--- title: Hans was delighted as he sat on the horse, drew himself up, squared… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Hans was delighted as he sat on the horse, drew himself up, squared his elbows, turned out his toes, cracked his whip, and rode merrily off, one minute whistling a merry tune, and another singing, Who acts: Hans, horseman, one minute. 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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 (Hans, horseman, one minute), 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:pg2591:3:18 # text = Hans was delighted as he sat on the horse, drew himself up, squared his elbows, turned out his toes, cracked his whip, and rode merrily off, one minute whistling a merry tune, and another singing, 1 Hans han NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 delighted delighted ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 as as SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 7 on on ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 drew draw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 12 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 11 obj _ _ 13 up up ADP RP _ 11 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 squared square VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 elbows elbow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 parataxis _ _ 20 out out ADP RP _ 19 compound:prt _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 toes toe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 cracked crack VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 25 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 whip whip NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 rode ride VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 30 merrily merrily ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 31 off off ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 34 nummod _ _ 34 minute minute NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 35 whistling whistle VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 34 acl _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 merry merry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 tune tune NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 41 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 42 det _ _ 42 singing singing NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | Hans | | | | | delighted *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **sit** | past | horseman | | | | | on the horse | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on horse=Location | | 3 | **draw up** | past | horseman *not said here* | horseman | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Theme | | 4 | **square** | past | horseman *not said here* | horseman's elbows | | | | | vn harmonize-22.6 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme elbow=Co-Theme | | 5 | **turn out** | past | | horseman's toes | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location toe=Theme | | 6 | **crack** | past | | horseman's whip | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location whip=Theme | | 7 | **ride** | past | Hans *not said here* | another singing | | | minute | off *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **whistle** | gerund | one minute *not said here* | a merry tune | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tune=Topic | 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 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/3/17/) - next →: [sentence 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/3/19/) - ↑ back to [Hans in Luck](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/3/)