Grimm's Fairy Stories, Dummling and the Three Feathers, sentence 34
In spite of this, however, the two elder sons worried the poor King into appointing one test further, before bestowing his kingdom, and the King, giving way, announced that the one who brought home the most beautiful woman should inherit the crown.
Who acts: two elder sons, King, one · What happens: worry, appoint, bestow, give, announce, bring · To what, where: poor King, spite, one test, kingdom, way, beautiful woman · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Grimm's Fairy Stories» by Jacob Grimm, Dummling and the Three Feathers. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (two elder sons, King, one), 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 | In | in | ADP | _ | 2 spite | case |
| 2 | spite | spite | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 worried | obl |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 this | case |
| 4 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 2 spite | nmod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 spite | punct |
| 6 | however | however | ADV | _ | 12 worried | advmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 however | punct |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 sons | det |
| 9 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 11 sons | nummod |
| 10 | elder | elder | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 sons | amod |
| 11 | sons | son | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 worried | nsubj |
| 12 | worried | worry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 King | det |
| 14 | poor | poor | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 King | amod |
| 15 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 worried | obj |
| 16 | into | into | SCONJ | _ | 17 appointing | mark |
| 17 | appointing | appoint | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 12 worried | advcl |
| 18 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 19 test | nummod |
| 19 | test | test | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 appointing | obj |
| 20 | further | further | ADV | _ | 17 appointing | advmod |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 bestowing | punct |
| 22 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 23 bestowing | mark |
| 23 | bestowing | bestow | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 17 appointing | conj |
| 24 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 25 kingdom | nmod:poss |
| 25 | kingdom | kingdom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 bestowing | obj |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 announced | punct |
| 27 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 34 announced | cc |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 King | det |
| 29 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 34 announced | nsubj |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 giving | punct |
| 31 | giving | give | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 29 King | acl |
| 32 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 giving | obj |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 King | punct |
| 34 | announced | announce | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 worried | conj |
| 35 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 46 inherit | mark |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 one | det |
| 37 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 inherit | nsubj |
| 38 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 39 brought | nsubj |
| 39 | brought | bring | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 37 one | acl:relcl |
| 40 | home | home | ADV | _ | 39 brought | advmod |
| 41 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 44 woman | det |
| 42 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 43 beautiful | advmod |
| 43 | beautiful | beautiful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 44 woman | amod |
| 44 | woman | woman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 brought | obj |
| 45 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 46 inherit | aux |
| 46 | inherit | inherit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 34 announced | ccomp |
| 47 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 48 crown | det |
| 48 | crown | crown | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 inherit | obj |
| 49 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 12 worried | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | worry | past | the two elder sons | the poor King | spite of this | however property | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus king=Experiencer | ||
| 2 | appoint | gerund | the two elder sons not said here | one test | further property | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent test=Theme | |||
| 3 | bestow | gerund | the two elder sons not said here | King's kingdom | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | give | gerund | the King not said here | way | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Theme | ||||
| 5 | announce speech: other | past | the King | vn order-58.3 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 6 | bring | past | the one | the beautiful woman | home property | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument woman=Destination | |||
| 7 | inherit | should | the one | the crown | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crown=Theme | ||||
| 8 | spite | this | nom spite «feeling transitive»: of=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: «Grimm's Fairy Stories» by Jacob Grimm, Project Gutenberg book 11027 (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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