--- title: ‘How can you ask?’ said Hans; ‘I should be the happiest man in the w… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: ‘How can you ask?’ said Hans; ‘I should be the happiest man in the world, if I could have money whenever I put my hand in my pocket: what could I want more? there’s the goose.’ Who acts: you, Hans, I. 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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 (you, Hans, I), 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:pg2591:3:103 # text = ‘How can you ask?’ said Hans; ‘I should be the happiest man in the world, if I could have money whenever I put my hand in my pocket: what could I want more? there’s the goose.’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 3 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 8 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 ccomp _ _ 9 Hans Hans PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ; ; PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 11 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 13 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 14 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 17 cop _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 happiest happy ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 17 amod _ _ 17 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 if if SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 23 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 26 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 27 whenever whenever ADV WRB PronType=Rel 29 advmod _ _ 28 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 advcl _ _ 30 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 pocket pocket NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 : : PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 36 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 39 obj _ _ 37 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 38 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 want want VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 parataxis _ _ 40 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ? ? PUNCT . _ 39 punct _ _ 42 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 43 expl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ’s be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 conj _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 goose goose NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | can | you | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Hans | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is a** | should | I | the happiest man | | the world | | | tree rules | | 4 | **have** *a condition, not said to happen* | could | I | money | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Patient | | 5 | **put** | past | I | my hand | | my pocket | | whenever *property* | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent hand=Theme in pocket=Destination | | 6 | **want** | could | I | more | | | | | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme more=Attribute | 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 102](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/3/102/) - next →: [sentence 104](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/3/104/) - ↑ back to [Hans in Luck](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/3/)