Grimm's Fairy Stories, Little One-eye, Two-eyes and Three-eyes, sentence 84

When he saw the apple he was astonished, and asked where it came from; and One-Eye and Three-Eyes said they had another sister, but they dared not let her be seen, because she had only two eyes, like common folk!

Who acts: Knight, apple, One Eye, fruits, sister, Eye · What happens: see, be, ask, come, say, have · To what, where: apple, sister, two eyes · 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 (Knight, apple, One Eye, fruits), 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	When	when	ADV	PronType=Int	3 saw	advmod
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 saw	nsubj
3	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 apple	det
5	apple	apple	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 saw	obj
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 astonished	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 astonished	cop
8	astonished	astonished	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 apple	acl:relcl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 asked	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 asked	cc
11	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 saw	conj
12	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	14 came	advmod
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 came	nsubj
14	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 asked	ccomp
15	from	from	ADP	_	14 came	obl
16	;	;	PUNCT	_	25 said	punct
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	25 said	cc
18	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	20 Eye	nummod
19	-	-	PUNCT	_	18 One	punct
20	Eye	eye	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 said	nsubj
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	24 Eyes	cc
22	Three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	24 Eyes	nummod
23	-	-	PUNCT	_	22 Three	punct
24	Eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 Eye	conj
25	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 saw	conj
26	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	27 had	nsubj
27	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	25 said	ccomp
28	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	29 sister	det
29	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 had	obj
30	,	,	PUNCT	_	35 let	punct
31	but	but	CCONJ	_	35 let	cc
32	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	35 let	nsubj
33	dared	dare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	35 let	aux
34	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	33 dared	advmod
35	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 saw	conj
36	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	35 let	obj
37	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	38 seen	aux:pass
38	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	35 let	xcomp
39	,	,	PUNCT	_	42 had	punct
40	because	because	SCONJ	_	42 had	mark
41	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	42 had	nsubj
42	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 saw	conj
43	only	only	ADV	_	44 two	advmod
44	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	45 eyes	nummod
45	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	42 had	obj
46	,	,	PUNCT	_	49 folk	punct
47	like	like	ADP	_	49 folk	case
48	common	common	ADJ	Degree=Pos	49 folk	amod
49	folk	folk	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 had	obl
50	!	!	PUNCT	_	3 saw	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	see	past	Knight	the apple		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer apple=Stimulus
2	is	past	Knight	the apple not said here	astonished property	tree rules
3	ask speech: ask	past	Knight not said here			vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	come	past	apple			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	say speech: assert	past	One Eye and Three Eyes			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
6	have	past	fruits = fruit	another sister		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sister=Patient
7	let	past	fruits = fruit	sister		tree rules
8	see	infinitive · passive	sister not said here			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»
9	have	past	Eye	two eyes	like common folk	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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