Grimm's Fairy Stories, Dummling and the Three Feathers, sentence 47

"It is impossible for us to agree to Dummling becoming ruler of the kingdom," and they insisted that the women should be required to spring through a hoop which was suspended from the ceiling in the centre of the hall, thinking to themselves "Now, certainly our peasants will get the best of it, they are active and sturdy, but that fragile lady will kill herself if she jumps."

Who acts: us, brothers, peasants, fragile lady, peasant · What happens: be, agree, become, insist, require, suspend · To what, where: Dummling, ruler, women, hoop, ceiling, brothers · 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 (us, brothers, peasants, fragile lady), 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	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 impossible	punct
2	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 impossible	expl
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 impossible	cop
4	impossible	impossible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	for	for	SCONJ	_	8 agree	mark
6	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	8 agree	nsubj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 agree	mark
8	agree	agree	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 impossible	csubj
9	to	to	ADP	_	10 Dummling	case
10	Dummling	Dummling	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 agree	obl
11	becoming	become	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 agree	advcl
12	ruler	ruler	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 becoming	xcomp
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 kingdom	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 kingdom	det
15	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 ruler	nmod
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 impossible	punct
17	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 impossible	punct
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 insisted	cc
19	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 insisted	nsubj
20	insisted	insist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 impossible	conj
21	that	that	SCONJ	_	26 required	mark
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 women	det
23	women	woman	NOUN	Number=Plur	26 required	nsubj:pass
24	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	26 required	aux
25	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	26 required	aux:pass
26	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	20 insisted	ccomp
27	to	to	ADP	_	28 spring	case
28	spring	spring	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 required	obl
29	through	through	ADP	_	31 hoop	case
30	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	31 hoop	det
31	hoop	hoop	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 required	obl
32	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	34 suspended	nsubj:pass
33	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	34 suspended	aux:pass
34	suspended	suspend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	31 hoop	acl:relcl
35	from	from	ADP	_	37 ceiling	case
36	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	37 ceiling	det
37	ceiling	ceiling	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 suspended	obl
38	in	in	ADP	_	40 centre	case
39	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	40 centre	det
40	centre	centre	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 suspended	obl
41	of	of	ADP	_	43 hall	case
42	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	43 hall	det
43	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 centre	nmod
44	,	,	PUNCT	_	45 thinking	punct
45	thinking	think	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	26 required	conj
46	to	to	ADP	_	47 themselves	case
47	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	45 thinking	obl
48	"	"	PUNCT	_	49 Now	punct
49	Now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	45 thinking	advmod
50	,	,	PUNCT	_	55 get	punct
51	certainly	certainly	ADV	_	55 get	advmod
52	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	53 peasants	nmod:poss
53	peasants	peasant	NOUN	Number=Plur	55 get	nsubj
54	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	55 get	aux
55	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	45 thinking	conj
56	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	57 best	det
57	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	55 get	obj
58	of	of	ADP	_	59 it	case
59	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	57 best	obl
60	,	,	PUNCT	_	63 active	punct
61	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	63 active	nsubj
62	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	63 active	cop
63	active	active	ADJ	Degree=Pos	55 get	parataxis
64	and	and	CCONJ	_	65 sturdy	cc
65	sturdy	sturdy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	63 active	conj
66	,	,	PUNCT	_	72 kill	punct
67	but	but	CCONJ	_	72 kill	cc
68	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	70 lady	det
69	fragile	fragile	ADJ	Degree=Pos	70 lady	amod
70	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	72 kill	nsubj
71	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	72 kill	aux
72	kill	kill	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 impossible	conj
73	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	72 kill	obj
74	if	if	SCONJ	_	76 jumps	mark
75	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	76 jumps	nsubj
76	jumps	jump	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	72 kill	advcl
77	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 impossible	punct
78	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 impossible	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	present						impossible property	tree rules
2	agree speech: agree in a quote	to-infinitive	us		Dummling				vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	become in a quote	gerund	us not said here	ruler of the kingdom					vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
4	insist speech: other	past	brothers = brother						vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
5	require	should · passive		the women		a hoop	spring		vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Precondition
6	suspend	past · passive		a hoop		the ceiling		in the centre of the hall	vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme from ceiling=Source
7	think speech: other	gerund			brothers = brother		now		vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
8	get in a quote	future	our peasants	the best				certainly property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer good=Stimulus
9	is in a quote	present	brothers = brother					active property	tree rules
10	be in a quote		brothers = brother not said here						tree rules
11	kill in a quote	future	that fragile lady	lady					vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent herself=Theme
12	jump a condition, not said to happen, in a quote	present	peasant						vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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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