--- title: At first the thing was merry and pleasant enough; but when it had go… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: At first the thing was merry and pleasant enough; but when it had gone on a while, and there seemed to be no end of playing or dancing, they began to cry out, and beg him to leave off; but he stopped not a whit the more for their entreaties, till the judge not only gave him his life, but promised to --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/33/43/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Grimms' Fairy Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/) / [The Miser in the Bush](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/33/) / 43 # Grimms' Fairy Tales, The Miser in the Bush, sentence 43 At first the thing was merry and pleasant enough; but when it had gone on a while, and there seemed to be no end of playing or dancing, they began to cry out, and beg him to leave off; but he stopped not a whit the more for their entreaties, till the judge not only gave him his life, but promised to return him the hundred florins. **Who acts:** thing, tune, things, prisoner · **What happens:** be, go, seem, begin, cry out, beg · **To what, where:** end, prisoner, whit, life This is a sentence of «Grimms' Fairy Tales» by Jacob Grimm, The Miser in the Bush. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (thing, tune, things, prisoner), 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:pg2591:33:43 # text = At first the thing was merry and pleasant enough; but when it had gone on a while, and there seemed to be no end of playing or dancing, they began to cry out, and beg him to leave off; but he stopped not a whit the more for their entreaties, till the judge not only gave him his life, but promised to return him the hundred florins. 1 At at ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 6 obl _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 merry merry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 pleasant pleasant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 conj _ _ 9 enough enough ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ; ; PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 11 but but CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 12 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 15 advmod _ _ 13 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|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 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 conj _ _ 16 on on ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 while while NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 22 advmod _ _ 22 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 24 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 26 cop _ _ 25 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 26 det _ _ 26 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 xcomp _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 playing playing NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 29 or or CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 dancing dancing NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 cry cry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 xcomp _ _ 36 out out ADP RP _ 35 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 beg beg VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 33 parataxis _ _ 40 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 42 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 advcl _ _ 43 off off ADP RP _ 42 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ; ; PUNCT : _ 47 punct _ _ 45 but but CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 46 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 stopped stop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 48 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 47 advmod _ _ 49 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 whit whit NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 50 amod _ _ 53 for for ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 55 nmod:poss _ _ 55 entreaties entreaty NOUN NNS Number=Plur 52 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 57 till till ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 58 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 59 judge judge NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ _ 60 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 62 advmod _ _ 61 only only ADV RB _ 62 advmod _ _ 62 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 advcl _ _ 63 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 62 iobj _ _ 64 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 65 nmod:poss _ _ 65 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 66 , , PUNCT , _ 68 punct _ _ 67 but but CCONJ CC _ 68 cc _ _ 68 promised promise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 conj _ _ 69 to to PART TO _ 70 mark _ _ 70 return return VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 68 xcomp _ _ 71 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 70 obj _ _ 72 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 74 det _ _ 73 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 74 nummod _ _ 74 florins florin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 70 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 75 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the thing | | | | | merry *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | | the thing *not said here* | | | | | enough *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **go** | past · perfect | tune | | | | while | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **seem** | past | | | | there | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **is a** | to-infinitive | | no end | | | | of playing or dancing | tree rules | | 6 | **begin** | past | things *= thing* | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 7 | **cry out** *speech: express* | to-infinitive | things *= thing* *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **beg** *speech: request* | infinitive | | | prisoner | | | | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 9 | **leave off** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **not** **stop** | past | prisoner | a whit | | | till the judge | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector whit=Eventuality | | 11 | **not** **give** | past | prisoner *not said here* | prisoner's life | prisoner | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient life=Theme | | 12 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past | prisoner *not said here* | | | | | | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 13 | **return** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | prisoner *not said here* | prisoner | | | | | vn reciprocate-112 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent he=Theme florin=Eventuality | 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 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/33/42/) - next →: [sentence 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/33/44/) - ↑ back to [The Miser in the Bush](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/33/)