--- title: After Hans had had her some time, he said: ‘Wife, I am going out to… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: After Hans had had her some time, he said: ‘Wife, I am going out to work and earn some money for us; go into the field and cut the corn that we may have some bread.’ Who acts: Hans, child, Wife, corn. 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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, child, Wife, corn), 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:pg2591:32:36 # text = After Hans had had her some time, he said: ‘Wife, I am going out to work and earn some money for us; go into the field and cut the corn that we may have some bread.’ 1 After after SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 Hans Hans PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 advcl _ _ 4 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ _ 6 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 7 det _ _ 7 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 11 : : PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 12 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 Wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 15 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 ccomp _ _ 18 out out ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 work work VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 xcomp _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 earn earn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 conj _ _ 23 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 24 det _ _ 24 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 25 for for ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 28 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 conj _ _ 29 into into ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 cut cut VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 conj _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 corn corn NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 36 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 39 nsubj _ _ 37 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 acl:relcl _ _ 40 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 41 det _ _ 41 bread bread NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 17 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | Hans | Elsie | | | time | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | child | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **go out** | present · progressive | Wife | | | | | out *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **work** | to-infinitive | Wife *not said here* | | | | | | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **earn** | infinitive | Wife *not said here* | some money | | | | for us | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent money=Theme for we=Beneficiary | | 6 | **go** | infinitive | Wife *not said here* | | | the field | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into field=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **cut** | infinitive | Wife *not said here* | the corn | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset corn=Product | | 8 | **have** | may | the corn | some bread | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bread=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 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/32/35/) - next →: [sentence 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/32/37/) - ↑ back to [Clever Elsie](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/32/)