--- title: The countryman stopped to ask what was o’clock; this led to further… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The countryman stopped to ask what was o’clock; this led to further chat; and Hans told him all his luck, how he had so many good bargains, and how all the world went gay and smiling with him. Who acts: countryman, this, Hans, world. 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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 (countryman, this, Hans, world), 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:pg2591:3:56 # text = The countryman stopped to ask what was o’clock; this led to further chat; and Hans told him all his luck, how he had so many good bargains, and how all the world went gay and smiling with him. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 countryman countryman NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 stopped stop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 8 nsubj _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 8 o’clock o'clock ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ; ; PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 10 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 11 nsubj _ _ 11 led lead VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 further further ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 chat chat NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 17 Hans Hans PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 18 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 19 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 iobj _ _ 20 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 22 det:predet _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 luck luck NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 26 advmod _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 27 so so ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 28 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 29 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 bargains bargain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 33 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 37 advmod _ _ 34 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 36 det:predet _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 37 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 38 gay gay ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 xcomp _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 smiling smile VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 37 advcl _ _ 41 with with ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** | past | the countryman | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | to-infinitive | the countryman *not said here* | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** | past | | | | | | o'clock *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **lead** | past | this | | | | | to further chat | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition to chat=Patient | | 5 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | Hans | countryman's luck | countryman | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient luck=Topic | | 6 | **have** | past | countryman | many good bargains | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bargain=Patient | | 7 | **go** | past | all world | | | | | gay *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **smile** | gerund | all world *not said here* | | | | | with countryman | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=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 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/3/55/) - next →: [sentence 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/3/57/) - ↑ back to [Hans in Luck](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/3/)