--- title: And Curdken went on telling the king what had happened upon the mead… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: And Curdken went on telling the king what had happened upon the meadow where the geese fed; how his hat was blown away; and how he was forced to run after it, and to leave his flock of geese to themselves. Who acts: Curdken, geese. 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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 (Curdken, geese), 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:pg2591:15:74 # text = And Curdken went on telling the king what had happened upon the meadow where the geese fed; how his hat was blown away; and how he was forced to run after it, and to leave his flock of geese to themselves. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 Curdken Curdken PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 on on SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 5 telling tell VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 10 nsubj _ _ 9 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 happened happen VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 ccomp _ _ 11 upon upon ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 meadow meadow NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 14 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 17 advmod _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 geese goose NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nsubj _ _ 17 fed feed VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 19 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 23 advmod _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 hat hat NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj:pass _ _ 22 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux:pass _ _ 23 blown blow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 24 away away ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 27 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 30 advmod _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj:pass _ _ 29 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux:pass _ _ 30 forced force VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 parataxis _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 run run VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 xcomp _ _ 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 , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 conj _ _ 39 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 flock flock NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 geese goose NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 nmod _ _ 43 to to ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | Curdken | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | gerund | Curdken *not said here* | | the king | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent king=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **happen** | past · perfect | | | | the meadow | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme upon meadow=Location | | 4 | **feed** | participle | the geese | | | | | | vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **blow away** | past · passive | | Curdken's hat | | | | away *property* | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: subject=Patient | | 6 | **force** | past · passive | | Curdken | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic | | 7 | **run** | to-infinitive | Curdken *not said here* | | | | after hat | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **leave** | to-infinitive | | Curdken's flock of geese | geese *= goose* | | | | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent flock=Theme to themselves=Recipient | 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 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/15/73/) - next →: [sentence 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/15/75/) - ↑ back to [The Goose-girl](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/15/)