Grimm's Fairy Stories, Snow-white and Rose-red, sentence 94
The maidens by this time were quite used to his ungrateful, ungracious ways; so they took no notice of it, but went on their way, made their purchases, and then were ready to return to their happy home.
Who acts: maidens · What happens: use, take, go, make, be, return · To what, where: maidens, notice, way, purchases
This is a sentence of «Grimm's Fairy Stories» by Jacob Grimm, Snow-white and Rose-red. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (maidens), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 maidens | det |
| 2 | maidens | maiden | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 used | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | by | by | ADP | _ | 5 time | case |
| 4 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 5 time | det |
| 5 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 maidens | nmod |
| 6 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 used | aux:pass |
| 7 | quite | quite | ADV | _ | 8 used | advmod |
| 8 | used | use | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 14 ways | case |
| 10 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 ways | nmod:poss |
| 11 | ungrateful | ungrateful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 ways | amod |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 ungrateful | punct |
| 13 | ungracious | ungracious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 ways | amod |
| 14 | ways | way | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 used | obl |
| 15 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 18 took | punct |
| 16 | so | so | ADV | _ | 18 took | advmod |
| 17 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 took | nsubj |
| 18 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 used | parataxis |
| 19 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 20 notice | det |
| 20 | notice | notice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 took | obj |
| 21 | of | of | ADP | _ | 22 it | case |
| 22 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 notice | nmod |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 went | punct |
| 24 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 25 went | cc |
| 25 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 18 took | conj |
| 26 | on | on | ADP | _ | 28 way | case |
| 27 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 28 way | nmod:poss |
| 28 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 went | obl |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 made | punct |
| 30 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 25 went | conj |
| 31 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 32 purchases | nmod:poss |
| 32 | purchases | purchase | NOUN | Number=Plur | 30 made | obj |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 ready | punct |
| 34 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 37 ready | cc |
| 35 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 37 ready | advmod |
| 36 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 37 ready | cop |
| 37 | ready | ready | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 took | conj |
| 38 | to | to | PART | _ | 39 return | mark |
| 39 | return | return | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 37 ready | xcomp |
| 40 | to | to | ADP | _ | 43 home | case |
| 41 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 43 home | nmod:poss |
| 42 | happy | happy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 43 home | amod |
| 43 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 return | obl |
| 44 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 used | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | use | past · passive | the maidens by this time | to voice's ungrateful ungracious ways | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ||||
| 2 | take | past | maidens = maiden | no notice of notice | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent notice=Theme | ||||
| 3 | go | past | maidens = maiden not said here | maidens's way | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on way=Location | ||||
| 4 | make | past | maidens = maiden not said here | maidens's purchases | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset purchase=Product | ||||
| 5 | is | past | maidens = maiden not said here | then | ready property | tree rules | |||
| 6 | return | to-infinitive | maidens = maiden not said here | to maidens's happy home result | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to home=Result | ||||
| 7 | notice | notice | nom notice «communication transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 8 | purchase | maidens = maiden | nom purchase «act transitive»: poss=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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