Grimm's Fairy Stories, Faithful John, sentence 34
When he came into the castle yard, a beautiful maid stood by the brook, who had two golden pails in her hand, drawing water; and when she had filled them and had turned round, she saw a strange man, and asked who he was.
Who acts: John, beautiful maid, brook, maid · What happens: come, stand, have, draw, fill, turn round · To what, where: two golden pails, hand, pails, strange man · 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, beautiful maid, brook, maid), 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 | When | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 3 came | advmod |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 came | nsubj |
| 3 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 stood | advcl |
| 4 | into | into | ADP | _ | 7 yard | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 yard | det |
| 6 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 yard | compound |
| 7 | yard | yard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 came | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 came | punct |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 maid | det |
| 10 | beautiful | beautiful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 maid | amod |
| 11 | maid | maid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 stood | nsubj |
| 12 | stood | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 13 | by | by | ADP | _ | 15 brook | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 brook | det |
| 15 | brook | brook | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 stood | obl |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 had | punct |
| 17 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 18 had | nsubj |
| 18 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 brook | acl:relcl |
| 19 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 21 pails | nummod |
| 20 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 pails | amod |
| 21 | pails | pail | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 had | obj |
| 22 | in | in | ADP | _ | 24 hand | case |
| 23 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 24 hand | nmod:poss |
| 24 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 pails | nmod |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 water | punct |
| 26 | drawing | draw | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 27 water | amod |
| 27 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 pails | conj |
| 28 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 33 filled | punct |
| 29 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 33 filled | cc |
| 30 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 33 filled | advmod |
| 31 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 33 filled | nsubj |
| 32 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 33 filled | aux |
| 33 | filled | fill | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 12 stood | conj |
| 34 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 33 filled | obj |
| 35 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 37 turned | cc |
| 36 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 37 turned | aux |
| 37 | turned | turn | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 33 filled | conj |
| 38 | round | round | ADV | _ | 37 turned | advmod |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 saw | punct |
| 40 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 41 saw | nsubj |
| 41 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 stood | conj |
| 42 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 44 man | det |
| 43 | strange | strange | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 44 man | amod |
| 44 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 saw | obj |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 47 asked | punct |
| 46 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 47 asked | cc |
| 47 | asked | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 stood | parataxis |
| 48 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Int | 47 asked | ccomp |
| 49 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 48 who | nsubj |
| 50 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 48 who | cop |
| 51 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 12 stood | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | past | John | into the castle yard | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into yard=Initial_Location | ||||
| 2 | stand | past | a beautiful maid | by the brook | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by brook=Location | ||||
| 3 | have | past | the brook | two golden pails and drawing water | maid's hand | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pail=Patient | |||
| 4 | draw | gerund | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 5 | fill | past · perfect | maid | pails = pail | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent they=Patient | ||||
| 6 | turn round | past · perfect | maid not said here | round property | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 7 | see | past | maid | a strange man | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer man=Stimulus | ||||
| 8 | ask speech: ask | past | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 9 | is a | past | John | 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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