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Grimm's Fairy Stories, The Six Swans, sentence 43

After she had passed some time there, it happened that the King of that country was hunting in the forest, and his huntsmen came beneath the tree on which the Maiden sat. They called to her and asked, "Who art thou?"

Who acts: sister, it, King, huntsmen, Maiden sat. · What happens: pass, happen, hunt, come, call, ask · To what, where: forest, tree, sister · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Grimm's Fairy Stories» by Jacob Grimm, The Six Swans. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (sister, it, King, huntsmen), 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

marknsubjauxadvcldetobl:unmarkedadvmodpunctnsubjmarkdetnsubjcasedetnmodauxadvclcasedetoblpunctccnmod:possnsubjparataxiscasedetoblcaseobldetcompoundnsubjnsubjacl:relclcaseoblccconjpunctpunctnsubjccompobjpunctpunctrootAfterSCONJshePRONhadAUXpassedVERBsomeDETtimeNOUNthereADV,PUNCTitPRONhappenedVERBthatSCONJtheDETKingPROPNofADPthatDETcountryNOUNwasAUXhuntingVERBinADPtheDETforestNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJhisPRONhuntsmenNOUNcameVERBbeneathADPtheDETtreeNOUNonADPwhichPRONtheDETMaidenPROPNsat.PROPNTheyPRONcalledVERBtoADPherPRONandCCONJaskedVERB,PUNCT"PUNCTWhoPRONartAUXthouPRON?PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AfterafterSCONJ_4 passedmark
2sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs4 passednsubj
3hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 passedaux
4passedpassVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part10 happenedadvcl
5somesomeDETPronType=Ind6 timedet
6timetimeNOUNNumber=Sing4 passedobl:unmarked
7therethereADVPronType=Dem4 passedadvmod
8,,PUNCT_4 passedpunct
9ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs10 happenednsubj
10happenedhappenVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
11thatthatSCONJ_18 huntingmark
12thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art13 Kingdet
13KingKingPROPNNumber=Sing18 huntingnsubj
14ofofADP_16 countrycase
15thatthatDETNumber=Sing PronType=Dem16 countrydet
16countrycountryNOUNNumber=Sing13 Kingnmod
17wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin18 huntingaux
18huntinghuntVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part10 happenedadvcl
19ininADP_21 forestcase
20thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art21 forestdet
21forestforestNOUNNumber=Sing18 huntingobl
22,,PUNCT_26 camepunct
23andandCCONJ_26 camecc
24hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs25 huntsmennmod:poss
25huntsmenhuntsmanNOUNNumber=Plur26 camensubj
26camecomeVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin10 happenedparataxis
27beneathbeneathADP_29 treecase
28thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art29 treedet
29treetreeNOUNNumber=Sing26 cameobl
30ononADP_31 whichcase
31whichwhichPRONPronType=Rel36 calledobl
32thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art34 sat.det
33MaidenMaidenPROPNNumber=Sing34 sat.compound
34sat.SaturdayPROPNAbbr=Yes Number=Sing36 callednsubj
35TheytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs36 callednsubj
36calledcallVERBMood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin29 treeacl:relcl
37totoADP_38 hercase
38hershePRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs36 calledobl
39andandCCONJ_40 askedcc
40askedaskVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin26 cameconj
41,,PUNCT_44 artpunct
42""PUNCT_44 artpunct
43WhowhoPRONPronType=Rel44 artnsubj
44artbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin40 askedccomp
45thouthouPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch44 artobj
46??PUNCT_10 happenedpunct
47""PUNCT_10 happenedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1passpast · perfectsistertheretimevn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2happenpastitvn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3huntpast · progressivethe King of that countrythe forestvn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent in forest=Location
4comepastKing's huntsmenthe treevn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme beneath tree=Location
5callpastthe Maiden sat.sisterthe treevn animal_sounds-38 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to she=Recipient
6ask speech: askpastKing's huntsmen not said herevn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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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