Grimm's Fairy Stories, The Frog Prince, sentence 26
So she arose and went to see who it was that called to her; but when she opened the door and caught sight of the Frog, she shut it again very quickly and with great passion, and sat down at the table, looking exceedingly pale.
Who acts: frog · What happens: arise, go, see, call, open, catch · To what, where: door, frog, sight, table · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Grimm's Fairy Stories» by Jacob Grimm, The Frog Prince. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (frog), 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 | So | so | ADV | _ | 3 arose | advmod |
| 2 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 arose | nsubj |
| 3 | arose | arise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 went | cc |
| 5 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 arose | conj |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 see | mark |
| 7 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 went | xcomp |
| 8 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 see | obj |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 called | nsubj:pass |
| 10 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 called | aux:pass |
| 11 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 12 called | mark |
| 12 | called | call | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 who | acl:relcl |
| 13 | to | to | ADP | _ | 14 her | case |
| 14 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 called | obl |
| 15 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 30 shut | punct |
| 16 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 30 shut | cc |
| 17 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 19 opened | advmod |
| 18 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 opened | nsubj |
| 19 | opened | open | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 30 shut | advcl |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 door | det |
| 21 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 opened | obj |
| 22 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 23 caught | cc |
| 23 | caught | catch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 opened | conj |
| 24 | sight | sight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 caught | obj |
| 25 | of | of | ADP | _ | 27 Frog | case |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 Frog | det |
| 27 | Frog | Frog | PROPN | Number=Sing | 24 sight | nmod |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 opened | punct |
| 29 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 30 shut | nsubj |
| 30 | shut | shut | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 arose | conj |
| 31 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 30 shut | obj |
| 32 | again | again | ADV | _ | 30 shut | advmod |
| 33 | very | very | ADV | _ | 34 quickly | advmod |
| 34 | quickly | quickly | ADV | _ | 30 shut | advmod |
| 35 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 38 passion | cc |
| 36 | with | with | ADP | _ | 38 passion | case |
| 37 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 38 passion | amod |
| 38 | passion | passion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 quickly | conj |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 sat | punct |
| 40 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 41 sat | cc |
| 41 | sat | sit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 arose | conj |
| 42 | down | down | ADP | _ | 41 sat | compound:prt |
| 43 | at | at | ADP | _ | 45 table | case |
| 44 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 45 table | det |
| 45 | table | table | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 sat | obl |
| 46 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 47 looking | punct |
| 47 | looking | look | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 41 sat | advcl |
| 48 | exceedingly | exceedingly | ADV | _ | 49 pale | advmod |
| 49 | pale | pale | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 47 looking | xcomp |
| 50 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 arose | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | arise | past | frog | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | go | past | frog not said here | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | see | to-infinitive | frog not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer who=Stimulus | |||||
| 4 | call | past · passive | door | frog | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Topic to she=Recipient | ||||
| 5 | open | past | frog | the door | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location door=Theme | ||||
| 6 | catch | past | frog not said here | sight of the Frog | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sight=Theme | ||||
| 7 | shut | past | frog | door | again | quickly property | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient | ||
| 8 | sit down | past | frog not said here | the table | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at table=Location | ||||
| 9 | look | gerund | frog not said here | pale property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | ||||
| 10 | sight | the Frog | nom sight «cognition transitive»: of=patient |
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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