Grimm's Fairy Stories, The Water of Life, sentence 11
At first the King refused to spare him, but he gave way, and the Prince set out on the same road as the elder one had taken, and met also the same Dwarf, who stopped him and asked him, "Whither ride you so hastily?" "
Who acts: King, Prince, same Dwarf · What happens: refuse, not spare, give, set out, take, meet · To what, where: King, way, same road, elder one, same Dwarf, Prince · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Grimm's Fairy Stories» by Jacob Grimm, The Water of Life. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (King, Prince, same Dwarf), 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 | At | at | ADP | _ | 2 first | case |
| 2 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 5 refused | obl |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 King | det |
| 4 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 refused | nsubj |
| 5 | refused | refuse | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 spare | mark |
| 7 | spare | spare | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 refused | xcomp |
| 8 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 spare | obj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 gave | punct |
| 10 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 12 gave | cc |
| 11 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 gave | nsubj |
| 12 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 refused | conj |
| 13 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 gave | obj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 set | punct |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 set | cc |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 Prince | det |
| 17 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 set | nsubj |
| 18 | set | set | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 refused | conj |
| 19 | out | out | ADP | _ | 18 set | compound:prt |
| 20 | on | on | ADP | _ | 23 road | case |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 road | det |
| 22 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 23 road | amod |
| 23 | road | road | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 set | obl |
| 24 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 29 taken | mark |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 one | det |
| 26 | elder | elder | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 27 one | amod |
| 27 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 taken | nsubj:pass |
| 28 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 29 taken | aux |
| 29 | taken | take | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 18 set | advcl |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 met | punct |
| 31 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 32 met | cc |
| 32 | met | meet | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 refused | parataxis |
| 33 | also | also | ADV | _ | 32 met | advmod |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 Dwarf | det |
| 35 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 36 Dwarf | amod |
| 36 | Dwarf | Dwarf | PROPN | Number=Sing | 32 met | obj |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 stopped | punct |
| 38 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 39 stopped | nsubj |
| 39 | stopped | stop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 36 Dwarf | acl:relcl |
| 40 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 39 stopped | obj |
| 41 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 42 asked | cc |
| 42 | asked | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 39 stopped | conj |
| 43 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 42 asked | iobj |
| 44 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 47 ride | punct |
| 45 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 47 ride | punct |
| 46 | Whither | whither | ADV | PronType=Int | 47 ride | advmod |
| 47 | ride | ride | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 42 asked | parataxis |
| 48 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 47 ride | obj |
| 49 | so | so | ADV | _ | 50 hastily | advmod |
| 50 | hastily | hastily | ADV | _ | 47 ride | advmod |
| 51 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 47 ride | punct |
| 52 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 47 ride | punct |
| 53 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 32 met | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | refuse | past | the King | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | not spare | to-infinitive | the King not said here | King | vn bill-54.5 «NP V NP NP.asset»: agent=Agent he=Asset | ||||
| 3 | give | past | King | way | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Theme | ||||
| 4 | set out | past | the Prince | the same road | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 5 | take | past · perfect · passive | the elder one | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 6 | meet | past | the same Dwarf | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dwarf=Co-Agent | |||||
| 7 | stop | past | the same Dwarf | Prince | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector he=Eventuality | ||||
| 8 | ask speech: ask | past | the same Dwarf not said here | Prince | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP that S»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 9 | ride in a quote | infinitive | Prince | hastily, whither property | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme |
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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