Grimm's Fairy Stories, Briar Rose, sentence 29

Then he came at last to the palace, and there in the yard lay the dogs asleep, and the horses in the stables, and on the roof sat the pigeons fast asleep with their heads under their wings; and when he came into the palace, the flies slept on the walls, and the cook in the kitchen was still holding up her hand as if she would beat the boy, and the maid sat with a black fowl in her hand ready to be plucked.

Who acts: man, flies, cook, princess, maid · What happens: come, lie, sit, sleep, hold up, beat · To what, where: horses, dogs, pigeons, roof, palace, walls

This is a sentence of «Grimm's Fairy Stories» by Jacob Grimm, Briar Rose. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (man, flies, cook, princess), 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	Then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 came	advmod
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 came	nsubj
3	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	5 last	case
5	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 came	nsubj
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 palace	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 palace	det
8	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 last	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 lay	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 lay	cc
11	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	15 lay	advmod
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 yard	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 yard	det
14	yard	yard	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 lay	obl
15	lay	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 came	conj
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 dogs	det
17	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 lay	obj
18	asleep	asleep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 lay	xcomp
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 horses	punct
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 horses	cc
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 horses	det
22	horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 came	obl
23	in	in	ADP	_	25 stables	case
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 stables	det
25	stables	stable	NOUN	Number=Plur	22 horses	nmod
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	31 sat	punct
27	and	and	CCONJ	_	31 sat	cc
28	on	on	ADP	_	30 roof	case
29	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	30 roof	det
30	roof	roof	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 sat	obl
31	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 came	conj
32	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	33 pigeons	det
33	pigeons	pigeon	NOUN	Number=Plur	31 sat	obj
34	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	31 sat	advmod
35	asleep	asleep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	31 sat	xcomp
36	with	with	ADP	_	38 heads	case
37	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	38 heads	nmod:poss
38	heads	head	NOUN	Number=Plur	31 sat	obl
39	under	under	ADP	_	41 wings	case
40	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	41 wings	nmod:poss
41	wings	wing	NOUN	Number=Plur	31 sat	obl
42	;	;	PUNCT	_	46 came	punct
43	and	and	CCONJ	_	46 came	cc
44	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	46 came	advmod
45	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	46 came	nsubj
46	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 came	conj
47	into	into	ADP	_	49 palace	case
48	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	49 palace	det
49	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 came	obl
50	,	,	PUNCT	_	53 slept	punct
51	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	52 flies	det
52	flies	fly	NOUN	Number=Plur	53 slept	nsubj
53	slept	sleep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	46 came	conj
54	on	on	ADP	_	56 walls	case
55	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	56 walls	det
56	walls	wall	NOUN	Number=Plur	53 slept	obl
57	,	,	PUNCT	_	66 holding	punct
58	and	and	CCONJ	_	66 holding	cc
59	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	60 cook	det
60	cook	cook	NOUN	Number=Sing	66 holding	nsubj
61	in	in	ADP	_	63 kitchen	case
62	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	63 kitchen	det
63	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	60 cook	nmod
64	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	66 holding	aux
65	still	still	ADV	_	66 holding	advmod
66	holding	hold	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	46 came	advcl
67	up	up	ADP	_	66 holding	compound:prt
68	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	69 hand	nmod:poss
69	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	66 holding	obj
70	as	as	SCONJ	_	74 beat	mark
71	if	if	SCONJ	_	74 beat	mark
72	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	74 beat	nsubj
73	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	74 beat	aux
74	beat	beat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	66 holding	advcl
75	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	76 boy	det
76	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	74 beat	obj
77	,	,	PUNCT	_	81 sat	punct
78	and	and	CCONJ	_	81 sat	cc
79	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	80 maid	det
80	maid	maid	NOUN	Number=Sing	81 sat	nsubj
81	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 came	parataxis
82	with	with	ADP	_	85 fowl	case
83	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	85 fowl	det
84	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	85 fowl	amod
85	fowl	fowl	NOUN	Number=Sing	81 sat	obl
86	in	in	ADP	_	88 hand	case
87	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	88 hand	nmod:poss
88	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	81 sat	obl
89	ready	ready	ADJ	Degree=Pos	81 sat	conj
90	to	to	PART	_	92 plucked	mark
91	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	92 plucked	aux:pass
92	plucked	pluck	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	89 ready	xcomp
93	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 came	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	past	man	the horses in the stables		then		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	lie	past	man not said here	the dogs	there		in the yard; asleep property	tree rules
3	sit	past	man not said here	the pigeons	the roof		with pigeons's heads; under pigeons's wings; asleep, fast property	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent pigeon=Theme on roof=Location
4	come	past	man		the palace			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into palace=Initial_Location
5	sleep	past	the flies		the walls			vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
6	hold up	past · progressive	the cook in the kitchen	princess's hand		still		vn support-15.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot hand=Theme
7	beat	would	princess	the boy				vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location boy=Theme
8	sit	past	the maid		maid's hand		with a black fowl	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in hand=Location
9	pluck	to-infinitive · passive	the maid not said here					vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»

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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