy geese for partners | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to dancing=Theme | | 11 | **trouble** | | granddaughter | | | | | | nom trouble «cognition transitive»: poss=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:** «More English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 14241 (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 90](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/20/90/) - next →: [sentence 92](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/20/92/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/20/)