Grimm's Fairy Stories, The Golden Goose, sentence 91
But the youngest daughter said, "Dear father, this must be a good man who has assisted you out of your troubles; if you have promised him a bride for the service your word must be kept"
Who acts: youngest daughter, this, good man, you, your · What happens: say, be, assist, promise, keep, trouble · To what, where: good man, you, troubles, man, bride · Speech: someone speaks here
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 (youngest daughter, this, good man, you), 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 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 5 said | cc |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 daughter | det |
| 3 | youngest | young | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 4 daughter | amod |
| 4 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 said | nsubj |
| 5 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 father | punct |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 father | punct |
| 8 | Dear | dear | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 father | amod |
| 9 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 said | ccomp |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 man | punct |
| 11 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 16 man | nsubj |
| 12 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 16 man | aux |
| 13 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 16 man | cop |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 man | det |
| 15 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 man | amod |
| 16 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 father | appos |
| 17 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 19 assisted | nsubj |
| 18 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 19 assisted | aux |
| 19 | assisted | assist | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 16 man | acl:relcl |
| 20 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 19 assisted | obj |
| 21 | out | out | ADP | _ | 24 troubles | case |
| 22 | of | of | ADP | _ | 24 troubles | case |
| 23 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 24 troubles | nmod:poss |
| 24 | troubles | trouble | NOUN | Number=Plur | 19 assisted | obl |
| 25 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 29 promised | punct |
| 26 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 29 promised | mark |
| 27 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 29 promised | nsubj |
| 28 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 29 promised | aux |
| 29 | promised | promise | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 5 said | ccomp |
| 30 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 29 promised | iobj |
| 31 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 32 bride | det |
| 32 | bride | bride | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 kept | nsubj:pass |
| 33 | for | for | ADP | _ | 35 service | case |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 service | det |
| 35 | service | service | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 bride | nmod |
| 36 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 37 word | nmod:poss |
| 37 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 service | obj |
| 38 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 40 kept | aux |
| 39 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 40 kept | aux:pass |
| 40 | kept | keep | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 29 promised | parataxis |
| 41 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 40 kept | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | the youngest daughter | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | is a in a quote | must | this | a good man | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | assist in a quote | present · perfect | a good man | you | your troubles | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Beneficiary | |||
| 4 | promise speech: promise a condition, not said to happen, in a quote | present · perfect | you | man | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent he=Theme | ||||
| 5 | keep in a quote | must · passive | a bride for the service | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 6 | trouble in a quote | your | nom trouble «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 7 | word in a quote | your | nom word «communication 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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