Grimm's Fairy Stories, The Little Brother and Sister, sentence 51
As soon, therefore, as she heard how happy they had become, and how everything prospered with them, envy and jealousy were aroused in her wicked heart, and left her no peace; and she was always thinking in what way she could bring misfortune upon them.
Who acts: Sister, children, everything, way · What happens: hear, become, prosper, arouse, leave, think · To what, where: envy, wicked heart, peace, misfortune · 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, children, everything, way), 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 | As | as | ADP | _ | 2 soon | case |
| 2 | soon | soon | ADV | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 therefore | punct |
| 4 | therefore | therefore | ADV | _ | 2 soon | conj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 heard | punct |
| 6 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 8 heard | mark |
| 7 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 heard | nsubj |
| 8 | heard | hear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 soon | parataxis |
| 9 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 10 happy | advmod |
| 10 | happy | happy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 heard | xcomp |
| 11 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 become | nsubj |
| 12 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 become | aux |
| 13 | become | become | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 8 heard | ccomp |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 aroused | punct |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 26 aroused | cc |
| 16 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 18 prospered | advmod |
| 17 | everything | everything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 18 prospered | nsubj |
| 18 | prospered | prosper | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 26 aroused | advcl |
| 19 | with | with | ADP | _ | 20 them | case |
| 20 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 prospered | obl |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 prospered | punct |
| 22 | envy | envy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 aroused | nsubj:pass |
| 23 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 24 jealousy | cc |
| 24 | jealousy | jealousy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 envy | conj |
| 25 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 26 aroused | aux:pass |
| 26 | aroused | arouse | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 heard | conj |
| 27 | in | in | ADP | _ | 30 heart | case |
| 28 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 30 heart | nmod:poss |
| 29 | wicked | wicked | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 30 heart | amod |
| 30 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 aroused | obl |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 left | punct |
| 32 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 33 left | cc |
| 33 | left | leave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 heard | conj |
| 34 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 36 peace | nmod:poss |
| 35 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 36 peace | det |
| 36 | peace | peace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 left | obj |
| 37 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 42 thinking | punct |
| 38 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 42 thinking | cc |
| 39 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 42 thinking | nsubj |
| 40 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 42 thinking | aux |
| 41 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 42 thinking | advmod |
| 42 | thinking | think | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 8 heard | ccomp |
| 43 | in | in | ADP | _ | 44 what | case |
| 44 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Rel | 48 bring | obl |
| 45 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 bring | nsubj |
| 46 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 48 bring | nsubj |
| 47 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 48 bring | aux |
| 48 | bring | bring | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 42 thinking | parataxis |
| 49 | misfortune | misfortune | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 bring | obj |
| 50 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 51 them | case |
| 51 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 48 bring | obl |
| 52 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 soon | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hear | past | Sister | happy property | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | become | past · perfect | children = child | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 3 | prosper | past | everything | with children = child | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 4 | arouse | past · passive | envy and jealousy | Sister's wicked heart | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | ||||
| 5 | leave | past | Sister not said here | Sister's peace | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent peace=Theme | ||||
| 6 | think speech: other | past · progressive | Sister | always property | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 7 | bring | could | way | misfortune | upon children = child | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent misfortune=Theme | |||
| 8 | pacify | Sister | nom peace «state transitive»: poss=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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