--- title: All this the old king saw: so he went home without being seen; and w… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: All this the old king saw: so he went home without being seen; and when the little goose-girl came back in the evening he called her aside, and asked her why she did so: but she burst into tears, and said, ‘That I must not tell you or any man, or I shall lose my life.’ Who acts: old king, king, litt --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/15/83/) [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/) / 83 # Grimms' Fairy Tales, The Goose-girl, sentence 83 All this the old king saw: so he went home without being seen; and when the little goose-girl came back in the evening he called her aside, and asked her why she did so: but she burst into tears, and said, ‘That I must not tell you or any man, or I shall lose my life.’ **Who acts:** old king, king, little goose girl, girl, I · **What happens:** see, go, come back, call, ask, do · **To what, where:** evening, girl, tears, That, you, life · **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, king, little goose girl, girl), 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:pg2591:15:83 # text = All this the old king saw: so he went home without being seen; and when the little goose-girl came back in the evening he called her aside, and asked her why she did so: but she burst into tears, and said, ‘That I must not tell you or any man, or I shall lose my life.’ 1 All all DET PDT PronType=Tot 5 det:predet _ _ 2 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 1 obj _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 : : PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 8 so so ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 ccomp _ _ 11 home home ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 12 without without SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 13 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 aux:pass _ _ 14 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 17 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 23 advmod _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 19 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 20 goose goose NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 21 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 23 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 24 back back ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 acl:relcl _ _ 30 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 aside aside ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 35 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 iobj _ _ 36 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 38 advmod _ _ 37 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 advcl _ _ 39 so so ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ 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 burst burst VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 44 into into ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 tears tear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 48 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 50 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 55 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 55 obl _ _ 52 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 55 nsubj _ _ 53 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 55 aux _ _ 54 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 55 advmod _ _ 55 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 48 ccomp _ _ 56 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 55 iobj _ _ 57 or or CCONJ CC _ 59 cc _ _ 58 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 59 det _ _ 59 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 60 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 61 or or CCONJ CC _ 64 cc _ _ 62 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 64 nsubj _ _ 63 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 64 aux _ _ 64 lose lose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 55 conj _ _ 65 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 66 nmod:poss _ _ 66 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 67 . . PUNCT . _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 68 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 43 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | all old king | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **go** | past | king | | | | | home *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **see** | gerund · passive | king *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V» | | 4 | **come back** | past | the little goose girl | | | | evening | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **call** | past | king | the evening *not said here* | girl | | | aside *property* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient | | 6 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | all old king *not said here* | | girl | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient | | 7 | **do** | past | girl | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **burst** | past | girl | | | tears | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | girl *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 10 | **not** **tell** *speech: assert* | must | I | That | you | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | | 11 | **lose** | shall | I | my life | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Eventuality | 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 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/15/82/) - next →: [sentence 84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/15/84/) - ↑ back to [The Goose-girl](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/15/)