Grimm's Fairy Stories, The Water of Life, sentence 48
The two Brothers now went to the youngest Prince, mocking him, and saying, "You certainly found the water of life; but you had the trouble and we had the reward; you should have been more cautious and kept your eyes open, for we took your cup while you were asleep on the sea; and, moreover, in a year one of us intends to fetch your Princess.
Who acts: two Brothers, You, we · What happens: go, mock, say, find, have, be · To what, where: Brother, water, trouble, reward, eyes, cup · 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 (two Brothers, You, we), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Brothers | det |
| 2 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 3 Brothers | nummod |
| 3 | Brothers | Brother | PROPN | Number=Plur | 5 went | nsubj |
| 4 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 5 went | advmod |
| 5 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 Prince | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 Prince | det |
| 8 | youngest | young | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 9 Prince | amod |
| 9 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 went | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 mocking | punct |
| 11 | mocking | mock | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 went | parataxis |
| 12 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 mocking | obj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 saying | punct |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 saying | cc |
| 15 | saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 11 mocking | conj |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 found | punct |
| 17 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 20 found | punct |
| 18 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 20 found | nsubj |
| 19 | certainly | certainly | ADV | _ | 20 found | advmod |
| 20 | found | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 saying | advcl |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 water | det |
| 22 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 found | obj |
| 23 | of | of | ADP | _ | 24 life | case |
| 24 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 water | nmod |
| 25 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 28 had | punct |
| 26 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 28 had | cc |
| 27 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 28 had | nsubj |
| 28 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 20 found | parataxis |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 trouble | det |
| 30 | trouble | trouble | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 had | obj |
| 31 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 33 had | cc |
| 32 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 33 had | nsubj |
| 33 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 28 had | conj |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 reward | det |
| 35 | reward | reward | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 had | obj |
| 36 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 42 cautious | punct |
| 37 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 42 cautious | nsubj |
| 38 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 42 cautious | aux |
| 39 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 42 cautious | aux |
| 40 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 42 cautious | cop |
| 41 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 42 cautious | advmod |
| 42 | cautious | cautious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 went | parataxis |
| 43 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 44 kept | cc |
| 44 | kept | keep | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 42 cautious | conj |
| 45 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 46 eyes | nmod:poss |
| 46 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 44 kept | obj |
| 47 | open | open | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 44 kept | xcomp |
| 48 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 51 took | punct |
| 49 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 51 took | mark |
| 50 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 51 took | nsubj |
| 51 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 went | conj |
| 52 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 53 cup | nmod:poss |
| 53 | cup | cup | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 took | obj |
| 54 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 57 asleep | mark |
| 55 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 57 asleep | nsubj |
| 56 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 57 asleep | cop |
| 57 | asleep | asleep | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 51 took | advcl |
| 58 | on | on | ADP | _ | 60 sea | case |
| 59 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 60 sea | det |
| 60 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 57 asleep | obl |
| 61 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 72 intends | punct |
| 62 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 72 intends | cc |
| 63 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 62 and | punct |
| 64 | moreover | moreover | ADV | _ | 72 intends | advmod |
| 65 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 72 intends | punct |
| 66 | in | in | ADP | _ | 69 one | case |
| 67 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 69 one | det |
| 68 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 69 one | compound |
| 69 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 72 intends | obl |
| 70 | of | of | ADP | _ | 71 us | case |
| 71 | us | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 69 one | nmod |
| 72 | intends | intend | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 went | parataxis |
| 73 | to | to | PART | _ | 74 fetch | mark |
| 74 | fetch | fetch | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 72 intends | xcomp |
| 75 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 76 Princess | nmod:poss |
| 76 | Princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 74 fetch | obj |
| 77 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 went | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | past | the two Brothers | now | to the youngest Prince | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||
| 2 | mock | gerund | Brother | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | |||||
| 3 | say speech: assert | gerund | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 4 | find in a quote | past | You | the water of life | certainly property | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Topic | |||
| 5 | have in a quote | past | you | the trouble | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trouble=Patient | ||||
| 6 | have in a quote | past | we | the reward | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reward=Patient | ||||
| 7 | is in a quote | should · perfect | you | cautious property | tree rules | ||||
| 8 | keep in a quote | participle | you not said here | your eyes | open property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Theme | |||
| 9 | take in a quote | past | we | your cup | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cup=Theme | ||||
| 10 | is in a quote | past | you | the sea | asleep property | tree rules | |||
| 11 | intend in a quote | present | in a year one of us; moreover property | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 12 | fetch not said to happen, in a quote | to-infinitive | your Princess | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=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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