Grimm's Fairy Stories, The Golden Goose, sentence 133
Then he bought for the two first the fine clothes and pearls and diamonds they had asked for: and on his way home, as he rode through a green copse, a sprig of hazel brushed against him, so he broke it off and when he got home he gave it to his daughter.
Who acts: Father, Pearls, sprig · What happens: buy, ask, ride, brush, break off, get · To what, where: diamonds, green copse, way, daughter
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 (Father, Pearls, sprig), 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 bought | advmod |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 bought | nsubj |
| 3 | bought | buy | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 clothes | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 clothes | det |
| 6 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 10 clothes | nummod |
| 7 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 10 clothes | advmod |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 clothes | det |
| 9 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 clothes | amod |
| 10 | clothes | clothes | NOUN | Number=Ptan | 3 bought | obl |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 pearls | cc |
| 12 | pearls | pearl | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 clothes | conj |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 diamonds | cc |
| 14 | diamonds | diamond | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 clothes | conj |
| 15 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 asked | nsubj |
| 16 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 asked | aux |
| 17 | asked | ask | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 14 diamonds | acl:relcl |
| 18 | for | for | ADP | _ | 17 asked | obl |
| 19 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 24 home | punct |
| 20 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 24 home | cc |
| 21 | on | on | ADP | _ | 23 way | case |
| 22 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 23 way | nmod:poss |
| 23 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 home | obl |
| 24 | home | home | ADV | _ | 3 bought | conj |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 rode | punct |
| 26 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 28 rode | mark |
| 27 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 28 rode | nsubj |
| 28 | rode | ride | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 bought | conj |
| 29 | through | through | ADP | _ | 32 copse | case |
| 30 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 32 copse | det |
| 31 | green | green | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 32 copse | amod |
| 32 | copse | copse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 rode | obl |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 sprig | punct |
| 34 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 35 sprig | det |
| 35 | sprig | sprig | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 brushed | nsubj |
| 36 | of | of | ADP | _ | 37 hazel | case |
| 37 | hazel | hazel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 sprig | nmod |
| 38 | brushed | brush | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 32 copse | acl:relcl |
| 39 | against | against | ADP | _ | 40 him | case |
| 40 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 38 brushed | obl |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 broke | punct |
| 42 | so | so | ADV | _ | 44 broke | advmod |
| 43 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 44 broke | nsubj |
| 44 | broke | break | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 bought | conj |
| 45 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 44 broke | obj |
| 46 | off | off | ADP | _ | 44 broke | compound:prt |
| 47 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 53 gave | cc |
| 48 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 50 got | advmod |
| 49 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 50 got | nsubj |
| 50 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 53 gave | advcl |
| 51 | home | home | ADV | _ | 50 got | advmod |
| 52 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 53 gave | nsubj |
| 53 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 bought | conj |
| 54 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 53 gave | obj |
| 55 | to | to | ADP | _ | 57 daughter | case |
| 56 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 57 daughter | nmod:poss |
| 57 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 53 gave | obl |
| 58 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 bought | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | buy | past | Father | then | for the two fine clothes and pearls and diamonds | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for clothes=Beneficiary | |||
| 2 | ask speech: ask | past · perfect | Pearls = pearl | diamonds not said here | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent diamond=Recipient | ||||
| 3 | ride | past | Father | a green copse | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent through copse=Trajectory | ||||
| 4 | brush | past | a sprig of hazel | a green copse not said here | against Father | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent copse=Theme against he=Destination | |||
| 5 | break off | past | Father | way | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Patient | ||||
| 6 | get | past | Father | home property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 7 | give | past | Father | way | Father's daughter | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to daughter=Recipient |
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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