Grimm's Fairy Stories, The Little Brother and Sister, sentence 54
As soon, then, as the time came when the Queen gave birth to a beautiful little boy, which happened when the King was out hunting, the old witch took the form of a chambermaid, and got into the room where the Queen was lying, and said to her, "The bath is ready, which will restore you and give you fresh strength; be quick before it gets cold."
Who acts: time, Queen, beautiful little boy, King, old witch, bath · What happens: come, give, happen, hunt, take, get · To what, where: birth, beautiful little boy, form, room, Queen, fresh strength · 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 (time, Queen, beautiful little boy, King), 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 | 9 came | obl |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 soon | punct |
| 4 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 9 came | advmod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 came | punct |
| 6 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 9 came | mark |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 time | det |
| 8 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 came | nsubj |
| 9 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 13 gave | advmod |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 Queen | det |
| 12 | Queen | Queen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 gave | nsubj |
| 13 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 came | advcl |
| 14 | birth | birth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 gave | obj |
| 15 | to | to | ADP | _ | 19 boy | case |
| 16 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 19 boy | det |
| 17 | beautiful | beautiful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 boy | amod |
| 18 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 boy | amod |
| 19 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 gave | obl |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 happened | punct |
| 21 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 22 happened | nsubj |
| 22 | happened | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 boy | acl:relcl |
| 23 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 28 hunting | advmod |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 King | det |
| 25 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 28 hunting | nsubj |
| 26 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 28 hunting | aux |
| 27 | out | out | ADP | _ | 26 was | compound:prt |
| 28 | hunting | hunt | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 22 happened | advcl |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 took | punct |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 witch | det |
| 31 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 32 witch | amod |
| 32 | witch | witch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 took | nsubj |
| 33 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 28 hunting | conj |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 form | det |
| 35 | form | form | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 took | obj |
| 36 | of | of | ADP | _ | 38 chambermaid | case |
| 37 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 38 chambermaid | det |
| 38 | chambermaid | chambermaid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 form | nmod |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 got | punct |
| 40 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 41 got | cc |
| 41 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 came | conj |
| 42 | into | into | ADP | _ | 44 room | case |
| 43 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 44 room | det |
| 44 | room | room | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 got | obl |
| 45 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 49 lying | advmod |
| 46 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 47 Queen | det |
| 47 | Queen | Queen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 49 lying | nsubj |
| 48 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 49 lying | aux |
| 49 | lying | lie | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 44 room | acl:relcl |
| 50 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 52 said | punct |
| 51 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 52 said | cc |
| 52 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 came | conj |
| 53 | to | to | ADP | _ | 54 her | case |
| 54 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 52 said | obl |
| 55 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 60 ready | punct |
| 56 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 60 ready | punct |
| 57 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 58 bath | det |
| 58 | bath | bath | NOUN | Number=Sing | 60 ready | nsubj |
| 59 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 60 ready | cop |
| 60 | ready | ready | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 52 said | ccomp |
| 61 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 64 restore | punct |
| 62 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 64 restore | nsubj |
| 63 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 64 restore | aux |
| 64 | restore | restore | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 60 ready | parataxis |
| 65 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 64 restore | obj |
| 66 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 67 give | cc |
| 67 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 64 restore | conj |
| 68 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 67 give | iobj |
| 69 | fresh | fresh | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 70 strength | amod |
| 70 | strength | strength | NOUN | Number=Sing | 67 give | obj |
| 71 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 73 quick | punct |
| 72 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 73 quick | cop |
| 73 | quick | quick | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 came | conj |
| 74 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 76 gets | mark |
| 75 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 76 gets | nsubj |
| 76 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 73 quick | advcl |
| 77 | cold | cold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 76 gets | xcomp |
| 78 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 came | punct |
| 79 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 came | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | past | the time | then | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | give | past | the Queen | birth | a beautiful little boy | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent birth=Theme to boy=Recipient | |||
| 3 | happen | past | a beautiful little boy | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 4 | hunt | past · progressive | the King | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 5 | take | past | the old witch | the form of a chambermaid | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent form=Theme | ||||
| 6 | get | past | the time not said here | the room | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into room=Destination | ||||
| 7 | lie | past · progressive | the Queen | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 8 | say speech: assert | past | the time not said here | Queen | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to she=Recipient | ||||
| 9 | is in a quote | present | the bath | ready property | tree rules | ||||
| 10 | restore in a quote | future | Queen | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent you=Theme | |||||
| 11 | give in a quote | infinitive | fresh strength | Queen | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient strength=Theme | ||||
| 12 | is in a quote | infinitive | the time not said here | quick property | tree rules | ||||
| 13 | get in a quote | present | bath | cold property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 14 | form | a chambermaid | nom form «communication transitive»: of=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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