--- title: Clever Hans — Grimms' Fairy Tales · full text with trees · page 2 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/page/2/) [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 · page 2 [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/) **2** - [101](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/101/) — ‘Good evening, mother.’ - [102](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/102/) — ‘Good evening, Hans. - [103](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/103/) — Where have you been?’ - [104](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/104/) — ‘With Gretel.’ - [105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/105/) — ‘What did you take her?’ - [106](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/106/) — ‘I took her nothing, she gave me something.’ - [107](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/107/) — ‘What did Gretel give you?’ - [108](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/108/) — ‘Gave me a bit of bacon.’ - [109](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/109/) — ‘Where is the bacon, Hans?’ - [110](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/110/) — ‘I tied it to a rope, brought it home, dogs took it.’ - [111](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/111/) — ‘That was ill done, Hans, you should have carried the bacon on your head.’ - [112](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/112/) — ‘Never mind, will do better next time.’ - [113](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/113/) — ‘Whither away, Hans?’ - [114](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/114/) — ‘To Gretel, mother.’ - [115](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/115/) — ‘Behave well, Hans.’ - [116](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/116/) — ‘I’ll behave well. - [117](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/117/) — Goodbye, mother.’ - [118](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/118/) — ‘Goodbye, Hans.’ - [119](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/119/) — Hans comes to Gretel. - [120](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/120/) — ‘Good day, Gretel.’ - [121](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/121/) — ‘Good day, Hans, What good thing do you bring?’ - [122](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/122/) — ‘I bring nothing, but would have something given.’ - [123](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/123/) — Gretel presents Hans with a calf. - [124](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/124/) — ‘Goodbye, Gretel.’ - [125](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/125/) — ‘Goodbye, Hans.’ - [126](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/126/) — Hans takes the calf, puts it on his head, and the calf kicks his face. - [127](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/127/) — ‘Good evening, mother.’ - [128](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/128/) — ‘Good evening, Hans. - [129](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/129/) — Where have you been?’ - [130](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/130/) — ‘With Gretel.’ - [131](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/131/) — ‘What did you take her?’ - [132](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/132/) — ‘I took nothing, but had something given me.’ - [133](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/133/) — ‘What did Gretel give you?’ - [134](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/134/) — ‘A calf.’ - [135](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/135/) — ‘Where have you the calf, Hans?’ - [136](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/136/) — ‘I set it on my head and it kicked my face.’ - [137](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/137/) — ‘That was ill done, Hans, you should have led the calf, and put it in the stall.’ - [138](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/138/) — ‘Never mind, will do better next time.’ - [139](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/139/) — ‘Whither away, Hans?’ - [140](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/140/) — ‘To Gretel, mother.’ - [141](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/141/) — ‘Behave well, Hans.’ - [142](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/142/) — ‘I’ll behave well. - [143](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/143/) — Goodbye, mother.’ - [144](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/144/) — ‘Goodbye, Hans.’ - [145](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/145/) — Hans comes to Gretel. - [146](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/146/) — ‘Good day, Gretel.’ - [147](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/147/) — ‘Good day, Hans. - [148](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/148/) — What good thing do you bring?’ - [149](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/149/) — ‘I bring nothing, but would have something given.’ - [150](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/150/) — Gretel says to Hans: ‘I will go with you.’ - [151](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/151/) — Hans takes Gretel, ties her to a rope, leads her to the rack, and binds her fast. - [152](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/152/) — Then Hans goes to his mother. - [153](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/153/) — ‘Good evening, mother.’ - [154](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/154/) — ‘Good evening, Hans. - [155](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/155/) — Where have you been?’ - [156](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/156/) — ‘With Gretel.’ - [157](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/157/) — ‘What did you take her?’ - [158](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/158/) — ‘I took her nothing.’ - [159](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/159/) — ‘What did Gretel give you?’ - [160](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/160/) — ‘She gave me nothing, she came with me.’ - [161](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/161/) — ‘Where have you left Gretel?’ - [162](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/162/) — ‘I led her by the rope, tied her to the rack, and scattered some grass for her.’ - [163](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/163/) — ‘That was ill done, Hans, you should have cast friendly eyes on her.’ - [164](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/164/) — ‘Never mind, will do better.’ - [165](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/165/) — Hans went into the stable, cut out all the calves’ and sheep’s eyes, and threw them in Gretel’s face. - [166](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/40/166/) — Then Gretel became angry, tore herself loose and ran away, and was no longer the bride of Hans. 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