--- title: “These are even better than pebbles,” said Hansel, and crammed his p… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “These are even better than pebbles,” said Hansel, and crammed his pockets full of them; and Grettel said: “I too will bring something home,” and she filled her apron full. Who acts: These, better, Grettel, witch. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (These, better, Grettel, witch), 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:pg503:35:119 # text = “These are even better than pebbles,” said Hansel, and crammed his pockets full of them; and Grettel said: “I too will bring something home,” and she filled her apron full. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 These this PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 5 nsubj _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 even even ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 10 nsubj _ _ 6 than than ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 pebbles pebble NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 10 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 Hansel Hansel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 crammed cram VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 pockets pocket NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obj _ _ 17 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 xcomp _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 Grettel Grettel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 23 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 24 : : PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 25 “ " PUNCT `` _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 27 too too ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 28 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 ccomp _ _ 30 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 29 obj _ _ 31 home home ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ” " PUNCT '' _ 29 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 35 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 filled fill VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 37 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 apron apron NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 39 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | These | | | | | than pebbles; good *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | better | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **cram** | past | better *not said here* | boy's pockets | | | | full *property* | vn learn-14-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pocket=Topic | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Grettel | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **bring** *in a quote* | future | Grettel | something | | | | home *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent something=Theme | | 6 | **fill** | past | witch | witch's apron | | | | full *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent apron=Patient | 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:** «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 503 (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 118](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/35/118/) - next →: [sentence 120](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/35/120/) - ↑ back to [Hansel and Grettel](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/35/)