--- title: Then she drove on the geese, and sat down again in the meadow, and b… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Then she drove on the geese, and sat down again in the meadow, and began to comb out her hair as before; and Curdken ran up to her, and wanted to take hold of it; but she cried out quickly: Who acts: mother, Curdken. 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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 (mother, Curdken), 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:pg2591:15:57 # text = Then she drove on the geese, and sat down again in the meadow, and began to comb out her hair as before; and Curdken ran up to her, and wanted to take hold of it; but she cried out quickly: 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 drove drive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 geese goose NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 10 down down ADP RP _ 9 compound:prt _ _ 11 again again ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 meadow meadow NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 comb comb VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 xcomp _ _ 20 out out ADP RP _ 19 compound:prt _ _ 21 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 23 as as ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 before before ADV RB _ 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 27 Curdken Curdken PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 28 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 29 up up ADP RP _ 28 compound:prt _ _ 30 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 xcomp _ _ 37 hold hold NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ; ; PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 but but CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 42 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 44 out out ADP RP _ 43 compound:prt _ _ 45 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 : : PUNCT : _ 43 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **drive** | past | mother | | | | then | on the geese | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **sit down** | past | | | | the meadow | again | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in meadow=Location | | 3 | **begin** | past | | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **comb out** | to-infinitive | | mother's hair | | | | | vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hair=Patient | | 5 | **run up** | past | Curdken | | mother | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to she=Result | | 6 | **want** | past | mother *not said here* | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 7 | **take** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | mother *not said here* | hold of hair | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hold=Theme | | 8 | **cry out** *speech: express* | past | mother | | | | | quickly *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **hold** | | | hair | | | | | nom hold «act transitive»: of=patient | 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 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/15/56/) - next →: [sentence 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/15/58/) - ↑ back to [The Goose-girl](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/15/)