Grimms' Fairy Tales, The Miser in the Bush, sentence 60

Then he bought for the first two the fine clothes and pearls and diamonds they had asked for: and on his way home, as he rode through a green copse, a hazel twig brushed against him, and almost pushed off his hat: so he broke it off and brought it away; and when he got home he gave it to his daughter.

Who acts: father, Pearls, hazel twig · What happens: buy, ask, ride, brush, push off, break off · To what, where: diamonds, green copse, hat, daughter

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 (father, Pearls, hazel twig), 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 bought	advmod
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 bought	nsubj
3	bought	buy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	10 clothes	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 clothes	det
6	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	10 clothes	amod
7	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 clothes	nummod
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 clothes	det
9	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 clothes	amod
10	clothes	clothes	NOUN	Number=Ptan	3 bought	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 pearls	cc
12	pearls	pearl	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 clothes	conj
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 diamonds	cc
14	diamonds	diamond	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 clothes	conj
15	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 asked	nsubj
16	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 asked	aux
17	asked	ask	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	14 diamonds	acl:relcl
18	for	for	ADP	_	17 asked	obl
19	:	:	PUNCT	_	24 home	punct
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	24 home	cc
21	on	on	ADP	_	23 way	case
22	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	23 way	nmod:poss
23	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 home	obl
24	home	home	ADV	_	3 bought	conj
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 rode	punct
26	as	as	SCONJ	_	28 rode	mark
27	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	28 rode	nsubj
28	rode	ride	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 bought	conj
29	through	through	ADP	_	32 copse	case
30	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	32 copse	det
31	green	green	ADJ	Degree=Pos	32 copse	amod
32	copse	copse	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 rode	obl
33	,	,	PUNCT	_	37 brushed	punct
34	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	36 twig	det
35	hazel	hazel	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 twig	compound
36	twig	twig	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 brushed	nsubj
37	brushed	brush	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	28 rode	conj
38	against	against	ADP	_	39 him	case
39	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	37 brushed	obl
40	,	,	PUNCT	_	43 pushed	punct
41	and	and	CCONJ	_	43 pushed	cc
42	almost	almost	ADV	_	43 pushed	advmod
43	pushed	push	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 bought	conj
44	off	off	ADP	_	43 pushed	compound:prt
45	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	46 hat	nmod:poss
46	hat	hat	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 pushed	obj
47	:	:	PUNCT	_	50 broke	punct
48	so	so	ADV	_	50 broke	advmod
49	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	50 broke	nsubj
50	broke	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 bought	parataxis
51	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	50 broke	obj
52	off	off	ADP	_	50 broke	compound:prt
53	and	and	CCONJ	_	54 brought	cc
54	brought	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	50 broke	conj
55	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	54 brought	obj
56	away	away	ADV	_	54 brought	advmod
57	;	;	PUNCT	_	64 gave	punct
58	and	and	CCONJ	_	64 gave	cc
59	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	61 got	advmod
60	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	61 got	nsubj
61	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	64 gave	advcl
62	home	home	ADV	_	61 got	advmod
63	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	64 gave	nsubj
64	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 bought	conj
65	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	64 gave	obj
66	to	to	ADP	_	68 daughter	case
67	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	68 daughter	nmod:poss
68	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	64 gave	obl
69	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 bought	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	buy	past	father				then	for the first two fine clothes and pearls and diamonds	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for clothes=Beneficiary
2	ask speech: ask	past · perfect	Pearls = pearl	diamonds not said here					vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent diamond=Recipient
3	ride	past	father			a green copse			vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent through copse=Trajectory
4	brush	past	a hazel twig					against father	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme against he=Destination
5	push off	past	father not said here	father's hat				almost property	vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hat=Theme
6	break off	past	father	hat					vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Patient
7	bring away	past	father not said here	hat				away property	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent it=Theme
8	get	past	father					home property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
9	give	past	father	hat	father's daughter				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to daughter=Recipient

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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