--- title: ‘Ah, dear Hans,’ said Elsie, ‘if we marry each other and have a chil… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Ah, dear Hans,’ said Elsie, ‘if we marry each other and have a child, and he is big, and we perhaps send him here to draw something to drink, then the pick-axe which has been left up there might dash his brains out if it were to fall down, so have we not reason to weep?’ Who acts: dear Hans, we, ch --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/32/34/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Grimms' Fairy Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/) / [Clever Elsie](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/32/) / 34 # Grimms' Fairy Tales, Clever Elsie, sentence 34 ‘Ah, dear Hans,’ said Elsie, ‘if we marry each other and have a child, and he is big, and we perhaps send him here to draw something to drink, then the pick-axe which has been left up there might dash his brains out if it were to fall down, so have we not reason to weep?’ **Who acts:** dear Hans, we, child, pick axe, axe · **What happens:** say, marry, have, be, send, draw · **To what, where:** each, child, something, pick axe, brains, we · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Grimms' Fairy Tales» by Jacob Grimm, Clever Elsie. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (dear Hans, we, child, pick axe), 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:pg2591:32:34 # text = ‘Ah, dear Hans,’ said Elsie, ‘if we marry each other and have a child, and he is big, and we perhaps send him here to draw something to drink, then the pick-axe which has been left up there might dash his brains out if it were to fall down, so have we not reason to weep?’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Ah ah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 Hans Han PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 8 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 Elsie Elsie PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 if if SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 13 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 marry marry VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 ccomp _ _ 15 each each DET DT ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp 14 obj _ _ 16 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 fixed _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 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 , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 25 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 28 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 perhaps perhaps ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 send send VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 31 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 30 advmod _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 draw draw VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 30 advcl _ _ 35 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 34 obj _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 drink drink VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 39 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 51 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 51 nsubj _ _ 44 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 47 nsubj:pass _ _ 45 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 46 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 47 aux:pass _ _ 47 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 43 acl:relcl _ _ 48 up up ADP RP _ 47 compound:prt _ _ 49 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 47 advmod _ _ 50 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 51 dash dash VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 52 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 53 nmod:poss _ _ 53 brains brain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 51 obj _ _ 54 out out ADV RB _ 51 advmod _ _ 55 if if SCONJ IN _ 59 mark _ _ 56 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 59 nsubj _ _ 57 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 59 aux _ _ 58 to to PART TO _ 59 mark _ _ 59 fall fall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 51 advcl _ _ 60 down down ADP RP _ 59 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 61 , , PUNCT , _ 63 punct _ _ 62 so so ADV RB _ 63 advmod _ _ 63 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 64 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 63 obj _ _ 65 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 66 advmod _ _ 66 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 obj _ _ 67 to to PART TO _ 68 mark _ _ 68 weep weep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 66 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 69 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 70 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | dear Hans | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **marry** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | we | each | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent each=Patient | | 3 | **have** | present | we *not said here* | a child | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Patient | | 4 | **is** | present | child | | | | | big *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **send** | present | we | child | | here | | perhaps *property* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 6 | **draw** | to-infinitive | we *not said here* | something | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Theme | | 7 | **drink** | to-infinitive | we *not said here* | something *not said here* | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **leave up** | present · perfect · passive | | the pick axe | | there | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 9 | **dash out** | might | the pick axe | child's brains | | | then | out *property* | vn hit-18.1 «NP.instrument V NP»: agent=Instrument brain=Patient | | 10 | **fall down** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | axe | | | | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 11 | **have** | present | dear Hans *not said here* | we | | | | | tree rules | | 12 | **weep** | to-infinitive | dear Hans *not said here* | | | | | | vn breathe-40.1.2 «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 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/32/33/) - next →: [sentence 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/32/35/) - ↑ back to [Clever Elsie](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/32/)