Grimm's Fairy Stories, The Valiant Little Tailor, sentence 109
"Now I have got him," said the Tailor; and coming from behind the tree, he first bound the rope around its neck, and then cutting the horn out of the tree with his axe, he arranged everything, and, leading the unicorn, brought it before the King.
Who acts: Tailor, unicorn · What happens: get, say, come, bind, cut, arrange · To what, where: unicorn, tree, rope, neck, horn, everything · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Grimm's Fairy Stories» by Jacob Grimm, The Valiant Little Tailor. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Tailor, unicorn), 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 | _ | 5 got | punct |
| 2 | Now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 5 got | advmod |
| 3 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 5 got | nsubj |
| 4 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 got | aux |
| 5 | got | get | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 9 said | ccomp |
| 6 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 got | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 got | punct |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 got | punct |
| 9 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 Tailor | det |
| 11 | Tailor | tailor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 said | obj |
| 12 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 14 coming | punct |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 coming | cc |
| 14 | coming | come | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 9 said | advcl |
| 15 | from | from | ADP | _ | 18 tree | case |
| 16 | behind | behind | ADP | _ | 18 tree | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 tree | det |
| 18 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 coming | obl |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 bound | punct |
| 20 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 22 bound | nsubj |
| 21 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 22 bound | advmod |
| 22 | bound | bind | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 said | conj |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 rope | det |
| 24 | rope | rope | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 bound | obj |
| 25 | around | around | ADP | _ | 27 neck | case |
| 26 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 27 neck | nmod:poss |
| 27 | neck | neck | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 bound | obl |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 cutting | punct |
| 29 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 31 cutting | cc |
| 30 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 31 cutting | advmod |
| 31 | cutting | cut | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 22 bound | advcl |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 horn | det |
| 33 | horn | horn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 cutting | obj |
| 34 | out | out | ADP | _ | 37 tree | case |
| 35 | of | of | ADP | _ | 37 tree | case |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 tree | det |
| 37 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 cutting | obl |
| 38 | with | with | ADP | _ | 40 axe | case |
| 39 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 40 axe | nmod:poss |
| 40 | axe | axe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 cutting | obl |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 arranged | punct |
| 42 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 43 arranged | nsubj |
| 43 | arranged | arrange | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 said | parataxis |
| 44 | everything | everything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 43 arranged | obj |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 52 brought | punct |
| 46 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 52 brought | cc |
| 47 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 and | punct |
| 48 | leading | lead | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 52 brought | advcl |
| 49 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 50 unicorn | det |
| 50 | unicorn | unicorn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 leading | obj |
| 51 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 48 leading | punct |
| 52 | brought | bring | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 43 arranged | conj |
| 53 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 52 brought | obj |
| 54 | before | before | ADP | _ | 56 King | case |
| 55 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 56 King | det |
| 56 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 52 brought | obl |
| 57 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get in a quote | present · perfect | the Tailor = tailor | unicorn | now | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | |||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | the Tailor | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | come | gerund | the Tailor not said here | the tree | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from tree=Initial_Location | ||||
| 4 | bind | past | unicorn | the rope | tree's neck | first property | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rope=Patient | ||
| 5 | cut | gerund | unicorn not said here | the horn | the tree | then | with unicorn's axe | vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horn=Patient with axe=Instrument | |
| 6 | arrange | past | unicorn | everything | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everything=Product | ||||
| 7 | lead | gerund | the unicorn | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent unicorn=Theme | |||||
| 8 | bring | past | unicorn not said here | horn | before the King | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme before king=Destination |
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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