--- title: The plan pleased him much, and he soon became such a skilful star-ga… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The plan pleased him much, and he soon became such a skilful star-gazer, that when he had served out his time, and wanted to leave his master, he gave him a glass, and said, ‘With this you can see all that is passing in the sky and on earth, and nothing can be hidden from you.’ Who acts: man, you, t --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/43/16/) [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 Four Clever Brothers](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/43/) / 16 # Grimms' Fairy Tales, The Four Clever Brothers, sentence 16 The plan pleased him much, and he soon became such a skilful star-gazer, that when he had served out his time, and wanted to leave his master, he gave him a glass, and said, ‘With this you can see all that is passing in the sky and on earth, and nothing can be hidden from you.’ **Who acts:** man, you, that · **What happens:** become, serve out, want, leave, give, say · **To what, where:** skilful star gazer, master, glass, craft, sky, nothing · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Grimms' Fairy Tales» by Jacob Grimm, The Four Clever Brothers. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (man, you, that), 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:pg2591:43:16 # text = The plan pleased him much, and he soon became such a skilful star-gazer, that when he had served out his time, and wanted to leave his master, he gave him a glass, and said, ‘With this you can see all that is passing in the sky and on earth, and nothing can be hidden from you.’ 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 plan plan NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl:unmarked _ _ 3 pleased pleased ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 5 much much ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 10 advmod _ _ 10 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 11 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 16 det:predet _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 13 skilful skilful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 14 star star NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 15 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 gazer gazer NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 18 that that SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 19 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 22 advmod _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 served serve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 10 conj _ _ 23 out out ADP RP _ 22 compound:prt _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 xcomp _ _ 31 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 36 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 iobj _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 glass glass NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 43 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 48 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 With with ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 48 obl _ _ 46 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 47 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 48 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 ccomp _ _ 49 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 52 det:predet _ _ 50 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 52 nsubj _ _ 51 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 52 aux _ _ 52 passing pass VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 48 ccomp _ _ 53 in in ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 sky sky NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obl _ _ 56 and and CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ _ 57 on on ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 58 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 60 and and CCONJ CC _ 64 cc _ _ 61 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 64 nsubj:pass _ _ 62 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 64 aux _ _ 63 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 64 aux:pass _ _ 64 hidden hide VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 48 conj _ _ 65 from from ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 66 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 64 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 67 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 68 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **become** | past | man | such skilful star gazer | | | | soon *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **serve out** | past · perfect | man | | | | time | | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **want** | past | | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 4 | **leave** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | man's master | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent master=Theme | | 5 | **give** | past | man | a glass | craft | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient glass=Theme | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **see** | can | you | | | | | with this | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 8 | **pass** | present · progressive | that | | | the sky and earth | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in sky=Location | | 9 | **hide** | can · passive | | nothing | | | | from you | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Patient from you=Beneficiary | 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 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/43/15/) - next →: [sentence 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/43/17/) - ↑ back to [The Four Clever Brothers](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/43/)