--- title: Then he called to the miser, and said, ‘Tell us now, you vagabond, w… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Then he called to the miser, and said, ‘Tell us now, you vagabond, where you got that gold, or I shall play on for your amusement only,’ ‘I stole it,’ said the miser in the presence of all the people; ‘I acknowledge that I stole it, and that you earned it fairly.’ Who acts: prisoner, you, I, miser. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/33/44/) [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/) / 44 # Grimms' Fairy Tales, The Miser in the Bush, sentence 44 Then he called to the miser, and said, ‘Tell us now, you vagabond, where you got that gold, or I shall play on for your amusement only,’ ‘I stole it,’ said the miser in the presence of all the people; ‘I acknowledge that I stole it, and that you earned it fairly.’ **Who acts:** prisoner, you, I, miser, your · **What happens:** call, say, tell, vagabond, get, play on · **To what, where:** miser, us, gold · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (prisoner, you, I, miser), 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:pg2591:33:44 # text = Then he called to the miser, and said, ‘Tell us now, you vagabond, where you got that gold, or I shall play on for your amusement only,’ ‘I stole it,’ said the miser in the presence of all the people; ‘I acknowledge that I stole it, and that you earned it fairly.’ 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 miser miser NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 Tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 ccomp _ _ 13 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 iobj _ _ 14 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 12 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 vagabond vagabond VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 21 advmod _ _ 20 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 ccomp _ _ 22 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 23 det _ _ 23 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 or or CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 26 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 play play VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 conj _ _ 29 on on ADP RP _ 28 compound:prt _ _ 30 for for ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 amusement amusement NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 33 only only ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ’ ' INTJ UH _ 12 discourse _ _ 36 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 stole steal VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 39 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ _ 42 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 miser miser NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 45 in in ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 presence presence NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nmod _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 49 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 51 det:predet _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 52 ; ; PUNCT : _ 55 punct _ _ 53 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 55 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 55 nsubj _ _ 55 acknowledge acknowledge VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 56 that that SCONJ IN _ 58 mark _ _ 57 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 58 nsubj _ _ 58 stole steal VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 55 ccomp _ _ 59 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 58 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 60 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 61 and and CCONJ CC _ 64 cc _ _ 62 that that SCONJ IN _ 64 mark _ _ 63 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 64 nsubj _ _ 64 earned earn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 65 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 64 obj _ _ 66 fairly fairly ADV RB _ 64 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 67 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 68 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call** | past | prisoner | | the miser | | then | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to miser=Recipient | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | prisoner *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive | | | us | | now | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent we=Recipient | | 4 | **vagabond** | present | you | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **get** | past | you | that gold | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer gold=Stimulus | | 6 | **play on** | shall | I | | | | | for your amusement | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: agent=Agent for amusement=Eventuality | | 7 | **steal** | past | I | gold | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme | | 8 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the miser in the presence of all people | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **acknowledge** | present | I | | | | | | vn confess-37.10 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 10 | **steal** | past | I | gold | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme | | 11 | **earn** | past | you | gold | | | | fairly *property* | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 12 | **amuse** | | your | | | | | | nom amusement «feeling transitive»: poss=agent | 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 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/33/43/) - next →: [sentence 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/33/45/) - ↑ back to [The Miser in the Bush](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/33/)