Grimm's Fairy Stories, The Three Little Men in the Wood, sentence 118

The third day the messenger came back and said, "I have not found a single name; but as I came to a high mountain near the edge of a forest, where foxes and hares say good night to each other, I saw there a little house, and before the door a fire was burning, and round this fire a very curious little Man was dancing on one leg, and shouting:

Who acts: messenger, foxes, fire, curious little Man · What happens: come back, say, not find, come, see, burn · To what, where: single name, edge, each, little house, door, one leg · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Grimm's Fairy Stories» by Jacob Grimm, The Three Little Men in the Wood. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (messenger, foxes, fire, curious little Man), 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	3 day	det
2	third	third	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	3 day	amod
3	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 came	obl:unmarked
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 messenger	det
5	messenger	messenger	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 came	nsubj
6	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	back	back	ADV	_	6 came	advmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 said	cc
9	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 came	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 found	punct
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	15 found	punct
12	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	15 found	nsubj
13	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 found	aux
14	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 found	advmod
15	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	9 said	ccomp
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 name	det
17	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 name	amod
18	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 found	obj
19	;	;	PUNCT	_	23 came	punct
20	but	but	CCONJ	_	23 came	cc
21	as	as	SCONJ	_	23 came	mark
22	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	23 came	nsubj
23	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 came	parataxis
24	to	to	ADP	_	27 mountain	case
25	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	27 mountain	det
26	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	27 mountain	amod
27	mountain	mountain	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 came	obl
28	near	near	ADP	_	30 edge	case
29	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	30 edge	det
30	edge	edge	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 came	obl
31	of	of	ADP	_	33 forest	case
32	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	33 forest	det
33	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 edge	nmod
34	,	,	PUNCT	_	39 say	punct
35	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	39 say	advmod
36	foxes	fox	NOUN	Number=Plur	39 say	nsubj
37	and	and	CCONJ	_	38 hares	cc
38	hares	hare	NOUN	Number=Plur	36 foxes	conj
39	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	23 came	conj
40	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	41 night	amod
41	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 say	obl:unmarked
42	to	to	ADP	_	43 each	case
43	each	each	DET	ExtPos=PRON PronType=Rcp	39 say	obl
44	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	43 each	fixed
45	,	,	PUNCT	_	47 saw	punct
46	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	47 saw	nsubj
47	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 came	parataxis
48	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	47 saw	advmod
49	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	51 house	det
50	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	51 house	amod
51	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 saw	obj
52	,	,	PUNCT	_	60 burning	punct
53	and	and	CCONJ	_	60 burning	cc
54	before	before	ADP	_	56 door	case
55	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	56 door	det
56	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	60 burning	obl
57	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	58 fire	det
58	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	60 burning	nsubj
59	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	60 burning	aux
60	burning	burn	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	47 saw	conj
61	,	,	PUNCT	_	72 dancing	punct
62	and	and	CCONJ	_	72 dancing	cc
63	round	round	ADP	_	65 fire	case
64	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	65 fire	det
65	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	72 dancing	obl
66	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	70 Man	det
67	very	very	ADV	_	68 curious	advmod
68	curious	curious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	70 Man	amod
69	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	70 Man	amod
70	Man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	72 dancing	nsubj
71	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	72 dancing	aux
72	dancing	dance	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 came	advcl
73	on	on	ADP	_	75 leg	case
74	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	75 leg	nummod
75	leg	leg	NOUN	Number=Sing	72 dancing	obl
76	,	,	PUNCT	_	78 shouting	punct
77	and	and	CCONJ	_	78 shouting	cc
78	shouting	shout	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	72 dancing	conj
79	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 came	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come back	past	the messenger				day		tree rules
2	say speech: assert	past	the messenger not said here						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	not find in a quote	present · perfect	the messenger = messenger	a single name					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Topic
4	come in a quote	past	the messenger = messenger			the edge of a forest		to a high mountain	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to mountain=Initial_Location
5	say speech: assert in a quote	present	foxes and hares		each		night		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to each=Recipient
6	see in a quote	past	the messenger = messenger	a little house		there			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer house=Stimulus
7	burn in a quote	past · progressive	a fire			the door			vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before door=Location
8	dance in a quote	past · progressive	a curious little Man			one leg		round this fire	vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on leg=Location
9	shout speech: express in a quote	gerund	a curious little Man not said here						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «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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