--- title: ‘Come,’ said Hans, ‘more understanding than that is not needed for m… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Come,’ said Hans, ‘more understanding than that is not needed for my household, as you are such a clever Elsie, I will have you,’ and seized her hand, took her upstairs with him, and married her. Who acts: Hans, you, I. 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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, you, I), 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:pg2591:32:35 # text = ‘Come,’ said Hans, ‘more understanding than that is not needed for my household, as you are such a clever Elsie, I will have you,’ and seized her hand, took her upstairs with him, and married her. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 5 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 Hans Hans PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 10 advmod _ _ 10 understanding understanding ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 parataxis _ _ 11 than than SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 12 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 15 nsubj:pass _ _ 13 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux:pass _ _ 14 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 15 advmod _ _ 15 needed need VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 advcl _ _ 16 for for ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 household household NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 20 as as ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 21 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 22 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 23 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 26 det:predet _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 clever clever ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 Elsie Elsie PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 parataxis _ _ 31 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 30 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 seized seize VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 36 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 39 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 40 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ _ 41 upstairs upstairs ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 42 with with ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 married marry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 conj _ _ 47 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Hans | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **not** **need** | present · passive | | that | | | | for my household | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: subject=Theme | | 4 | **is** | present | you | | | | | as such clever Elsie | tree rules | | 5 | **have** | future | I | you | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Patient | | 6 | **seize** | past | Hans *not said here* | Elsie's hand | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme | | 7 | **take** | past | | | Elsie | | | with child; upstairs *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument she=Destination | | 8 | **marry** | past | | Elsie | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=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 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/32/34/) - next →: [sentence 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/32/36/) - ↑ back to [Clever Elsie](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/32/)