Grimm's Fairy Stories, The Water of Life, sentence 65
When, therefore, the time came round which the Princess had mentioned to the youngest Prince, the eldest Brother thought he would hasten to her castle and announce himself as her deliverer, that he might gain her as a bride and the kingdom besides.
Who acts: time, eldest Brother, Brother, kingdom · What happens: come round, mention, think, hasten, announce, gain · To what, where: youngest Prince, castle, Brother, Princess · 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 (time, eldest Brother, Brother, kingdom), 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 | _ | 3 therefore | mark |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 therefore | punct |
| 3 | therefore | therefore | ADV | _ | 7 came | advcl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 therefore | punct |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 time | det |
| 6 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 came | nsubj |
| 7 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | round | round | ADV | _ | 7 came | advmod |
| 9 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 13 mentioned | nsubj:pass |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 Princess | det |
| 11 | Princess | Princess | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 mentioned | nsubj:pass |
| 12 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 mentioned | aux |
| 13 | mentioned | mention | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 came | advcl |
| 14 | to | to | ADP | _ | 17 Prince | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 Prince | det |
| 16 | youngest | young | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 17 Prince | amod |
| 17 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 mentioned | obl |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 thought | punct |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 Brother | det |
| 20 | eldest | eld | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 21 Brother | amod |
| 21 | Brother | Brother | PROPN | Number=Sing | 22 thought | nsubj |
| 22 | thought | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 came | conj |
| 23 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 25 hasten | nsubj |
| 24 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 25 hasten | aux |
| 25 | hasten | hasten | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 22 thought | ccomp |
| 26 | to | to | ADP | _ | 28 castle | case |
| 27 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 28 castle | nmod:poss |
| 28 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 hasten | obl |
| 29 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 30 announce | cc |
| 30 | announce | announce | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 25 hasten | conj |
| 31 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 30 announce | obj |
| 32 | as | as | ADP | _ | 34 deliverer | case |
| 33 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 34 deliverer | nmod:poss |
| 34 | deliverer | deliverer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 announce | obl |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 gain | punct |
| 36 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 39 gain | mark |
| 37 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 39 gain | nsubj |
| 38 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 39 gain | aux |
| 39 | gain | gain | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 25 hasten | parataxis |
| 40 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 39 gain | obj |
| 41 | as | as | ADP | _ | 43 bride | case |
| 42 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 43 bride | det |
| 43 | bride | bride | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 gain | obl |
| 44 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 47 besides | cc |
| 45 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 46 kingdom | det |
| 46 | kingdom | kingdom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 besides | nsubj |
| 47 | besides | beside | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 25 hasten | conj |
| 48 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 came | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come round | past | the time | round property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | mention speech: other | past · perfect · passive | the youngest Prince | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Topic to prince=Recipient | |||||
| 3 | think speech: other | past | the eldest Brother | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 4 | hasten | would | Brother | Princess's castle | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to castle=Destination | ||||
| 5 | announce speech: other | infinitive | Brother not said here | Brother | as Princess's deliverer | vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Theme | |||
| 6 | gain | might | Brother | Princess | as a bride | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | |||
| 7 | beside | present | the kingdom | tree rules |
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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