Grimms' Fairy Tales, The Miser in the Bush, sentence 44

Then he called to the miser, and said, ‘Tell us now, you vagabond, where you got that gold, or I shall play on for your amusement only,’ ‘I stole it,’ said the miser in the presence of all the people; ‘I acknowledge that I stole it, and that you earned it fairly.’

Who acts: prisoner, you, I, miser, your · What happens: call, say, tell, vagabond, get, play on · To what, where: miser, us, gold · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Grimms' Fairy Tales» by Jacob Grimm, The Miser in the Bush. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (prisoner, you, I, miser), 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 called	advmod
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 called	nsubj
3	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 miser	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 miser	det
6	miser	miser	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 called	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 said	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 said	cc
9	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 called	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 Tell	punct
11	‘	'	PUNCT	_	12 Tell	punct
12	Tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 said	ccomp
13	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	12 Tell	iobj
14	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	12 Tell	advmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 vagabond	punct
16	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	17 vagabond	nsubj
17	vagabond	vagabond	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 Tell	conj
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 got	punct
19	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	21 got	advmod
20	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	21 got	nsubj
21	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 vagabond	ccomp
22	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	23 gold	det
23	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 got	obj
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 play	punct
25	or	or	CCONJ	_	28 play	cc
26	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	28 play	nsubj
27	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	28 play	aux
28	play	play	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 Tell	conj
29	on	on	ADP	_	28 play	compound:prt
30	for	for	ADP	_	32 amusement	case
31	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	32 amusement	nmod:poss
32	amusement	amusement	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 play	obl
33	only	only	ADV	_	28 play	advmod
34	,	,	PUNCT	_	35 ’	punct
35	’	'	INTJ	_	12 Tell	discourse
36	‘	'	PUNCT	_	38 stole	punct
37	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	38 stole	nsubj
38	stole	steal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 Tell	conj
39	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	38 stole	obj
40	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 Tell	punct
41	’	'	PUNCT	_	12 Tell	punct
42	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 said	conj
43	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	44 miser	det
44	miser	miser	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 said	nsubj
45	in	in	ADP	_	47 presence	case
46	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	47 presence	det
47	presence	presence	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 miser	nmod
48	of	of	ADP	_	51 people	case
49	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	51 people	det:predet
50	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	51 people	det
51	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	47 presence	nmod
52	;	;	PUNCT	_	55 acknowledge	punct
53	‘	'	PUNCT	_	55 acknowledge	punct
54	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	55 acknowledge	nsubj
55	acknowledge	acknowledge	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 called	conj
56	that	that	SCONJ	_	58 stole	mark
57	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	58 stole	nsubj
58	stole	steal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	55 acknowledge	ccomp
59	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	58 stole	obj
60	,	,	PUNCT	_	64 earned	punct
61	and	and	CCONJ	_	64 earned	cc
62	that	that	SCONJ	_	64 earned	mark
63	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	64 earned	nsubj
64	earned	earn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 called	conj
65	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	64 earned	obj
66	fairly	fairly	ADV	_	64 earned	advmod
67	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 called	punct
68	’	'	PUNCT	_	3 called	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	call	past	prisoner		the miser	then		vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to miser=Recipient
2	say speech: assert	past	prisoner not said here					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	tell speech: assert	infinitive			us	now		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent we=Recipient
4	vagabond	present	you					tree rules
5	get	past	you	that gold				vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer gold=Stimulus
6	play on	shall	I				for your amusement	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: agent=Agent for amusement=Eventuality
7	steal	past	I	gold				vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme
8	say speech: assert	past	the miser in the presence of all people					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
9	acknowledge	present	I					vn confess-37.10 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
10	steal	past	I	gold				vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme
11	earn	past	you	gold			fairly property	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
12	amuse		your					nom amusement «feeling transitive»: poss=agent

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.

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