--- title: At last he went to the judge, and complained that a rascal had robbe… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: At last he went to the judge, and complained that a rascal had robbed him of his money, and beaten him into the bargain; and that the fellow who did it carried a bow at his back and a fiddle hung round his neck. Who acts: countryman, fellow. 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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 (countryman, fellow), 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:pg2591:33:30 # text = At last he went to the judge, and complained that a rascal had robbed him of his money, and beaten him into the bargain; and that the fellow who did it carried a bow at his back and a fiddle hung round his neck. 1 At at ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 obl _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 judge judge NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 complained complain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 11 that that SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 rascal rascal NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj:pass _ _ 14 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 robbed rob VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 ccomp _ _ 16 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 beaten beat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 conj _ _ 23 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ _ 24 into into ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 bargain bargain NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 29 that that SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 fellow fellow NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 32 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 33 nsubj _ _ 33 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 acl:relcl _ _ 34 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ _ 35 carried carry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 bow bow NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 38 at at ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 fiddle fiddle NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 conj _ _ 44 hung hang VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 43 acl _ _ 45 round round ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 neck neck NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | countryman | | | last | | to the judge | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to judge=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **complain** *speech: other* | past | countryman *not said here* | | | | | | vn complain-37.8 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **rob** | past · perfect · passive | | a rascal | | | | of countryman's money | tree rules | | 4 | **beat** | participle | | countryman | | the bargain | | | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Patient into bargain=Recipient | | 5 | **do** | past | the fellow | rascal | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | | 6 | **carry** | past | the fellow | a bow | | countryman's back and a fiddle | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bow=Theme | | 7 | **hang** | participle | | a fiddle *not said here* | | countryman's neck | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme round neck=Destination | 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 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/33/29/) - next →: [sentence 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/33/31/) - ↑ back to [The Miser in the Bush](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/33/)