--- title: Then the man pitied him, and gave him all he had; and the little dwa… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Then the man pitied him, and gave him all he had; and the little dwarf said in return, ‘As you have such a kind honest heart, I will grant you three wishes--one for every penny; so choose whatever you like.’ Who acts: man, other, little dwarf, you. 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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 (man, other, little dwarf, you), 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:pg2591:33:13 # text = Then the man pitied him, and gave him all he had; and the little dwarf said in return, ‘As you have such a kind honest heart, I will grant you three wishes--one for every penny; so choose whatever you like.’ 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 pitied pity VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 9 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 iobj _ _ 10 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 8 obj _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ; ; PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 dwarf dwarf NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 18 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 return return NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 22 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 As as SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 24 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 advcl _ _ 26 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 30 det:predet _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 28 kind kind NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 compound _ _ 29 honest honest ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 32 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 grant grant VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 conj _ _ 35 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ _ 36 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 37 nummod _ _ 37 wishes wish NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 -- -- PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 37 appos _ _ 40 for for ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 42 det _ _ 42 penny penny NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ; ; PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 so so ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 45 choose choose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 46 whatever whatever PRON WP PronType=Rel 45 obj _ _ 47 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 48 like like VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 45 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pity** | past | the man | other | | | then | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 2 | **give** | past | the man *not said here* | all | other | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient all=Theme | | 3 | **have** | past | other | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the little dwarf | | | return | | | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent in return=Manner | | 5 | **have** | present | you | such kind honest heart | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heart=Patient | | 6 | **grant** | future | I | three wishes | you | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent you=Goal wish=Theme | | 7 | **choose** | infinitive | the man *not said here* | whatever | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whatever=Theme | | 8 | **like** | present | you | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | 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 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/33/12/) - next →: [sentence 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/33/14/) - ↑ back to [The Miser in the Bush](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/33/)