--- title: The old king could not for some time think of any work for her to do… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The old king could not for some time think of any work for her to do; 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, maid, king, I. A sentence of «Grimms' Fairy Tales» by Jacob Grimm, The Goose-girl, with its dependency tree and the pragm --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/15/31/) [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/) / 31 # Grimms' Fairy Tales, The Goose-girl, sentence 31 The old king could not for some time think of any work for her to do; 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, maid, king, I, lad · **What happens:** not think, do, say, have, take, go · **To what, where:** last, lad, care, king · **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 (old king, maid, king, I), 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:pg2591:15:31 # text = The old king could not for some time think of any work for her to do; 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 SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 14 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 18 but but CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 19 at at ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 last last NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 ccomp _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 lad lad NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 29 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 30 nsubj _ _ 30 takes take VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 acl:relcl _ _ 31 care care NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 geese goose NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ; ; PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 36 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 parataxis _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 conj _ _ 41 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ’ ' 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 | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **do** | to-infinitive | maid | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | king | | | last | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **have** | present | I | a lad | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lad=Patient | | 5 | **take** | 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 | | 6 | **go** | may | maid | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **help** | 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:** «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 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/15/30/) - next →: [sentence 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/15/32/) - ↑ back to [The Goose-girl](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/15/)