--- title: Then all rode farther on their journey, till the day grew so warm, a… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Then all rode farther on their journey, till the day grew so warm, and the sun so scorching, that the bride began to feel very thirsty again; and at last, when they came to a river, she forgot her maid’s rude speech, and said, ‘Pray get down, and fetch me some water to drink in my golden cup.’ Who a --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/15/16/) [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/) / [Grimms' Fairy Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/) / [The Goose-girl](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/15/) / 16 # Grimms' Fairy Tales, The Goose-girl, sentence 16 Then all rode farther on their journey, till the day grew so warm, and the sun so scorching, that the bride began to feel very thirsty again; and at last, when they came to a river, she forgot her maid’s rude speech, and said, ‘Pray get down, and fetch me some water to drink in my golden cup.’ **Who acts:** day, bride, alas, maid · **What happens:** ride, grow, scorch, begin, feel, come · **To what, where:** sun, journey, river, rude speech, water, me · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Grimms' Fairy Tales» 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 (day, bride, alas, 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:pg2591:15:16 # text = Then all rode farther on their journey, till the day grew so warm, and the sun so scorching, that the bride began to feel very thirsty again; and at last, when they came to a river, she forgot her maid’s rude speech, and said, ‘Pray get down, and fetch me some water to drink in my golden cup.’ 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 3 advmod _ _ 3 rode ride VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 farther far ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 3 advmod _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 journey journey NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 till till SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 13 so so ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 warm warm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 19 so so ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 scorching scorch VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 that that SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 bride bride NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 25 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 feel feel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 xcomp _ _ 28 very very ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 29 thirsty thirsty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 xcomp _ _ 30 again again ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ; ; PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 33 at at ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 38 advmod _ _ 37 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 conj _ _ 39 to to ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 forgot forget VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 45 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 maid maid NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ’s 's PART POS _ 46 case _ _ 48 rude rude ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 speech speech NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 52 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 54 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 56 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 Pray pray PART TO _ 56 mark _ _ 56 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 52 ccomp _ _ 57 down down ADV RB _ 56 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 59 and and CCONJ CC _ 60 cc _ _ 60 fetch fetch VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 56 conj _ _ 61 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 60 obj _ _ 62 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 63 det _ _ 63 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 obj _ _ 64 to to PART TO _ 65 mark _ _ 65 drink drink VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 60 advcl _ _ 66 in in ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 67 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 69 nmod:poss _ _ 68 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 69 amod _ _ 69 cup cup NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 70 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 71 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ride** | past | | the sun | | alas's journey | then | far *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **grow** | past | the day | | | | | warm *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **scorch** | gerund | | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **begin** | past | the bride | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 5 | **feel** | to-infinitive | the bride *not said here* | | | | | thirsty *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 6 | **come** | past | alas *= ala* | | | a river | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to river=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **forget** | past | bride | bride's maid's rude speech | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 9 | **get down** | infinitive | | | | | | down *property* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient | | 10 | **fetch** | infinitive | | some water | me | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent i=Beneficiary water=Theme | | 11 | **drink** | to-infinitive | | | | my golden cup | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 12 | **journey** | | alas *= ala* | | | | | | nom journey «act transitive»: poss=agent | | 13 | **speak** | | bride's maid | | | | | | nom speech «communication 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:** «Grimms' Fairy Tales» by Jacob Grimm, Project Gutenberg book 2591 (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 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/15/15/) - next →: [sentence 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/15/17/) - ↑ back to [The Goose-girl](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/15/)