--- title: The eldest thought: ‘I shall soon find an opportunity of pulling out… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The eldest thought: ‘I shall soon find an opportunity of pulling out a feather,’ and as soon as Dummling had gone out she seized the goose by the wing, but her finger and hand remained sticking fast to it. Who acts: I, opportunity, Dummling, goose. 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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 (I, opportunity, Dummling, goose), 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:pg2591:48:25 # text = The eldest thought: ‘I shall soon find an opportunity of pulling out a feather,’ and as soon as Dummling had gone out she seized the goose by the wing, but her finger and hand remained sticking fast to it. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 eldest eld ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 3 amod _ _ 3 thought thought NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 : : PUNCT : _ 3 punct _ _ 5 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 7 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 8 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 9 advmod _ _ 9 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 10 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 opportunity opportunity NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 of of SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 13 pulling pull VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 11 acl _ _ 14 out out ADP RP _ 13 compound:prt _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 feather feather NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 20 as as ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 21 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 28 advmod _ _ 22 as as SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 23 Dummling Dummling PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 24 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 28 advcl _ _ 26 out out ADP RP _ 25 compound:prt _ _ 27 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 seized seize VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 goose goose NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 31 by by ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 wing wing NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 35 but but CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 36 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 finger finger NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 conj _ _ 40 remained remain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 41 sticking stick VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 40 xcomp _ _ 42 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 41 advmod _ _ 43 to to ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find** | shall | I | a opportunity | | | | soon *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent opportunity=Topic | | 2 | **pull out** | gerund | a opportunity *not said here* | a feather | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **go out** | past · perfect | Dummling | | | | | | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **seize** | past | goose | the goose | | | | by the wing; soon *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent goose=Theme | | 5 | **remain** | past | goose's finger and hand | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **stick** | gerund | goose's finger and hand *not said here* | | hand | | | fast *property* | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent to it=Co-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 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/48/24/) - next →: [sentence 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/48/26/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Goose](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/48/)