Grimm's Fairy Stories, Catherine and Frederick, sentence 110

At this the thieves said, "You will do for us with a vengeance!" and they wished they had never come near her; but in order to rid themselves of her they said, "Just before the village the parson has some roots lying in his field; go and fetch some."

Who acts: thieves, You, parson, roots · What happens: say, do, wish, not come, rid, have · To what, where: this, thieves, roots, field, some · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Grimm's Fairy Stories» by Jacob Grimm, Catherine and Frederick. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (thieves, You, parson, roots), 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	At	at	ADP	_	2 this	case
2	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 said	obl
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 thieves	det
4	thieves	thief	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 said	nsubj
5	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 do	punct
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 do	punct
8	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 do	nsubj
9	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 do	aux
10	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 said	ccomp
11	for	for	ADP	_	12 us	case
12	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	10 do	obl
13	with	with	ADP	_	15 vengeance	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 vengeance	det
15	vengeance	vengeance	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 do	obl
16	!	!	PUNCT	_	10 do	punct
17	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 do	punct
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 wished	cc
19	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 wished	nsubj
20	wished	wish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 said	conj
21	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 come	nsubj
22	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	24 come	aux
23	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	24 come	advmod
24	come	come	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	20 wished	ccomp
25	near	near	ADP	_	26 her	case
26	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 come	obl
27	;	;	PUNCT	_	32 rid	punct
28	but	but	CCONJ	_	32 rid	cc
29	in	in	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	32 rid	mark
30	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 in	fixed
31	to	to	PART	_	32 rid	mark
32	rid	rid	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 said	ccomp
33	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	32 rid	obj
34	of	of	ADP	_	37 said	case
35	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	37 said	nmod:poss
36	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	37 said	nsubj
37	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	32 rid	advcl
38	,	,	PUNCT	_	37 said	punct
39	"	"	PUNCT	_	46 has	punct
40	Just	just	ADV	_	46 has	advmod
41	before	before	ADP	_	43 village	case
42	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	43 village	det
43	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 has	obl
44	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	45 parson	det
45	parson	parson	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 has	nsubj
46	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	37 said	conj
47	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	48 roots	det
48	roots	root	NOUN	Number=Plur	46 has	obj
49	lying	lie	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	48 roots	acl
50	in	in	ADP	_	52 field	case
51	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	52 field	nmod:poss
52	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 lying	obl
53	;	;	PUNCT	_	54 go	punct
54	go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	32 rid	parataxis
55	and	and	CCONJ	_	56 fetch	cc
56	fetch	fetch	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	54 go	conj
57	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	56 fetch	obj
58	.	.	PUNCT	_	32 rid	punct
59	"	"	PUNCT	_	32 rid	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: express	past	the thieves		this			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	do in a quote	future	You				for us; with a vengeance	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	wish	past	thieves = thief					vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
4	not come	past · perfect	thieves = thief				near Catherine	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme near she=Location
5	rid	to-infinitive		thieves = thief				tree rules
6	say speech: assert	past	thieves = thief					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
7	have in a quote	present	the parson	some roots		before the village		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent root=Patient
8	lie in a quote	gerund	some roots not said here		parson's field			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in field=Location
9	go in a quote	infinitive						vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
10	fetch in a quote	infinitive		some				vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent some=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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