--- title: Clever Hans — Grimms' Fairy Tales · full text with trees description: Clever Hans, «Grimms' Fairy Tales» by Jacob Grimm: the whole chapter, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics. It begins: The mother of Hans said: ‘Whither away, Hans?’ --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/) [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/) / Clever Hans # Clever Hans Clever Hans of «Grimms' Fairy Tales» by Jacob Grimm: the whole text, 166 sentences and 909 words. Every sentence has its own page with its syntax tree and pragmatics, parsed by Mova itself. **1** [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/page/2/) - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/1/) — The mother of Hans said: ‘Whither away, Hans?’ - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/2/) — Hans answered: ‘To Gretel.’ - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/3/) — ‘Behave well, Hans.’ - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/4/) — ‘Oh, I’ll behave well. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/5/) — Goodbye, mother.’ - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/6/) — ‘Goodbye, Hans.’ - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/7/) — Hans comes to Gretel. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/8/) — ‘Good day, Gretel.’ - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/9/) — ‘Good day, Hans. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/10/) — What do you bring that is good?’ - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/11/) — ‘I bring nothing, I want to have something given me.’ - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/12/) — Gretel presents Hans with a needle, Hans says: ‘Goodbye, Gretel.’ - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/13/) — ‘Goodbye, Hans.’ - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/14/) — Hans takes the needle, sticks it into a hay-cart, and follows the cart home. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/15/) — ‘Good evening, mother.’ - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/16/) — ‘Good evening, Hans. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/17/) — Where have you been?’ - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/18/) — ‘With Gretel.’ - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/19/) — ‘What did you take her?’ - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/20/) — ‘Took nothing; had something given me.’ - [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/21/) — ‘What did Gretel give you?’ - [22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/22/) — ‘Gave me a needle.’ - [23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/23/) — ‘Where is the needle, Hans?’ - [24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/24/) — ‘Stuck in the hay-cart.’ - [25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/25/) — ‘That was ill done, Hans. - [26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/26/) — You should have stuck the needle in your sleeve.’ - [27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/27/) — ‘Never mind, I’ll do better next time.’ - [28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/28/) — ‘Whither away, Hans?’ - [29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/29/) — ‘To Gretel, mother.’ - [30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/30/) — ‘Behave well, Hans.’ - [31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/31/) — ‘Oh, I’ll behave well. - [32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/32/) — Goodbye, mother.’ - [33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/33/) — ‘Goodbye, Hans.’ - [34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/34/) — Hans comes to Gretel. - [35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/35/) — ‘Good day, Gretel.’ - [36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/36/) — ‘Good day, Hans. - [37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/37/) — What do you bring that is good?’ - [38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/38/) — ‘I bring nothing. - [39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/39/) — I want to have something given to me.’ - [40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/40/) — Gretel presents Hans with a knife. - [41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/41/) — ‘Goodbye, Gretel.’ - [42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/42/) — ‘Goodbye, Hans.’ - [43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/43/) — Hans takes the knife, sticks it in his sleeve, and goes home. - [44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/44/) — ‘Good evening, mother.’ - [45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/45/) — ‘Good evening, Hans. - [46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/46/) — Where have you been?’ - [47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/47/) — ‘With Gretel.’ - [48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/48/) — What did you take her?’ - [49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/49/) — ‘Took her nothing, she gave me something.’ - [50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/50/) — ‘What did Gretel give you?’ - [51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/51/) — ‘Gave me a knife.’ - [52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/52/) — ‘Where is the knife, Hans?’ - [53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/53/) — ‘Stuck in my sleeve.’ - [54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/54/) — ‘That’s ill done, Hans, you should have put the knife in your pocket.’ - [55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/55/) — ‘Never mind, will do better next time.’ - [56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/56/) — ‘Whither away, Hans?’ - [57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/57/) — ‘To Gretel, mother.’ - [58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/58/) — ‘Behave well, Hans.’ - [59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/59/) — ‘Oh, I’ll behave well. - [60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/60/) — Goodbye, mother.’ - [61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/61/) — ‘Goodbye, Hans.’ - [62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/62/) — Hans comes to Gretel. - [63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/63/) — ‘Good day, Gretel.’ - [64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/64/) — ‘Good day, Hans. - [65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/65/) — What good thing do you bring?’ - [66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/66/) — ‘I bring nothing, I want something given me.’ - [67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/67/) — Gretel presents Hans with a young goat. - [68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/68/) — ‘Goodbye, Gretel.’ - [69](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/69/) — ‘Goodbye, Hans.’ - [70](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/70/) — Hans takes the goat, ties its legs, and puts it in his pocket. - [71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/71/) — When he gets home it is suffocated. - [72](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/72/) — ‘Good evening, mother.’ - [73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/73/) — ‘Good evening, Hans. - [74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/74/) — Where have you been?’ - [75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/75/) — ‘With Gretel.’ - [76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/76/) — ‘What did you take her?’ - [77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/77/) — ‘Took nothing, she gave me something.’ - [78](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/78/) — ‘What did Gretel give you?’ - [79](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/79/) — ‘She gave me a goat.’ - [80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/80/) — ‘Where is the goat, Hans?’ - [81](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/81/) — ‘Put it in my pocket.’ - [82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/82/) — ‘That was ill done, Hans, you should have put a rope round the goat’s neck.’ - [83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/83/) — ‘Never mind, will do better next time.’ - [84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/84/) — ‘Whither away, Hans?’ - [85](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/85/) — ‘To Gretel, mother.’ - [86](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/86/) — ‘Behave well, Hans.’ - [87](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/87/) — ‘Oh, I’ll behave well. - [88](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/88/) — Goodbye, mother.’ - [89](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/89/) — ‘Goodbye, Hans.’ - [90](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/90/) — Hans comes to Gretel. - [91](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/91/) — ‘Good day, Gretel.’ - [92](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/92/) — ‘Good day, Hans. - [93](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/93/) — What good thing do you bring?’ - [94](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/94/) — ‘I bring nothing, I want something given me.’ - [95](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/95/) — Gretel presents Hans with a piece of bacon. - [96](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/96/) — ‘Goodbye, Gretel.’ - [97](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/97/) — ‘Goodbye, Hans.’ - [98](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/98/) — Hans takes the bacon, ties it to a rope, and drags it away behind him. - [99](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/99/) — The dogs come and devour the bacon. - [100](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/100/) — When he gets home, he has the rope in his hand, and there is no longer anything hanging on to it. **1** [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/page/2/) - ← previous: [The Turnip](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/39/) - 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