Grimm's Fairy Stories, Oh, If I Could But Shiver!, sentence 105
In the morning the King came, and, seeing the youth lying on the ground, he thought that the spectres had killed him, and that he was dead; so he said, "It is a great misfortune that the finest men are thus killed"; but the youth, hearing this, sprang up, saying, "It is not come to that with me yet!"
Who acts: King, youth, bed, great misfortune · What happens: come, see, lie, think, kill, be · To what, where: youth, ground, spectres, great misfortune, finest men, this · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Grimm's Fairy Stories» by Jacob Grimm, Oh, If I Could But Shiver!. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (King, youth, bed, great misfortune), 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 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 morning | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 morning | det |
| 3 | morning | morning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 came | obl |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 King | det |
| 5 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 came | nsubj |
| 6 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 thought | punct |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 thought | cc |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 seeing | punct |
| 10 | seeing | see | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 19 thought | advcl |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 youth | det |
| 12 | youth | youth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 seeing | obj |
| 13 | lying | lie | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 12 youth | acl |
| 14 | on | on | ADP | _ | 16 ground | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 ground | det |
| 16 | ground | ground | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 lying | obl |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 seeing | punct |
| 18 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 thought | nsubj |
| 19 | thought | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 came | conj |
| 20 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 24 killed | mark |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 spectres | det |
| 22 | spectres | spectre | NOUN | Number=Plur | 24 killed | nsubj:pass |
| 23 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 24 killed | aux |
| 24 | killed | kill | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 19 thought | ccomp |
| 25 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 killed | obj |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 dead | punct |
| 27 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 31 dead | cc |
| 28 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 31 dead | mark |
| 29 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 31 dead | nsubj |
| 30 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 31 dead | cop |
| 31 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 killed | advcl |
| 32 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 35 said | punct |
| 33 | so | so | ADV | _ | 35 said | advmod |
| 34 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 35 said | nsubj |
| 35 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 came | conj |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 misfortune | punct |
| 37 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 42 misfortune | punct |
| 38 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 42 misfortune | nsubj |
| 39 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 42 misfortune | cop |
| 40 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 42 misfortune | det |
| 41 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 42 misfortune | amod |
| 42 | misfortune | misfortune | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 said | ccomp |
| 43 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 49 killed | mark |
| 44 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 46 men | det |
| 45 | finest | fine | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 46 men | amod |
| 46 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 49 killed | nsubj:pass |
| 47 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 49 killed | aux:pass |
| 48 | thus | thus | ADV | _ | 49 killed | advmod |
| 49 | killed | kill | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 42 misfortune | acl |
| 50 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 49 killed | punct |
| 51 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 54 youth | punct |
| 52 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 54 youth | cc |
| 53 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 54 youth | det |
| 54 | youth | youth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 came | obl |
| 55 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 56 hearing | punct |
| 56 | hearing | hear | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 came | advcl |
| 57 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 56 hearing | obj |
| 58 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 59 sprang | punct |
| 59 | sprang | sprang | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 56 hearing | advcl |
| 60 | up | up | ADP | _ | 59 sprang | compound:prt |
| 61 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 62 saying | punct |
| 62 | saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 56 hearing | conj |
| 63 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 68 come | punct |
| 64 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 68 come | punct |
| 65 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 68 come | nsubj |
| 66 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 68 come | cop |
| 67 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 68 come | advmod |
| 68 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 62 saying | ccomp |
| 69 | to | to | ADP | _ | 70 that | case |
| 70 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 68 come | obl |
| 71 | with | with | ADP | _ | 72 me | case |
| 72 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 68 come | obl |
| 73 | yet | yet | ADV | _ | 68 come | advmod |
| 74 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 68 come | punct |
| 75 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 68 come | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | past | the King | the youth | morning | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||
| 2 | see | gerund | King not said here | the youth | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer youth=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | lie | gerund | the youth not said here | the ground | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on ground=Location | ||||
| 4 | think speech: other | past | King | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 5 | kill | past · perfect · passive | the spectres | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Experiencer he=Result | |||||
| 6 | is | past | King | dead property | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | say speech: assert | past | King | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 8 | is a in a quote | present | bed | a great misfortune | tree rules | ||||
| 9 | kill in a quote | present · passive | a great misfortune not said here | the finest men | thus property | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||
| 10 | hear | gerund | the King not said here | this | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer this=Stimulus | ||||
| 11 | sprang up | infinitive | the King not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 12 | say speech: express | gerund | the King not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 13 | not is in a quote | present | bed | yet | to that; with the King = king; come property | tree rules |
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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