--- title: And when she kept on begging, she said at last, to get rid of her, ‘… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: And when she kept on begging, she said at last, to get rid of her, ‘I will throw this dishful of peas into the ash-heap, and if in two hours’ time you have picked them all out, you shall go to the feast too.’ Who acts: ASHPUTTEL, I, you. A sentence of «Grimms' Fairy Tales» by Jacob Grimm, The Miser --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/33/67/) [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/) / 67 # Grimms' Fairy Tales, The Miser in the Bush, sentence 67 And when she kept on begging, she said at last, to get rid of her, ‘I will throw this dishful of peas into the ash-heap, and if in two hours’ time you have picked them all out, you shall go to the feast too.’ **Who acts:** ASHPUTTEL, I, you · **What happens:** keep, beg, say, get, throw, pick out · **To what, where:** last, dishful, ash heap, time, feast · **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 (ASHPUTTEL, I, you), 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:pg2591:33:67 # text = And when she kept on begging, she said at last, to get rid of her, ‘I will throw this dishful of peas into the ash-heap, and if in two hours’ time you have picked them all out, you shall go to the feast too.’ 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 2 when when SCONJ WRB _ 4 mark _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ _ 5 on on SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 6 begging beg VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 8 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 at at ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 ccomp _ _ 15 rid rid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 xcomp _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 throw throw VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 conj _ _ 23 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 24 det _ _ 24 dishful dishful NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 peas pea NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nmod _ _ 27 into into ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 29 ash ash NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 30 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 heap heap NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 34 if if SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 37 nummod _ _ 37 hours hour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ’ 's PART POS _ 37 case _ _ 39 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj:pass _ _ 40 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj:pass _ _ 41 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 picked pick VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 49 advcl _ _ 43 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ _ 44 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 43 nmod:unmarked _ _ 45 out out ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 47 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 48 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 49 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 ccomp _ _ 50 to to ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 feast feast NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ _ 53 too too ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 49 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 49 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | past | ASHPUTTEL | | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **beg** *speech: request* | gerund | ASHPUTTEL *not said here* | | | | | | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | ASHPUTTEL | | | last | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **get** | to-infinitive | | | | | | rid *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **throw** | future | I | this dishful of peas | | | | into the ash heap *result* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Causer dishful=Theme into heap=Result | | 6 | **pick out** *a condition, not said to happen* | present · perfect · passive | | two hours's time | | | | out *property* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: subject=Beneficiary they=Theme | | 7 | **go** | shall | you | | | the feast | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to feast=Initial\_Location | 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 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/33/66/) - next →: [sentence 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/33/68/) - ↑ back to [The Miser in the Bush](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/33/)