Grimm's Fairy Stories, The Golden Goose, sentence 110
As soon as the Evil One had disappeared, Bearskin became quite light-hearted; and going into the nearest town he bought a fine velvet coat, and hired a carriage drawn by four white horses, in which he was driven to the house of his bride.
Who acts: Evil One, Bearskin · What happens: disappear, become, go, buy, hire, draw · To what, where: nearest town, fine velvet coat, carriage, BEARSKIN, house
This is a sentence of «Grimm's Fairy Stories» by Jacob Grimm, The Golden Goose. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Evil One, Bearskin), 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 | As | as | ADV | _ | 2 soon | advmod |
| 2 | soon | soon | ADV | Degree=Pos | 11 became | advmod |
| 3 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 8 disappeared | mark |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 One | det |
| 5 | Evil | Evil | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 One | compound |
| 6 | One | One | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 disappeared | nsubj |
| 7 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 disappeared | aux |
| 8 | disappeared | disappear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 11 became | advcl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 disappeared | punct |
| 10 | Bearskin | Bearskin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 became | nsubj |
| 11 | became | become | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | quite | quite | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 became | xcomp |
| 13 | light | light | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 hearted | compound |
| 14 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 13 light | punct |
| 15 | hearted | hearted | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 quite | conj |
| 16 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 18 going | punct |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 going | cc |
| 18 | going | go | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 11 became | advcl |
| 19 | into | into | ADP | _ | 22 town | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 town | det |
| 21 | nearest | near | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 22 town | amod |
| 22 | town | town | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 going | obl |
| 23 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 bought | nsubj |
| 24 | bought | buy | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 22 town | acl:relcl |
| 25 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 28 coat | det |
| 26 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 28 coat | amod |
| 27 | velvet | velvet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 coat | compound |
| 28 | coat | coat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 bought | obj |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 hired | punct |
| 30 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 31 hired | cc |
| 31 | hired | hire | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 became | conj |
| 32 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 33 carriage | det |
| 33 | carriage | carriage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 hired | obj |
| 34 | drawn | draw | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 33 carriage | acl |
| 35 | by | by | ADP | _ | 38 horses | case |
| 36 | four | four | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 38 horses | nummod |
| 37 | white | white | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 38 horses | amod |
| 38 | horses | horse | NOUN | Number=Plur | 34 drawn | obl |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 driven | punct |
| 40 | in | in | ADP | _ | 41 which | case |
| 41 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 44 driven | obl |
| 42 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 44 driven | nsubj |
| 43 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 44 driven | aux:pass |
| 44 | driven | drive | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 31 hired | conj |
| 45 | to | to | ADP | _ | 47 house | case |
| 46 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 47 house | det |
| 47 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 driven | obl |
| 48 | of | of | ADP | _ | 50 bride | case |
| 49 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 50 bride | nmod:poss |
| 50 | bride | bride | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 house | nmod |
| 51 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 became | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | disappear | past · perfect | the Evil One | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | become | past | Bearskin | quite, soon property | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 3 | go | gerund | Bearskin not said here | the nearest town | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into town=Initial_Location | ||||
| 4 | buy | past | BEARSKIN | a fine velvet coat | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coat=Theme | ||||
| 5 | hire | past | Bearskin not said here | a carriage | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent carriage=Theme | ||||
| 6 | draw | participle | a carriage not said here | by four white horses | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 7 | drive | past · passive | BEARSKIN | the house of BEARSKIN's bride | vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location PP.destination»: subject=Theme in which=Destination to house=Initial_Location |
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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