--- title: Then there came a wind, so strong that it blew off Curdken’s hat; an… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · 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 was forced to turn and run after it; till, by the time he came back, she had done combing and curling her hair, and had put it up again safe. Who acts: wind, hat, Curdken, joy. 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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, joy), 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:pg2591:15:50 # text = Then there came a wind, so strong that it blew off Curdken’s hat; and away it flew over the hills: and he was forced to turn and run after it; till, by the time he came back, she had done combing and curling her hair, and had put it up again safe. 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:pass _ _ 27 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux:pass _ _ 28 forced force VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 parataxis _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 turn turn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 xcomp _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 run run VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 conj _ _ 33 after after ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ; ; PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 36 till till SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 38 by by ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ _ 41 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 acl:relcl _ _ 43 back back ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 45 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 46 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 47 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 28 conj _ _ 48 combing comb VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 47 advcl _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 50 curling curl VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 48 conj _ _ 51 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 52 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 54 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 55 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 56 aux _ _ 56 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 28 conj _ _ 57 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 56 obj _ _ 58 up up ADP RP _ 56 compound:prt _ _ 59 again again ADV RB _ 56 advmod _ _ 60 safe safe ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 56 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 61 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | a wind | | | there | 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 | **force** | past · passive | | Curdken | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **turn** | to-infinitive | Curdken *not said here* | | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **run** | infinitive | Curdken *not said here* | | | | after hat | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **come back** | past | Curdken | the time *not said here* | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location time=Theme | | 8 | **do** | past · perfect | joy | | | | time | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **comb** | gerund | joy *not said here* | | | | | | vn wipe\_instr-10.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **curl** | gerund | joy *not said here* | joy's hair | | | | | vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hair=Patient | | 11 | **put up** | past · perfect | | hat | | | again | safe *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:** «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 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/15/49/) - next →: [sentence 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/15/51/) - ↑ back to [The Goose-girl](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/15/)