--- title: When Dummling heard this, he went with his goose and all her train b… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: When Dummling heard this, he went with his goose and all her train before the king’s daughter, and as soon as she saw the seven people running on and on, one behind the other, she began to laugh quite loudly, and as if she would never stop. Who acts: Dummling, goose, seven people. 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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 (Dummling, goose, seven people), 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:pg2591:48:43 # text = When Dummling heard this, he went with his goose and all her train before the king’s daughter, and as soon as she saw the seven people running on and on, one behind the other, she began to laugh quite loudly, and as if she would never stop. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 Dummling Dummling PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ _ 4 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 with with ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 goose goose NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 12 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 14 det:predet _ _ 13 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 train train NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ _ 15 before before ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ’s 's PART POS _ 17 case _ _ 19 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 22 as as ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 23 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 26 advmod _ _ 24 as as SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 25 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 29 nummod _ _ 29 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obj _ _ 30 running run VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 29 acl _ _ 31 on on ADP RP _ 30 compound:prt _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 on on ADV RB _ 31 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 35 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 30 obl _ _ 36 behind behind ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 laugh laugh VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 xcomp _ _ 44 quite quite ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 45 loudly loudly ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 48 as as SCONJ IN _ 53 mark _ _ 49 if if SCONJ IN _ 53 mark _ _ 50 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 51 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ _ 52 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 53 advmod _ _ 53 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past | Dummling | this | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer this=Stimulus | | 2 | **go** | past | Dummling | | | | before the king's daughter | with Dummling's goose and goose's train | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with goose=Beneficiary | | 3 | **see** | past | goose | the seven people | | | | soon *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer people=Stimulus | | 4 | **run on** | gerund | the seven people *not said here* | one behind the other | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **begin** | past | goose | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 6 | **laugh** | to-infinitive | goose *not said here* | | | | | loudly *property* | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **not** **stop** *a condition, not said to happen* | would | goose | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=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 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/48/42/) - next →: [sentence 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/48/44/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Goose](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/48/)