--- title: ‘These are far better than pebbles!’ said Hansel, and thrust into hi… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: ‘These are far better than pebbles!’ said Hansel, and thrust into his pockets whatever could be got in, and Gretel said: ‘I, too, will take something home with me,’ and filled her pinafore full. Who acts: These, Hansel, Gretel. 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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 (These, Hansel, Gretel), 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:pg2591:20:121 # text = ‘These are far better than pebbles!’ said Hansel, and thrust into his pockets whatever could be got in, and Gretel said: ‘I, too, will take something home with me,’ and filled her pinafore full. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 These this PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 5 nsubj _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 5 advmod _ _ 5 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 10 ccomp _ _ 6 than than ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 pebbles pebble NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ! ! PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ 10 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 Hansel Hansel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 thrust thrust NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 15 into into ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 pockets pocket NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nmod _ _ 18 whatever whatever PRON WP PronType=Rel 21 obj _ _ 19 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 20 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 21 aux:pass _ _ 21 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 acl:relcl _ _ 22 in in ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 25 Gretel Gretel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 26 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 27 : : PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 28 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 31 too too ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 ccomp _ _ 35 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 34 obj _ _ 36 home home ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 37 with with ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 34 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 filled fill VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 43 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 pinafore pinafore NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 45 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | These | | | | | than pebbles; far, good *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Hansel | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **get in** | could · passive | | whatever | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: whatever=Stimulus | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Gretel | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **take** | future | | something | | | | with me; home *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Theme | | 6 | **fill** | past | Gretel *not said here* | witch's pinafore | | | | full *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent pinafore=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 120](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/20/120/) - next →: [sentence 122](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/20/122/) - ↑ back to [Hansel and Gretel](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/20/)