--- title: Hans soon came to himself, and got upon his legs again, sadly vexed,… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Hans soon came to himself, and got upon his legs again, sadly vexed, and said to the shepherd, ‘This riding is no joke, when a man has the luck to get upon a beast like this that stumbles and flings him off as if it would break his neck. Who acts: Hans, riding, man, beast. 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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, riding, man, beast), 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:pg2591:3:24 # text = Hans soon came to himself, and got upon his legs again, sadly vexed, and said to the shepherd, ‘This riding is no joke, when a man has the luck to get upon a beast like this that stumbles and flings him off as if it would break his neck. 1 Hans han NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 3 advmod _ _ 3 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 9 upon upon ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 legs leg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 12 again again ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 sadly sadly ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 vexed vex VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 19 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 shepherd shepherd NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 23 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 This this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 25 det _ _ 25 riding riding NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 26 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 27 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 28 det _ _ 28 joke joke NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 when when SCONJ WRB _ 33 mark _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 33 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 parataxis _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 luck luck NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 acl _ _ 38 upon upon ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 beast beast NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 41 like like ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 40 nmod _ _ 43 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 44 nsubj _ _ 44 stumbles stumble VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 acl:relcl _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 flings fling VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 conj _ _ 47 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obj _ _ 48 off off ADP RP _ 46 compound:prt _ _ 49 as as SCONJ IN _ 53 mark _ _ 50 if if SCONJ IN _ 53 mark _ _ 51 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 52 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ _ 53 break break VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 46 advcl _ _ 54 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 55 nmod:poss _ _ 55 neck neck NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | Hans | | Hans | | | soon *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to himself=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **get** | past | | | | | again | upon Hans's legs | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **vex** | participle | | | | | | sadly *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Hans *not said here* | | the shepherd | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to shepherd=Recipient | | 5 | **is a** | present | this riding | no joke | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **have** | present | a man | the luck | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent luck=Patient | | 7 | **get** | to-infinitive | a man *not said here* | the luck *not said here* | | | | upon a beast like this | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **stumble** | present | a beast like this | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **fling off** | present | a beast like this *not said here* | shepherd | | | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 10 | **break** | would | riding | shepherd's neck | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer neck=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 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/3/23/) - next →: [sentence 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/3/25/) - ↑ back to [Hans in Luck](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/3/)