--- title: Then a puff of wind came and blew Curdken’s hat far away, so that he… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then a puff of wind came and blew Curdken’s hat far away, so that he had to run after it; and when he returned she had long finished putting up her golden locks, and he couldn’t get any hair; so they watched the geese till it was dark. Who acts: puff, Curdken, locks, hat. 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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 (puff, Curdken, locks, hat), 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:pg503:37:61 # text = Then a puff of wind came and blew Curdken’s hat far away, so that he had to run after it; and when he returned she had long finished putting up her golden locks, and he couldn’t get any hair; so they watched the geese till it was dark. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 puff puff NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 6 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 blew blow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 9 Curdken Curdken PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ’s 's PART POS _ 9 case _ _ 11 hat hat NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 12 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 13 advmod _ _ 13 away away ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 18 mark _ _ 16 that that SCONJ IN _ 15 fixed _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 run run VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 xcomp _ _ 21 after after ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 25 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 27 advmod _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 advcl _ _ 28 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 29 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 30 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 31 advmod _ _ 31 finished finish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 32 putting put VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 31 advcl _ _ 33 up up ADP RP _ 32 compound:prt _ _ 34 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 35 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 locks lock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 40 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 41 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 42 advmod _ _ 42 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 43 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 44 det _ _ 44 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ; ; PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 46 so so ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 47 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 48 watched watch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 geese goose NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 obj _ _ 51 till till SCONJ IN _ 54 mark _ _ 52 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 53 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 54 cop _ _ 54 dark dark ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | a puff of wind | | | | then | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **blow** | past | a puff of wind *not said here* | Curdken's hat | | | | away *property* | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent hat=Patient | | 3 | **have** | past | Curdken | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **run** | to-infinitive | Curdken *not said here* | | | | after hat | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **return** | past | Curdken | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **finish** | past · perfect | puff | | | | | long *property* | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 7 | **put up** | gerund | puff *not said here* | puff's golden locks | | | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent lock=Goal | | 8 | **not** **get** | could | Curdken | any hair | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer hair=Stimulus | | 9 | **watch** | past | locks *= lock* | the geese | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent goose=Theme | | 10 | **is** | past | hat | | | | | dark *property* | tree rules | | 11 | **puff** | | | wind | | | | | nom puff «phenomenon 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:** «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 503 (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 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/37/60/) - next →: [sentence 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/37/62/) - ↑ back to [The Goose-girl](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/37/)