Grimm's Fairy Stories, Little One-eye, Two-eyes and Three-eyes, sentence 1
Once upon a time there was a Woman, who had three daughters, the eldest of whom was named One-Eye, because she had but a single eye, and that placed in the middle of her forehead; the second was called Two-Eyes, because she was like other mortals; and the third, Three-Eyes, because she had three eyes, and one of them in the centre of her forehead, like her eldest sister.
Who acts: Woman · What happens: be, have, name, place, call · To what, where: three daughters, One, single eye, that, middle, second · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Grimm's Fairy Stories» by Jacob Grimm, Little One-eye, Two-eyes and Three-eyes. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Woman), 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 | Once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 6 was | advmod |
| 2 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 4 time | case |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 time | det |
| 4 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Once | obl |
| 5 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 6 was | expl |
| 6 | was | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 Woman | det |
| 8 | Woman | woman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 was | nsubj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 had | punct |
| 10 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 11 had | nsubj |
| 11 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 Woman | appos |
| 12 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 13 daughters | nummod |
| 13 | daughters | daughter | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 had | obj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 eldest | punct |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 eldest | det |
| 16 | eldest | eld | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 13 daughters | appos |
| 17 | of | of | ADP | _ | 18 whom | case |
| 18 | whom | whom | PRON | PronType=Rel | 16 eldest | obl |
| 19 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 20 named | aux:pass |
| 20 | named | name | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 18 whom | acl:relcl |
| 21 | One | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 20 named | obj |
| 22 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 23 Eye | punct |
| 23 | Eye | Eye | PROPN | Number=Sing | 21 One | appos |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 had | punct |
| 25 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 27 had | mark |
| 26 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 27 had | nsubj |
| 27 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 had | parataxis |
| 28 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 31 eye | cc |
| 29 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 31 eye | det |
| 30 | single | single | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 31 eye | amod |
| 31 | eye | eye | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 had | obj |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 placed | punct |
| 33 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 35 placed | cc |
| 34 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 35 placed | nsubj:pass |
| 35 | placed | place | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 27 had | conj |
| 36 | in | in | ADP | _ | 38 middle | case |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 middle | det |
| 38 | middle | middle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 placed | obl |
| 39 | of | of | ADP | _ | 41 forehead | case |
| 40 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 41 forehead | nmod:poss |
| 41 | forehead | forehead | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 middle | nmod |
| 42 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 46 called | punct |
| 43 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 44 second | det |
| 44 | second | second | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 46 called | nsubj |
| 45 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 46 called | aux:pass |
| 46 | called | call | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 35 placed | parataxis |
| 47 | Two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 49 Eyes | nummod |
| 48 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 47 Two | punct |
| 49 | Eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 46 called | xcomp |
| 50 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 56 mortals | punct |
| 51 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 56 mortals | mark |
| 52 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 56 mortals | nsubj |
| 53 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 56 mortals | cop |
| 54 | like | like | ADP | _ | 56 mortals | case |
| 55 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 56 mortals | amod |
| 56 | mortals | mortal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 46 called | conj |
| 57 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 60 third | punct |
| 58 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 60 third | cc |
| 59 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 60 third | det |
| 60 | third | third | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 6 was | parataxis |
| 61 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 64 Eyes | punct |
| 62 | Three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 64 Eyes | nummod |
| 63 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 62 Three | punct |
| 64 | Eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 60 third | obl |
| 65 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 68 had | punct |
| 66 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 68 had | mark |
| 67 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 68 had | nsubj |
| 68 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 60 third | conj |
| 69 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 70 eyes | nummod |
| 70 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 68 had | obj |
| 71 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 78 centre | punct |
| 72 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 78 centre | cc |
| 73 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 78 centre | nsubj |
| 74 | of | of | ADP | _ | 75 them | case |
| 75 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 73 one | nmod |
| 76 | in | in | ADP | _ | 78 centre | case |
| 77 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 78 centre | det |
| 78 | centre | centre | NOUN | Number=Sing | 68 had | obl |
| 79 | of | of | ADP | _ | 81 forehead | case |
| 80 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 81 forehead | nmod:poss |
| 81 | forehead | forehead | NOUN | Number=Sing | 78 centre | nmod |
| 82 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 86 sister | punct |
| 83 | like | like | ADP | _ | 86 sister | case |
| 84 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 86 sister | nmod:poss |
| 85 | eldest | eld | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 86 sister | amod |
| 86 | sister | sister | NOUN | Number=Sing | 78 centre | conj |
| 87 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 was | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | be | past | a Woman | there | once property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||
| 2 | have | past | a Woman | three daughters | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent daughter=Patient | ||||
| 3 | name | past · passive | One | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: one=Theme | |||||
| 4 | have | past | Woman | a single eye | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Patient | ||||
| 5 | place | participle · passive | that | the middle of Woman's forehead | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in middle=Destination | ||||
| 6 | call | past · passive | the second | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | |||||
| 7 | is | past | Woman | like other mortals | tree rules | ||||
| 8 | have | past | Woman | three eyes | the centre of Woman's forehead and Woman's eldest sister | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=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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