Grimm's Fairy Stories, Faithful John, sentence 10
When the time of mourning was passed, John said to the young King, "It is now time for you to see your inheritance; I will show you your paternal castle."
Who acts: John, mourning, you, your · What happens: pass, say, be, see, show, inherit · To what, where: time, inheritance, paternal castle, you · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Grimm's Fairy Stories» by Jacob Grimm, Faithful John. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (John, mourning, you, your), 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 | When | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 7 passed | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 time | det |
| 3 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 passed | nsubj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 mourning | case |
| 5 | mourning | mourning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 time | nmod |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 passed | aux:pass |
| 7 | passed | pass | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 said | ccomp |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 passed | punct |
| 9 | John | John | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 said | nsubj |
| 10 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | to | to | ADP | _ | 14 King | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 King | det |
| 13 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 King | amod |
| 14 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 said | obl |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 time | punct |
| 16 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 20 time | punct |
| 17 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 time | nsubj |
| 18 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 20 time | cop |
| 19 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 20 time | advmod |
| 20 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 said | obl |
| 21 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 24 see | mark |
| 22 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 24 see | nsubj |
| 23 | to | to | PART | _ | 24 see | mark |
| 24 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 20 time | acl |
| 25 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 26 inheritance | nmod:poss |
| 26 | inheritance | inheritance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 see | obj |
| 27 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 30 show | punct |
| 28 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 30 show | nsubj |
| 29 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 30 show | aux |
| 30 | show | show | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 said | parataxis |
| 31 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 30 show | iobj |
| 32 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 34 castle | nmod:poss |
| 33 | paternal | paternal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 34 castle | amod |
| 34 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 show | obj |
| 35 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 30 show | punct |
| 36 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 30 show | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pass | past · passive | the time of mourning | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: subject=Trajectory | |||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | John | to the young King | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V PP.recipient whether/if S»: agent=Pivot to king=Experiencer clause=Topic | ||||
| 3 | is a in a quote | present | mourning | time | now | tree rules | |||
| 4 | see in a quote | to-infinitive | you | your inheritance | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer inheritance=Stimulus | ||||
| 5 | show in a quote | future | John | your paternal castle | you | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient castle=Topic | |||
| 6 | inherit in a quote | your | nom inheritance «act 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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