Grimm's Fairy Stories, The Little Brother and Sister, sentence 26

But," she told him, "return again in the evening, for I shall shut my door against the wild huntsmen, and, that I may know you, do you knock, and say, 'Sister, dear, let me in,' and if you do not speak I shall not open the door."

Who acts: Sister, I, you · What happens: tell, return, shut, know, knock, say · To what, where: King, door, you, me · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Grimm's Fairy Stories» by Jacob Grimm, The Little Brother and Sister. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Sister, I, you), 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	But	but	CCONJ	_	5 told	cc
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 But	punct
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 told	punct
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 told	nsubj
5	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 told	iobj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 return	punct
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 return	punct
9	return	return	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 told	ccomp
10	again	again	ADV	_	9 return	advmod
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 evening	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 evening	det
13	evening	evening	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 return	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 shut	punct
15	for	for	SCONJ	_	18 shut	mark
16	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	18 shut	nsubj
17	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	18 shut	aux
18	shut	shut	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 return	conj
19	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 door	nmod:poss
20	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 shut	obj
21	against	against	ADP	_	24 huntsmen	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 huntsmen	det
23	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 huntsmen	amod
24	huntsmen	huntsman	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 shut	obl
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	31 know	punct
26	and	and	CCONJ	_	31 know	cc
27	,	,	PUNCT	_	31 know	punct
28	that	that	SCONJ	_	31 know	mark
29	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	31 know	nsubj
30	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	31 know	aux
31	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 told	ccomp
32	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	31 know	obj
33	,	,	PUNCT	_	36 knock	punct
34	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	36 knock	aux
35	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	36 knock	nsubj
36	knock	knock	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	31 know	parataxis
37	,	,	PUNCT	_	39 say	punct
38	and	and	CCONJ	_	39 say	cc
39	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 told	ccomp
40	,	,	PUNCT	_	42 Sister	punct
41	'	'	PUNCT	_	42 Sister	punct
42	Sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 say	obj
43	,	,	PUNCT	_	44 dear	punct
44	dear	dear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	42 Sister	amod
45	,	,	PUNCT	_	46 let	punct
46	let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	39 say	parataxis
47	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	46 let	obj
48	in	in	ADP	_	46 let	compound:prt
49	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 told	punct
50	'	'	PUNCT	_	5 told	punct
51	and	and	CCONJ	_	56 speak	cc
52	if	if	SCONJ	_	56 speak	mark
53	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	56 speak	nsubj
54	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	56 speak	aux
55	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	56 speak	advmod
56	speak	speak	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 told	conj
57	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	60 open	nsubj
58	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	60 open	aux
59	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	60 open	advmod
60	open	open	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	56 speak	conj
61	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	62 door	det
62	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	60 open	obj
63	.	.	PUNCT	_	56 speak	punct
64	"	"	PUNCT	_	56 speak	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert in a quote	past	Sister		King			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
2	return	infinitive				again; evening		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	shut	shall	I	my door			against the wild huntsmen	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent door=Patient
4	know	may	I	you				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus
5	knock	present · do-support	you					vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient
6	say speech: assert	infinitive	Sister					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
7	let in	infinitive		me				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme
8	not speak speech: other a condition, not said to happen	present · do-support	you					vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
9	not open	shall	I	the door				vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location door=Theme

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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