Grimm's Fairy Stories, Faithful John, sentence 73

After the crows had thus talked with one another, they flew away, and the trusty John, who had perfectly understood all they had said, was from that time very quiet and sad; for if he concealed from his master what he had heard, misfortune would happen to him, and if he told him all he must give up his own life.

Who acts: crows, trusty John, John, misfortune, all · What happens: talk, fly away, understand, say, be, conceal · To what, where: crows, trusty John, master, John, own life · 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 (crows, trusty John, John, misfortune), 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	After	after	SCONJ	_	6 talked	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 crows	det
3	crows	crow	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 talked	nsubj:pass
4	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 talked	aux
5	thus	thus	ADV	_	6 talked	advmod
6	talked	talk	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 flew	advcl
7	with	with	ADP	_	8 one	case
8	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 talked	obl
9	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	8 one	fixed
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 talked	punct
11	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 flew	nsubj
12	flew	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	away	away	ADV	_	12 flew	advmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	34 quiet	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	34 quiet	cc
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 John	det
17	trusty	trusty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 John	amod
18	John	John	PROPN	Number=Sing	34 quiet	nsubj
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 understood	punct
20	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	23 understood	nsubj:pass
21	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	23 understood	aux
22	perfectly	perfectly	ADV	_	23 understood	advmod
23	understood	understand	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	18 John	acl:relcl
24	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	23 understood	obj
25	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	27 said	nsubj
26	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	27 said	aux
27	said	say	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	24 all	acl:relcl
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 John	punct
29	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	34 quiet	cop
30	from	from	ADP	_	32 time	case
31	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	32 time	det
32	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 quiet	obl
33	very	very	ADV	_	34 quiet	advmod
34	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 flew	conj
35	and	and	CCONJ	_	36 sad	cc
36	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	34 quiet	conj
37	;	;	PUNCT	_	41 concealed	punct
38	for	for	SCONJ	_	41 concealed	mark
39	if	if	SCONJ	_	41 concealed	mark
40	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	41 concealed	nsubj
41	concealed	conceal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 flew	conj
42	from	from	ADP	_	44 master	case
43	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	44 master	nmod:poss
44	master	master	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 concealed	obl
45	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	41 concealed	obj
46	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	48 heard	nsubj
47	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	48 heard	aux
48	heard	hear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	45 what	acl:relcl
49	,	,	PUNCT	_	52 happen	punct
50	misfortune	misfortune	NOUN	Number=Sing	52 happen	nsubj
51	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	52 happen	aux
52	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	41 concealed	conj
53	to	to	ADP	_	54 him	case
54	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	52 happen	obl
55	,	,	PUNCT	_	59 told	punct
56	and	and	CCONJ	_	59 told	cc
57	if	if	SCONJ	_	59 told	mark
58	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	59 told	nsubj
59	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 flew	conj
60	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	59 told	iobj
61	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	64 give	nsubj
62	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	64 give	nsubj
63	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	64 give	aux
64	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	59 told	ccomp
65	up	up	ADP	_	64 give	compound:prt
66	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	68 life	nmod:poss
67	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	68 life	amod
68	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	64 give	obj
69	.	.	PUNCT	_	12 flew	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	talk	past · perfect · passive		the crows				with one; thus property	tree rules
2	fly away	past	crows = crow					away property	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	understand	past · perfect · passive		the trusty John				perfectly property	tree rules
4	say speech: assert	past · perfect	crows = crow						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
5	is	past	the trusty John				time	quiet property	tree rules
6	be		the trusty John not said here						tree rules
7	conceal a condition, not said to happen	past	John			John's master			vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent what=Patient from master=Beneficiary
8	hear	past · perfect	John						vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer
9	happen	would	misfortune		John				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
10	tell speech: assert a condition, not said to happen	past	John		master				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
11	give up	must	all	John's own life					vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Source

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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