Grimm's Fairy Stories, Little Snow White, sentence 31
But the seventh saw Snow-White, and called upon his brethren to come and look at her; and they cried out with wonder and astonishment, and brought their lamps and gazing upon her, they said, "Good heavens! what a lovely child she is!"
Who acts: seventh, beds, lovely child · What happens: see, call, come, look, cry out, bring · To what, where: Snow White, lamps, Good heavens · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Grimm's Fairy Stories» by Jacob Grimm, Little Snow White. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (seventh, beds, lovely child), 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 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 4 saw | cc |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 seventh | det |
| 3 | seventh | seventh | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 saw | nsubj |
| 4 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | Snow | snow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 White | compound |
| 6 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 5 Snow | punct |
| 7 | White | White | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 saw | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 called | punct |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 called | cc |
| 10 | called | call | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 saw | conj |
| 11 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 13 brethren | case |
| 12 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 brethren | nmod:poss |
| 13 | brethren | brethren | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 called | obl |
| 14 | to | to | PART | _ | 15 come | mark |
| 15 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 called | advcl |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 look | cc |
| 17 | look | look | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 15 come | conj |
| 18 | at | at | ADP | _ | 19 her | case |
| 19 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 look | obl |
| 20 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 23 cried | punct |
| 21 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 23 cried | cc |
| 22 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 23 cried | nsubj |
| 23 | cried | cry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 saw | conj |
| 24 | out | out | ADP | _ | 23 cried | compound:prt |
| 25 | with | with | ADP | _ | 26 wonder | case |
| 26 | wonder | wonder | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 cried | obl |
| 27 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 28 astonishment | cc |
| 28 | astonishment | astonishment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 wonder | conj |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 brought | punct |
| 30 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 31 brought | cc |
| 31 | brought | bring | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 saw | parataxis |
| 32 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 33 lamps | nmod:poss |
| 33 | lamps | lamp | NOUN | Number=Plur | 31 brought | obj |
| 34 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 35 gazing | cc |
| 35 | gazing | gaze | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 31 brought | conj |
| 36 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 37 her | case |
| 37 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 35 gazing | obl |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 said | punct |
| 39 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 40 said | nsubj |
| 40 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 saw | conj |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 heavens | punct |
| 42 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 44 heavens | punct |
| 43 | Good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 44 heavens | amod |
| 44 | heavens | heaven | NOUN | Number=Plur | 40 said | obj |
| 45 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 44 heavens | punct |
| 46 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 51 is | obj |
| 47 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 49 child | det |
| 48 | lovely | lovely | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 49 child | amod |
| 49 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 is | nsubj |
| 50 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 51 is | nsubj |
| 51 | is | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 44 heavens | acl:relcl |
| 52 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 44 heavens | punct |
| 53 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 44 heavens | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | past | the seventh | Snow White | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer white=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | call | participle | the seventh not said here | upon rest's brethren | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | come | to-infinitive | the seventh not said here | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 4 | look | infinitive | the seventh not said here | at White | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at she=Theme | ||||
| 5 | cry out speech: express | past | beds = bed | with wonder and astonishment | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with wonder=Theme | ||||
| 6 | bring | past | beds's lamps | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent lamp=Theme | |||||
| 7 | gaze | gerund | upon White | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent upon she=Theme | |||||
| 8 | say speech: express | past | beds = bed | Good heavens | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent heaven=Topic | ||||
| 9 | be in a quote | present | a lovely child | Good heavens | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=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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