--- title: Then he bought for the first two the fine clothes and pearls and dia… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Then he bought for the first two the fine clothes and pearls and diamonds they had asked for: and on his way home, as he rode through a green copse, a hazel twig brushed against him, and almost pushed off his hat: so he broke it off and brought it away; and when he got home he gave it to his daughte --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/33/60/) [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/) / 60 # Grimms' Fairy Tales, The Miser in the Bush, sentence 60 Then he bought for the first two the fine clothes and pearls and diamonds they had asked for: and on his way home, as he rode through a green copse, a hazel twig brushed against him, and almost pushed off his hat: so he broke it off and brought it away; and when he got home he gave it to his daughter. **Who acts:** father, Pearls, hazel twig · **What happens:** buy, ask, ride, brush, push off, break off · **To what, where:** diamonds, green copse, hat, daughter 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 (father, Pearls, hazel twig), 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:pg2591:33:60 # text = Then he bought for the first two the fine clothes and pearls and diamonds they had asked for: and on his way home, as he rode through a green copse, a hazel twig brushed against him, and almost pushed off his hat: so he broke it off and brought it away; and when he got home he gave it to his daughter. 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 bought buy VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 6 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 10 amod _ _ 7 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 10 nummod _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 3 obl _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 pearls pearl NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 conj _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 diamonds diamond NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 conj _ _ 15 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 asked ask VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 14 acl:relcl _ _ 18 for for ADP IN _ 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 : : PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 21 on on ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 24 home home ADV RB _ 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 as as SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 rode ride VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 29 through through ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 copse copse NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 hazel hazel NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 compound _ _ 36 twig twig NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 37 brushed brush VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 38 against against ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 42 almost almost ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 43 pushed push VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 44 off off ADP RP _ 43 compound:prt _ _ 45 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 hat hat NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 : : PUNCT : _ 50 punct _ _ 48 so so ADV RB _ 50 advmod _ _ 49 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 50 broke break VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 51 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 obj _ _ 52 off off ADP RP _ 50 compound:prt _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 54 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 conj _ _ 55 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 obj _ _ 56 away away ADV RB _ 54 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 57 ; ; PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 58 and and CCONJ CC _ 64 cc _ _ 59 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 61 advmod _ _ 60 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 61 nsubj _ _ 61 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 64 advcl _ _ 62 home home ADV RB _ 61 advmod _ _ 63 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 64 nsubj _ _ 64 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 65 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 64 obj _ _ 66 to to ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 67 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 68 nmod:poss _ _ 68 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 69 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **buy** | past | father | | | | then | for the first two fine clothes and pearls and diamonds | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for clothes=Beneficiary | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past · perfect | Pearls *= pearl* | diamonds *not said here* | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent diamond=Recipient | | 3 | **ride** | past | father | | | a green copse | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent through copse=Trajectory | | 4 | **brush** | past | a hazel twig | | | | | against father | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme against he=Destination | | 5 | **push off** | past | father *not said here* | father's hat | | | | almost *property* | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hat=Theme | | 6 | **break off** | past | father | hat | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Patient | | 7 | **bring away** | past | father *not said here* | hat | | | | away *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 8 | **get** | past | father | | | | | home *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 9 | **give** | past | father | hat | father's daughter | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to daughter=Recipient | 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 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/33/59/) - next →: [sentence 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/33/61/) - ↑ back to [The Miser in the Bush](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/33/)