Grimm's Fairy Stories, Faithful John, sentence 9

After the old King had been borne to his grave, the faithful John related to the young King all that his father had said upon his death-bed, and declared, "All this I will certainly fulfil; I will be as true to you as I was to him, if it costs me my life."

Who acts: faithful John, father, bed · What happens: bear, relate, say, declare, fulfil, be · To what, where: old King, young King, this, you, life, faithful John · 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 (faithful John, father, bed), 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	_	7 borne	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 King	det
3	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 King	amod
4	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 borne	nsubj
5	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 borne	aux
6	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	7 borne	aux:pass
7	borne	bear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 related	advcl
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 grave	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 grave	nmod:poss
10	grave	grave	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 borne	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 borne	punct
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 John	det
13	faithful	faithful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 John	amod
14	John	John	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 related	nsubj
15	related	relate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
16	to	to	ADP	_	19 King	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 King	det
18	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 King	amod
19	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 related	obl
20	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	19 King	acl:relcl
21	that	that	SCONJ	_	25 said	mark
22	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	23 father	nmod:poss
23	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 said	nsubj
24	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	25 said	aux
25	said	say	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	15 related	advcl
26	upon	upon	ADP	_	30 bed	case
27	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	30 bed	nmod:poss
28	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 bed	compound
29	-	-	PUNCT	_	28 death	punct
30	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 said	obl
31	,	,	PUNCT	_	33 declared	punct
32	and	and	CCONJ	_	33 declared	cc
33	declared	declare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 related	conj
34	,	,	PUNCT	_	37 this	punct
35	"	"	PUNCT	_	37 this	punct
36	All	all	DET	PronType=Tot	37 this	det
37	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	33 declared	obl
38	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	41 fulfil	nsubj
39	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	41 fulfil	aux
40	certainly	certainly	ADV	_	41 fulfil	advmod
41	fulfil	fulfil	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	37 this	acl:relcl
42	;	;	PUNCT	_	47 true	punct
43	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	47 true	nsubj
44	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	47 true	aux
45	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	47 true	cop
46	as	as	ADP	_	47 true	case
47	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 related	parataxis
48	to	to	ADP	_	49 you	case
49	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	47 true	obl
50	as	as	SCONJ	_	54 him	mark
51	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	54 him	nsubj
52	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	54 him	cop
53	to	to	ADP	_	54 him	case
54	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	47 true	advcl
55	,	,	PUNCT	_	58 costs	punct
56	if	if	SCONJ	_	58 costs	mark
57	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	58 costs	nsubj
58	costs	cost	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 related	parataxis
59	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	58 costs	iobj
60	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	61 life	nmod:poss
61	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 costs	obj
62	.	.	PUNCT	_	58 costs	punct
63	"	"	PUNCT	_	58 costs	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	bear	past · perfect · passive		the old King		to King's grave	vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	relate	past	the faithful John		the young King		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to king=Recipient clause=Topic
3	say speech: assert	past · perfect	King's father			upon King's death bed	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
4	declare speech: other	past	the faithful John not said here	this			vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent
5	fulfil in a quote	future	the faithful John = john			certainly property	tree rules
6	is in a quote	future	the faithful John = john		you	true property	tree rules
7	is in a quote	past	the faithful John = john			to King	tree rules
8	cost a condition, not said to happen, in a quote	present	bed	my life	the faithful John = john		vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Theme i=Beneficiary life=Value

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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