--- title: ‘How happy am I!’ cried he; ‘nobody was ever so lucky as I.’ Then up… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: ‘How happy am I!’ cried he; ‘nobody was ever so lucky as I.’ Then up he got with a light heart, free from all his troubles, and walked on till he reached his mother’s house, and told her how very easy the road to good luck was. Who acts: I, Meantime, nobody, road. 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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 (I, Meantime, nobody, road), 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:pg2591:3:111 # text = ‘How happy am I!’ cried he; ‘nobody was ever so lucky as I.’ Then up he got with a light heart, free from all his troubles, and walked on till he reached his mother’s house, and told her how very easy the road to good luck was. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 3 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 parataxis _ _ 4 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 5 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ! ! PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 8 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ; ; PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 11 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 16 nsubj _ _ 13 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 14 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 16 advmod _ _ 15 so so ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 16 lucky lucky ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 parataxis _ _ 17 as as ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 I. i. PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 16 punct _ _ 20 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 23 advmod _ _ 21 up up ADP IN _ 23 mark _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 24 with with ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 compound _ _ 27 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 29 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 conj _ _ 30 from from ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 33 det:predet _ _ 32 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 troubles trouble NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 walked walk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 37 on on SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 38 till till SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 advcl _ _ 41 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ’s 's PART POS _ 42 case _ _ 44 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 48 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 iobj _ _ 49 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 51 advmod _ _ 50 very very ADV RB _ 51 advmod _ _ 51 easy easy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 ccomp _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nsubj _ _ 54 to to ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 56 amod _ _ 56 luck luck NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ _ 57 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 58 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | I | | | | | happy *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | Meantime | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** | past | nobody | | | | ever | as I.; lucky *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **get** | past | Meantime | | | | then | with a light heart | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **walk** | past | | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **reach** | past | Meantime | Meantime's mother's house | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent house=Theme | | 7 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | | | mother | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient | | 8 | **is** | past | the road | | | | | to good luck; easy *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **trouble** | | Meantime | | | | | | nom trouble «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | 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 110](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/3/110/) - next →: [Jorinda and Jorindel, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/4/1/) - ↑ back to [Hans in Luck](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/3/)