Grimm's Fairy Stories, The Three Little Men in the Wood, sentence 89

The King was very fond of gold, and thought to himself, "That is an art which would please me very well"; and so he said to the Miller, "If your daughter is so very clever, bring her to the castle in the morning, and I will put her to the proof."

Who acts: King, That, art, daughter · What happens: be, think, please, say, bring, put · To what, where: King, art, me, Miller, daughter, castle · 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 (King, That, art, daughter), 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 King	det
2	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 fond	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 fond	cop
4	very	very	ADV	_	5 fond	advmod
5	fond	fond	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 gold	case
7	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fond	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 thought	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 thought	cc
10	thought	think	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 fond	parataxis
11	to	to	ADP	_	12 himself	case
12	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	10 thought	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 art	punct
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	18 art	punct
15	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	18 art	nsubj
16	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 art	cop
17	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 art	det
18	art	art	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 thought	parataxis
19	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	21 please	nsubj
20	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	21 please	aux
21	please	please	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	18 art	parataxis
22	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	21 please	obj
23	very	very	ADV	_	24 well	advmod
24	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	21 please	advmod
25	"	"	PUNCT	_	21 please	punct
26	;	;	PUNCT	_	30 said	punct
27	and	and	CCONJ	_	30 said	cc
28	so	so	ADV	_	30 said	advmod
29	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	30 said	nsubj
30	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 fond	conj
31	to	to	ADP	_	33 Miller	case
32	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	33 Miller	det
33	Miller	Miller	PROPN	Number=Sing	30 said	obl
34	,	,	PUNCT	_	44 bring	punct
35	"	"	PUNCT	_	44 bring	punct
36	If	if	SCONJ	_	42 clever	mark
37	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	38 daughter	nmod:poss
38	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 clever	nsubj
39	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	42 clever	cop
40	so	so	ADV	_	42 clever	advmod
41	very	very	ADV	_	42 clever	advmod
42	clever	clever	ADJ	Degree=Pos	44 bring	advcl
43	,	,	PUNCT	_	42 clever	punct
44	bring	bring	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	30 said	ccomp
45	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	44 bring	obj
46	to	to	ADP	_	48 castle	case
47	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	48 castle	det
48	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 bring	obl
49	in	in	ADP	_	51 morning	case
50	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	51 morning	det
51	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 bring	obl
52	,	,	PUNCT	_	56 put	punct
53	and	and	CCONJ	_	56 put	cc
54	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	56 put	nsubj
55	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	56 put	aux
56	put	put	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	44 bring	conj
57	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	56 put	obj
58	to	to	ADP	_	60 proof	case
59	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	60 proof	det
60	proof	proof	NOUN	Number=Sing	56 put	obl
61	.	.	PUNCT	_	44 bring	punct
62	"	"	PUNCT	_	44 bring	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the King					of gold; fond property	tree rules
2	think speech: other	participle			King				vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	is a in a quote	present	That	a art					tree rules
4	please in a quote	would	a art	me				well property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus i=Experiencer
5	say speech: assert	past	King		the Miller				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to miller=Recipient clause=Topic
6	is in a quote	present	your daughter					clever property	tree rules
7	bring in a quote	infinitive		daughter		the castle	morning		vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to castle=Destination
8	put in a quote	future	King		daughter			to the proof	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent she=Goal

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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