Grimm's Fairy Stories, The Water of Life, sentence 6
Nevertheless, the Son begged and entreated so long that the King consented, and the Prince went away, thinking in his own heart, "If I bring this water I am the dearest to my Father, and I shall inherit his kingdom."
Who acts: Son, King, Prince · What happens: beg, entreat, consent, go away, think, bring · To what, where: own heart, water, Father, kingdom · 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 (Son, King, 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 | Nevertheless | nevertheless | ADV | _ | 5 begged | advmod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nevertheless | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Son | det |
| 4 | Son | Son | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 begged | nsubj |
| 5 | begged | beg | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 entreated | cc |
| 7 | entreated | entreat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 begged | conj |
| 8 | so | so | ADV | _ | 9 long | advmod |
| 9 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 entreated | xcomp |
| 10 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 13 consented | mark |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 King | det |
| 12 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 consented | nsubj |
| 13 | consented | consent | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 long | advcl |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 went | punct |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 went | cc |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 Prince | det |
| 17 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 went | nsubj |
| 18 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 begged | conj |
| 19 | away | away | ADV | _ | 18 went | advmod |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 thinking | punct |
| 21 | thinking | think | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 18 went | advcl |
| 22 | in | in | ADP | _ | 25 heart | case |
| 23 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 25 heart | nmod:poss |
| 24 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 25 heart | amod |
| 25 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 thinking | obl |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 heart | punct |
| 27 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 36 dearest | punct |
| 28 | If | if | SCONJ | _ | 30 bring | mark |
| 29 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 30 bring | nsubj |
| 30 | bring | bring | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 36 dearest | advcl |
| 31 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 32 water | det |
| 32 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 bring | obj |
| 33 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 36 dearest | nsubj |
| 34 | am | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 36 dearest | cop |
| 35 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 dearest | det |
| 36 | dearest | dear | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 21 thinking | parataxis |
| 37 | to | to | ADP | _ | 39 Father | case |
| 38 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 39 Father | nmod:poss |
| 39 | Father | Father | PROPN | Number=Sing | 36 dearest | obl |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 inherit | punct |
| 41 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 44 inherit | cc |
| 42 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 44 inherit | nsubj |
| 43 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 44 inherit | aux |
| 44 | inherit | inherit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 begged | parataxis |
| 45 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 46 kingdom | nmod:poss |
| 46 | kingdom | kingdom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 inherit | obj |
| 47 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 44 inherit | punct |
| 48 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 44 inherit | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | beg speech: request | past | the Son | nevertheless property | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | entreat | past | the Son not said here | long property | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | consent | past | the King | vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | go away | past | the Prince | away property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 5 | think speech: other | gerund | the Prince not said here | King's own heart | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | ||||
| 6 | bring a condition, not said to happen, in a quote | present | the Son = son | this water | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent water=Theme | ||||
| 7 | is in a quote | present | the Son = son | my Father | dear property | tree rules | |||
| 8 | inherit in a quote | shall | the Son = son | King's 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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