Grimm's Fairy Stories, Faithful John, sentence 11
So he led the King all over it, upstairs and downstairs, and showed him all the riches, and all the splendid chambers; only one room he did not open, containing the perilous portrait, which was so placed that one saw it directly the door was opened, and, moreover, it was so beautifully painted that one thought it breathed and moved; nothing in all the world could be more lifelike or more beautiful.
Who acts: John, one room, one, mourning, nothing · What happens: lead, show, not open, contain, place, see · To what, where: King, mourning, riches, John, perilous portrait, door · 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, one room, one, mourning), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.
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The tree
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | So | so | ADV | _ | 3 led | advmod |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 led | nsubj |
| 3 | led | lead | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 King | det |
| 5 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 led | obj |
| 6 | all | all | ADV | _ | 8 it | advmod |
| 7 | over | over | ADP | _ | 8 it | case |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 led | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 upstairs | punct |
| 10 | upstairs | upstairs | ADV | _ | 3 led | advmod |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 downstairs | cc |
| 12 | downstairs | downstairs | ADV | _ | 10 upstairs | conj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 showed | punct |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 showed | cc |
| 15 | showed | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 led | conj |
| 16 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 showed | iobj |
| 17 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 19 riches | det:predet |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 riches | det |
| 19 | riches | rich | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 showed | obj |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 chambers | punct |
| 21 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 25 chambers | cc |
| 22 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 25 chambers | det:predet |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 chambers | det |
| 24 | splendid | splendid | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 25 chambers | amod |
| 25 | chambers | chamber | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 showed | obl |
| 26 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 33 open | punct |
| 27 | only | only | ADV | _ | 28 one | advmod |
| 28 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 29 room | nummod |
| 29 | room | room | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 open | nsubj |
| 30 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 33 open | nsubj |
| 31 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 33 open | aux |
| 32 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 33 open | advmod |
| 33 | open | open | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 led | conj |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 containing | punct |
| 35 | containing | contain | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 33 open | advcl |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 portrait | det |
| 37 | perilous | perilous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 38 portrait | amod |
| 38 | portrait | portrait | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 containing | obj |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 placed | punct |
| 40 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 43 placed | nsubj:pass |
| 41 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 43 placed | aux:pass |
| 42 | so | so | ADV | _ | 43 placed | advmod |
| 43 | placed | place | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 38 portrait | acl:relcl |
| 44 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 46 saw | mark |
| 45 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 46 saw | nsubj |
| 46 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 43 placed | advcl |
| 47 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 46 saw | obj |
| 48 | directly | directly | ADV | _ | 52 opened | advmod |
| 49 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 50 door | det |
| 50 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 opened | nsubj:pass |
| 51 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 52 opened | aux:pass |
| 52 | opened | open | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 46 saw | ccomp |
| 53 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 62 painted | punct |
| 54 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 62 painted | cc |
| 55 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 56 moreover | punct |
| 56 | moreover | moreover | ADV | _ | 62 painted | advmod |
| 57 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 62 painted | punct |
| 58 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 62 painted | nsubj |
| 59 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 62 painted | cop |
| 60 | so | so | ADV | _ | 62 painted | advmod |
| 61 | beautifully | beautifully | ADV | _ | 62 painted | advmod |
| 62 | painted | paint | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 led | conj |
| 63 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 65 thought | mark |
| 64 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 65 thought | nsubj |
| 65 | thought | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 62 painted | advcl |
| 66 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 67 breathed | nsubj |
| 67 | breathed | breathe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 65 thought | ccomp |
| 68 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 69 moved | cc |
| 69 | moved | move | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 67 breathed | conj |
| 70 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 71 nothing | punct |
| 71 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 79 lifelike | nsubj |
| 72 | in | in | ADP | _ | 75 world | case |
| 73 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 75 world | det:predet |
| 74 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 75 world | det |
| 75 | world | world | NOUN | Number=Sing | 71 nothing | nmod |
| 76 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 79 lifelike | aux |
| 77 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 79 lifelike | cop |
| 78 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 79 lifelike | advmod |
| 79 | lifelike | lifelike | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 led | parataxis |
| 80 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 82 beautiful | cc |
| 81 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 82 beautiful | advmod |
| 82 | beautiful | beautiful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 79 lifelike | conj |
| 83 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 led | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lead | past | John | the King | mourning | upstairs property | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent king=Theme over it=Destination | ||
| 2 | show | past | John not said here | all riches | John | all splendid chambers obl | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient rich=Topic | ||
| 3 | not open | past · do-support | one room | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 4 | contain | gerund | one room not said here | the perilous portrait | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot portrait=Theme | ||||
| 5 | place | past · passive | the perilous portrait | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 6 | see | past | one | mourning | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | open | past · passive | the door | directly property | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 8 | is | past | mourning | beautifully, moreover, paint property | tree rules | ||||
| 9 | think speech: other | past | one | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 10 | breathe | past | mourning | vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 11 | move | past | mourning not said here | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 12 | is | could | nothing | lifelike property | tree rules | ||||
| 13 | be | nothing not said here | tree rules |
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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