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title: However, he determined to manage more cleverly than his brother, and… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics
description: However, he determined to manage more cleverly than his brother, and got together a rich present of gold and fine horses for the king; and thought he must have a much larger gift in return; for if his brother had received so much for only a turnip, what must his present be worth? Who acts: gardener,
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# Grimms' Fairy Tales, The Turnip, sentence 16

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However, he determined to manage more cleverly than his brother, and got together a rich present of gold and fine horses for the king; and thought he must have a much larger gift in return; for if his brother had received so much for only a turnip, what must his present be worth?

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**Who acts:** gardener, brother · **What happens:** determine, manage, get together, think, have, receive · **To what, where:** rich present, larger gift, return · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Grimms' Fairy Tales» by Jacob Grimm, The Turnip. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (gardener, brother), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg2591:39:16
# text = However, he determined to manage more cleverly than his brother, and got together a rich present of gold and fine horses for the king; and thought he must have a much larger gift in return; for if his brother had received so much for only a turnip, what must his present be worth?
1	However	however	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	determined	determine	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	manage	manage	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	8	advmod	_	_
8	cleverly	cleverly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
9	than	than	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
15	together	together	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	present	present	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	_
21	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
22	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	amod	_	_
23	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	conj	_	_
24	for	for	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	29	punct	_	_
28	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	29	cc	_	_
29	thought	think	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
30	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	32	nsubj	_	_
31	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	32	aux	_	_
32	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	29	ccomp	_	_
33	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	36	det	_	_
34	much	much	ADV	RB	_	35	advmod	_	_
35	larger	large	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	36	amod	_	_
36	gift	gift	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	obj	_	_
37	in	in	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
38	return	return	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	45	punct	_	_
40	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	45	mark	_	_
41	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	45	mark	_	_
42	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	43	nmod:poss	_	_
43	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	45	nsubj	_	_
44	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	45	aux	_	_
45	received	receive	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	29	conj	_	_
46	so	so	ADV	RB	_	47	advmod	_	_
47	much	much	ADV	RB	_	45	advmod	_	_
48	for	for	ADP	IN	_	51	case	_	_
49	only	only	ADV	RB	_	51	advmod	_	_
50	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	51	det	_	_
51	turnip	turnip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	45	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
52	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	58	punct	_	_
53	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	58	obj	_	_
54	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	58	aux	_	_
55	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	58	nmod:poss	_	_
56	present	present	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	58	amod	_	_
57	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	58	cop	_	_
58	worth	worth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	51	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
59	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **determine** | past | gardener |  |  |  |  | however *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **manage** | to-infinitive | gardener *not said here* |  |  |  |  | cleverly *property* | vn succeed-74-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **get together** | past | gardener *not said here* | a rich present of gold and fine horses for the king |  |  |  | together *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer present=Stimulus |
| 4 | **think** *speech: other* | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 5 | **have** | must | gardener | a larger gift |  | return |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gift=Patient |
| 6 | **receive** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect | gardener's brother |  |  |  |  | for a turnip | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 7 | **is** | must |  |  |  |  |  | worth *property* | tree rules |

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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.

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**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.

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