Grimm's Fairy Stories, The Valiant Little Tailor, sentence 96

Then he drew his sword, and, cutting a deep wound in the breast of both, he went to the horsemen and said, "The deed is done; I have given each his death-stroke; but it was a tough job, for in their defence they uprooted trees to protect themselves with; still, all that is of no use when such an one as I come, who slew seven at one stroke."

Who acts: Tailor, stroke, deeds, that, one · What happens: draw, cut, go, say, do, give · To what, where: sword, deep wound, breast, horsemen, deed, death stroke · 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, stroke, deeds, that), 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	Then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 drew	advmod
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 drew	nsubj
3	drew	draw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 sword	nmod:poss
5	sword	sword	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 drew	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 went	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 went	cc
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 and	punct
9	cutting	cut	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	20 went	advcl
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 wound	det
11	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 wound	amod
12	wound	wound	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 cutting	obj
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 breast	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 breast	det
15	breast	breast	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 cutting	obl
16	of	of	ADP	_	17 both	case
17	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	15 breast	nmod
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 cutting	punct
19	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 went	nsubj
20	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 drew	conj
21	to	to	ADP	_	23 horsemen	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 horsemen	det
23	horsemen	horseman	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 went	obl
24	and	and	CCONJ	_	25 said	cc
25	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 went	conj
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	31 done	punct
27	"	"	PUNCT	_	31 done	punct
28	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	29 deed	det
29	deed	deed	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 done	nsubj
30	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	31 done	aux:pass
31	done	do	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	25 said	ccomp
32	;	;	PUNCT	_	35 given	punct
33	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	35 given	nsubj
34	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	35 given	aux
35	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	3 drew	conj
36	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	40 stroke	det
37	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	40 stroke	nmod:poss
38	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 stroke	compound
39	-	-	PUNCT	_	38 death	punct
40	stroke	stroke	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 given	obj
41	;	;	PUNCT	_	47 job	punct
42	but	but	CCONJ	_	47 job	cc
43	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	47 job	nsubj
44	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	47 job	cop
45	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	47 job	det
46	tough	tough	ADJ	Degree=Pos	47 job	amod
47	job	job	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 drew	conj
48	,	,	PUNCT	_	54 uprooted	punct
49	for	for	ADP	_	52 defence	case
50	in	in	ADP	_	52 defence	case
51	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	52 defence	nmod:poss
52	defence	defence	NOUN	Number=Sing	54 uprooted	obl
53	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	54 uprooted	nsubj
54	uprooted	uproot	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 drew	conj
55	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	54 uprooted	obj
56	to	to	PART	_	57 protect	mark
57	protect	protect	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	54 uprooted	advcl
58	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	57 protect	obj
59	with	with	ADP	_	57 protect	obl
60	;	;	PUNCT	_	68 use	punct
61	still	still	ADV	_	68 use	advmod
62	,	,	PUNCT	_	61 still	punct
63	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	68 use	det:predet
64	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	68 use	nsubj
65	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	68 use	cop
66	of	of	ADP	_	68 use	case
67	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	68 use	det
68	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 drew	ccomp
69	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	72 one	advmod
70	such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	72 one	det:predet
71	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	72 one	det
72	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	68 use	nmod
73	as	as	SCONJ	_	75 come	mark
74	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	75 come	nsubj
75	come	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	72 one	advcl
76	,	,	PUNCT	_	78 slew	punct
77	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	78 slew	nsubj
78	slew	slay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	72 one	acl:relcl
79	seven	seven	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	78 slew	obj
80	at	at	ADP	_	82 stroke	case
81	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	82 stroke	nummod
82	stroke	stroke	NOUN	Number=Sing	79 seven	nmod
83	.	.	PUNCT	_	72 one	punct
84	"	"	PUNCT	_	68 use	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	draw	past	Tailor	Tailor's sword		then		vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sword=Theme
2	cut	gerund	Tailor not said here	a deep wound	the breast of both			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset wound=Product
3	go	past	Tailor		the horsemen			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to horseman=Initial_Location
4	say speech: assert	past	Tailor not said here					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
5	do in a quote	present · passive		the deed				vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality
6	give in a quote	present · perfect	Tailor	Tailor's death stroke				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stroke=Theme
7	is a in a quote	past	stroke	a tough job				tree rules
8	uproot in a quote	past	deeds = deed	trees			for deeds's defence	vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tree=Theme
9	protect in a quote	to-infinitive	deeds = deed not said here	deeds = deed				vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent themselves=Beneficiary
10	is in a quote	present	that			still	of all use; such one nmod	tree rules
11	come in a quote	present	Tailor					vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
12	slay in a quote	past	such one	seven	one stroke			vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent seven=Patient
13	stroke in a quote		Tailor					nom stroke «act transitive»: poss=agent
14	defend in a quote		deeds = deed					nom defence «process transitive»: poss=agent

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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