--- title: Then she crept to the stove, and began to sob and cry and to pour ou… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then she crept to the stove, and began to sob and cry and to pour out her poor little heart, and said: “Here I sit, deserted by all the world, I who am a king’s daughter, and a false waiting-maid has forced me to take off my own clothes, and has taken my place with my bridegroom, while I have to ful --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/37/79/) [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/) / [The Blue Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/) / [The Goose-girl](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/37/) / 79 # The Blue Fairy Book, The Goose-girl, sentence 79 Then she crept to the stove, and began to sob and cry and to pour out her poor little heart, and said: “Here I sit, deserted by all the world, I who am a king’s daughter, and a false waiting-maid has forced me to take off my own clothes, and has taken my place with my bridegroom, while I have to fulfill the lowly office of goose-girl. **Who acts:** girl, I, false waiting maid · **What happens:** creep, begin, sob, cry, pour out, say · **To what, where:** poor little heart, daughter, false waiting maid, own clothes, place, lowly office · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, 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 (girl, I, false waiting maid), 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:pg503:37:79 # text = Then she crept to the stove, and began to sob and cry and to pour out her poor little heart, and said: “Here I sit, deserted by all the world, I who am a king’s daughter, and a false waiting-maid has forced me to take off my own clothes, and has taken my place with my bridegroom, while I have to fulfill the lowly office of goose-girl. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 crept creep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 stove stove NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 sob sob VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 cry cry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 conj _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 pour pour VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 conj _ _ 17 out out ADP RP _ 16 compound:prt _ _ 18 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 19 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 20 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 25 : : PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 26 “ " PUNCT `` _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 Here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 24 ccomp _ _ 28 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 sit sit VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 advcl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 31 deserted desert VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 conj _ _ 32 by by ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 35 det:predet _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 37 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 38 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 39 nsubj _ _ 39 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 cop _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ’s 's PART POS _ 41 case _ _ 43 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 46 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 47 false false ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 48 waiting waiting NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 49 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 48 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 maid maid NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nsubj:pass _ _ 51 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 52 aux _ _ 52 forced force VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 parataxis _ _ 53 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 52 obj _ _ 54 to to PART TO _ 55 mark _ _ 55 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 52 xcomp _ _ 56 off off ADP RP _ 55 compound:prt _ _ 57 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 59 nmod:poss _ _ 58 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 59 amod _ _ 59 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 55 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 60 , , PUNCT , _ 63 punct _ _ 61 and and CCONJ CC _ 63 cc _ _ 62 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 63 aux _ _ 63 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 parataxis _ _ 64 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 65 nmod:poss _ _ 65 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 obj _ _ 66 with with ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 67 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 68 nmod:poss _ _ 68 bridegroom bridegroom NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 69 , , PUNCT , _ 72 punct _ _ 70 while while SCONJ IN _ 72 mark _ _ 71 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 72 nsubj _ _ 72 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 63 conj _ _ 73 to to PART TO _ 74 mark _ _ 74 fulfill fulfill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 72 xcomp _ _ 75 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 77 det _ _ 76 lowly lowly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 77 amod _ _ 77 office office NOUN NN Number=Sing 74 obj _ _ 78 of of ADP IN _ 81 case _ _ 79 goose goose NOUN NN Number=Sing 81 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 80 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 79 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 81 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 77 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 82 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **creep** | past | girl | | | | then | to the stove | tree rules | | 2 | **begin** | past | girl *not said here* | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **sob** | to-infinitive | girl *not said here* | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **cry** *speech: express* | infinitive | girl *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **pour out** | to-infinitive | girl *not said here* | girl's poor little heart | | | | | vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heart=Patient | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **sit** *in a quote* | present | I | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **desert** *in a quote* | participle | | | | | | by all world | vn leave-51.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | I | a king's daughter | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **force** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | a false waiting maid | | | | | tree rules | | 11 | **take off** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | a false waiting maid *not said here* | my own clothes | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clothes=Theme | | 12 | **take** *in a quote* | present · perfect | | my place | | | | with my bridegroom | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Theme | | 13 | **have** *in a quote* | present | I | | | | | | tree rules | | 14 | **fulfill** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | the lowly office of goose girl | | | | | vn act-114 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent office=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:** «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 78](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/37/78/) - next →: [sentence 80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/37/80/) - ↑ back to [The Goose-girl](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/37/)