--- title: Then Clever Elsie began to weep and said: ‘If I get Hans, and we hav… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Then Clever Elsie began to weep and said: ‘If I get Hans, and we have a child, and he grows big, and we send him into the cellar here to draw beer, then the pick-axe will fall on his head and kill him.’ Who acts: Clever, I, we, child. 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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 (Clever, I, we, child), 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:pg2591:32:11 # text = Then Clever Elsie began to weep and said: ‘If I get Hans, and we have a child, and he grows big, and we send him into the cellar here to draw beer, then the pick-axe will fall on his head and kill him.’ 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 Clever Clever PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 Elsie Elsie PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 flat _ _ 4 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 weep weep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 : : PUNCT : _ 13 punct _ _ 10 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 If if SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 12 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 get get VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 ccomp _ _ 14 Hans Han PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 17 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 grows grow VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 25 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 28 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 send send VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 30 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 into into ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 cellar cellar NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 34 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 29 advmod _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 draw draw VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 29 advcl _ _ 37 beer beer NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 39 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 45 advmod _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 41 pick pick NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 42 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 axe axe NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 44 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 fall fall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 46 on on ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 48 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 50 kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 conj _ _ 51 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **begin** | past | Clever | | | | then | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **weep** | to-infinitive | Clever *not said here* | | | | | | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Clever *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **get** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | I | Hans | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer han=Stimulus | | 5 | **have** | present | we | a child | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Patient | | 6 | **grow** | present | child | | | | | big *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **send** | present | we | child | | the cellar; here | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 8 | **draw** | to-infinitive | we *not said here* | beer | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beer=Theme | | 9 | **fall** | future | the pick axe | | | child's head | then | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on head=Location | | 10 | **kill** | infinitive | the pick axe *not said here* | child | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | 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 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/32/10/) - next →: [sentence 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/32/12/) - ↑ back to [Clever Elsie](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/32/)