Grimm's Fairy Stories, The Water of Life, sentence 37
When his Brothers came he was very glad, and he related to them all that had happened to him; how he had found the water of life and brought away a cupful of it; and how he had rescued a beautiful Princess, who for a whole year was going to wait for him, and then he was to return to be married to her, and receive a rich kingdom.
Who acts: Brothers, Brother, that, Prince, beautiful Princess · What happens: come, be, relate, happen, find, bring away · To what, where: sword, Prince, water, cupful, Princess, rich kingdom
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 (Brothers, Brother, that, Prince), 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 | SCONJ | _ | 4 came | mark |
| 2 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 Brothers | nmod:poss |
| 3 | Brothers | Brother | PROPN | Number=Plur | 4 came | nsubj |
| 4 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 glad | advcl |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 glad | nsubj |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 glad | cop |
| 7 | very | very | ADV | _ | 8 glad | advmod |
| 8 | glad | glad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 related | punct |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 related | cc |
| 11 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 related | nsubj |
| 12 | related | relate | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 glad | parataxis |
| 13 | to | to | ADP | _ | 14 them | case |
| 14 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 related | obl |
| 15 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 18 happened | det:predet |
| 16 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 18 happened | nsubj |
| 17 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 18 happened | aux |
| 18 | happened | happen | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 12 related | conj |
| 19 | to | to | ADP | _ | 20 him | case |
| 20 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 happened | obl |
| 21 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 25 found | punct |
| 22 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 25 found | advmod |
| 23 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 25 found | nsubj |
| 24 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 25 found | aux |
| 25 | found | find | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 12 related | conj |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 water | det |
| 27 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 found | obj |
| 28 | of | of | ADP | _ | 29 life | case |
| 29 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 water | nmod |
| 30 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 31 brought | cc |
| 31 | brought | bring | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 25 found | conj |
| 32 | away | away | ADV | _ | 31 brought | advmod |
| 33 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 34 cupful | det |
| 34 | cupful | cupful | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 brought | obj |
| 35 | of | of | ADP | _ | 36 it | case |
| 36 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 34 cupful | nmod |
| 37 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 42 rescued | punct |
| 38 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 42 rescued | cc |
| 39 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 42 rescued | advmod |
| 40 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 42 rescued | nsubj:pass |
| 41 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 42 rescued | aux |
| 42 | rescued | rescue | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 glad | conj |
| 43 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 45 Princess | det |
| 44 | beautiful | beautiful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 45 Princess | amod |
| 45 | Princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 rescued | obj |
| 46 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 53 going | punct |
| 47 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 53 going | nsubj |
| 48 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 53 going | mark |
| 49 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 51 year | det |
| 50 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 51 year | amod |
| 51 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 53 going | nsubj |
| 52 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 53 going | aux |
| 53 | going | go | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 45 Princess | conj |
| 54 | to | to | PART | _ | 55 wait | mark |
| 55 | wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 53 going | xcomp |
| 56 | for | for | ADP | _ | 57 him | case |
| 57 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 55 wait | obl |
| 58 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 64 return | punct |
| 59 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 64 return | cc |
| 60 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 64 return | advmod |
| 61 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 64 return | nsubj |
| 62 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 64 return | cop |
| 63 | to | to | PART | _ | 64 return | mark |
| 64 | return | return | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 glad | parataxis |
| 65 | to | to | PART | _ | 67 married | mark |
| 66 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 67 married | aux:pass |
| 67 | married | marry | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 64 return | advcl |
| 68 | to | to | ADP | _ | 69 her | case |
| 69 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 67 married | obl |
| 70 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 72 receive | punct |
| 71 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 72 receive | cc |
| 72 | receive | receive | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 64 return | conj |
| 73 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 75 kingdom | det |
| 74 | rich | rich | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 75 kingdom | amod |
| 75 | kingdom | kingdom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 72 receive | obj |
| 76 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 glad | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | past | Prince's Brothers | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | is | past | Brother | glad property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | relate | past | Brother | sword | vn relate-86.2-2 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme to they=Co-Theme | ||||
| 4 | happen | past · perfect | that | Prince | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 5 | find | past · perfect | Prince | the water of life | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Topic | ||||
| 6 | bring away | past | Prince not said here | a cupful of cupful | away property | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent cupful=Theme | |||
| 7 | rescue | past · perfect · passive | Prince | tree rules | |||||
| 8 | go | past · progressive | a beautiful Princess | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 9 | wait | to-infinitive | a beautiful Princess not said here | for Prince | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 10 | is | past | Prince | then | return property | tree rules | |||
| 11 | marry | to-infinitive · passive | Prince not said here | Princess | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: to she=Co-Patient | ||||
| 12 | receive | infinitive | Prince not said here | a rich kingdom | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kingdom=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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