--- title: The miser crept into the bush to find it; but directly he had got in… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The miser crept into the bush to find it; but directly he had got into the middle, his companion took up his fiddle and played away, and the miser began to dance and spring about, capering higher and higher in the air. Who acts: miser, countryman, companion. 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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 (miser, countryman, companion), 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:pg2591:33:21 # text = The miser crept into the bush to find it; but directly he had got into the middle, his companion took up his fiddle and played away, and the miser began to dance and spring about, capering higher and higher in the air. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 miser miser NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 crept creep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 into into ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 bush bush NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ; ; PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 11 but but CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 12 directly directly ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 parataxis _ _ 16 into into ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 middle middle NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 companion companion NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 22 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 23 up up ADP RP _ 22 compound:prt _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 fiddle fiddle NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 played play VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 28 away away ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 miser miser NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 33 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 dance dance VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 xcomp _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 spring spring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 conj _ _ 38 about about ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 40 capering caper VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 33 advcl _ _ 41 higher high ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 40 xcomp _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 higher high ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 41 conj _ _ 44 in in ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **creep** | past | the miser | | | the bush | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into bush=Destination | | 2 | **find** | to-infinitive | the miser *not said here* | miser | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic | | 3 | **get** | past · perfect | countryman | | | the middle | | directly *property* | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into middle=Destination | | 4 | **take up** | past | countryman's companion | countryman's fiddle | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fiddle=Theme | | 5 | **play away** | past | countryman's companion *not said here* | | | | | away *property* | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **begin** | past | the miser | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 7 | **dance** | to-infinitive | the miser *not said here* | | | | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **spring** | infinitive | the miser *not said here* | | | | | about *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **caper** | gerund | the miser *not said here* | | | | | high *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=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 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/33/20/) - next →: [sentence 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/33/22/) - ↑ back to [The Miser in the Bush](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/33/)