Grimm's Fairy Stories, Faithful John, sentence 19

When he had opened the door, he went in first, and thought he would cover up the picture, that the King should not see it; but it was of no use, for the King stepped upon tiptoes and looked over his shoulder; and as soon as he saw the portrait of the maiden, which was so beautiful and glittered with precious stones, he fell down on the ground insensible.

Who acts: John, King, door, maiden · What happens: open, go in, think, cover up, not see, be · To what, where: John, picture, door, tiptoes, portrait, ground · 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, King, door, maiden), 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	4 opened	advmod
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 opened	nsubj:pass
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 opened	aux
4	opened	open	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 door	det
6	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 opened	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 went	punct
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 went	nsubj
9	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 opened	parataxis
10	in	in	ADV	_	9 went	advmod
11	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	9 went	advmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 thought	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 thought	cc
14	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 went	conj
15	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 cover	nsubj
16	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 cover	aux
17	cover	cover	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 thought	ccomp
18	up	up	ADP	_	17 cover	compound:prt
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 picture	det
20	picture	picture	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 cover	obj
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 see	punct
22	that	that	SCONJ	_	27 see	mark
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 King	det
24	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	27 see	nsubj
25	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	27 see	aux
26	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	27 see	advmod
27	see	see	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	17 cover	conj
28	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	27 see	obj
29	;	;	PUNCT	_	35 use	punct
30	but	but	CCONJ	_	35 use	cc
31	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	35 use	nsubj
32	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	35 use	cop
33	of	of	ADP	_	35 use	case
34	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	35 use	det
35	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 opened	advcl
36	,	,	PUNCT	_	40 stepped	punct
37	for	for	SCONJ	_	40 stepped	mark
38	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	39 King	det
39	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	40 stepped	nsubj
40	stepped	step	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 opened	parataxis
41	upon	upon	ADP	_	42 tiptoes	case
42	tiptoes	tiptoe	NOUN	Number=Plur	40 stepped	obl
43	and	and	CCONJ	_	44 looked	cc
44	looked	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	40 stepped	conj
45	over	over	ADP	_	47 shoulder	case
46	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	47 shoulder	nmod:poss
47	shoulder	shoulder	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 looked	obl
48	;	;	PUNCT	_	51 soon	punct
49	and	and	CCONJ	_	51 soon	cc
50	as	as	ADV	_	51 soon	advmod
51	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	4 opened	advmod
52	as	as	SCONJ	_	54 saw	mark
53	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	54 saw	nsubj
54	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	51 soon	advcl
55	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	56 portrait	det
56	portrait	portrait	NOUN	Number=Sing	54 saw	obj
57	of	of	ADP	_	59 maiden	case
58	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	59 maiden	det
59	maiden	maiden	NOUN	Number=Sing	56 portrait	nmod
60	,	,	PUNCT	_	64 beautiful	punct
61	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	64 beautiful	nsubj
62	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	64 beautiful	cop
63	so	so	ADV	_	64 beautiful	advmod
64	beautiful	beautiful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	59 maiden	acl:relcl
65	and	and	CCONJ	_	66 glittered	cc
66	glittered	glitter	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	64 beautiful	conj
67	with	with	ADP	_	69 stones	case
68	precious	precious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	69 stones	amod
69	stones	stone	NOUN	Number=Plur	66 glittered	obl
70	,	,	PUNCT	_	72 fell	punct
71	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	72 fell	nsubj
72	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	51 soon	advcl
73	down	down	ADV	_	72 fell	advmod
74	on	on	ADP	_	76 ground	case
75	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	76 ground	det
76	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	72 fell	obl
77	insensible	insensible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	76 ground	amod
78	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 opened	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	open	past · perfect · passive		John		soon property	vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme door=Destination
2	go in	past	John			first property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	think speech: other	past	John not said here				vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
4	cover up	would	John	the picture			vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent picture=Destination
5	not see	should	the King	door			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus
6	is	past	door			of no use	tree rules
7	step	past	the King		tiptoes		vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon tiptoe=Trajectory
8	look	past	the King not said here			over John's shoulder	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent over shoulder=Theme
9	see	past	John	the portrait of the maiden			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer portrait=Stimulus
10	is	past	the maiden			beautiful property	tree rules
11	glitter	participle	the maiden not said here			with precious stones	vn light_emission-43.1 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with stone=Theme
12	fall down	past	John		the ground	down property	vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on ground=Location
13	portray			the maiden			nom portrait «communication transitive»: of=patient

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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