--- title: Then he bought for the two first the fine clothes and pearls and dia… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: Then he bought for the two first the fine clothes and pearls and diamonds they had asked for: and on his way home, as he rode through a green copse, a sprig of hazel brushed against him, so he broke it off and when he got home he gave it to his daughter. Who acts: Father, Pearls, sprig. 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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 (Father, Pearls, sprig), 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:pg11027:15:133 # text = Then he bought for the two first the fine clothes and pearls and diamonds they had asked for: and on his way home, as he rode through a green copse, a sprig of hazel brushed against him, so he broke it off and when he got home he gave it to his daughter. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 bought buy VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 6 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 10 nummod _ _ 7 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 10 advmod _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 3 obl _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 pearls pearl NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 conj _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 diamonds diamond NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 conj _ _ 15 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 asked ask VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 14 acl:relcl _ _ 18 for for ADP IN _ 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 : : PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 21 on on ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 24 home home ADV RB _ 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 as as SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 rode ride VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 29 through through ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 copse copse NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 sprig sprig NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 hazel hazel NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ _ 38 brushed brush VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 acl:relcl _ _ 39 against against ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 so so ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 43 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 broke break VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 45 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obj _ _ 46 off off ADP RP _ 44 compound:prt _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 48 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 50 advmod _ _ 49 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 50 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 53 advcl _ _ 51 home home ADV RB _ 50 advmod _ _ 52 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 53 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 54 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 obj _ _ 55 to to ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 57 nmod:poss _ _ 57 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 58 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **buy** | past | Father | | | | then | for the two fine clothes and pearls and diamonds | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for clothes=Beneficiary | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past · perfect | Pearls *= pearl* | diamonds *not said here* | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent diamond=Recipient | | 3 | **ride** | past | Father | | | a green copse | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent through copse=Trajectory | | 4 | **brush** | past | a sprig of hazel | a green copse *not said here* | | | | against Father | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent copse=Theme against he=Destination | | 5 | **break off** | past | Father | way | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Patient | | 6 | **get** | past | Father | | | | | home *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **give** | past | Father | way | Father's daughter | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to daughter=Recipient | 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:** «Grimm's Fairy Stories» by Jacob Grimm, Project Gutenberg book 11027 (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 132](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/15/132/) - next →: [sentence 134](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/15/134/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Goose](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/15/)