Grimms' Fairy Tales, Preparer’s Note, sentence 6
THE TURNIP CLEVER HANS THE THREE LANGUAGES THE FOX AND THE CAT THE FOUR CLEVER BROTHERS LILY AND THE LION THE FOX AND THE HORSE THE BLUE LIGHT THE RAVEN THE GOLDEN GOOSE THE WATER OF LIFE THE TWELVE HUNTSMEN THE KING OF THE GOLDEN MOUNTAIN DOCTOR KNOWALL THE SEVEN RAVENS THE WEDDING OF MRS FOX FIRST STORY SECOND STORY THE SALAD THE STORY OF THE YOUTH WHO WENT FORTH TO LEARN WHAT FEAR WAS KING GRISLY-BEARD IRON HANS CAT-SKIN SNOW-WHITE AND ROSE-RED
Who acts: WATER, WEDDING, STORY, FEAR · What happens: raven, fox, go, learn, be, wed · To what, where: GOLDEN GOOSE, STORY, MRS
This is a sentence of «Grimms' Fairy Tales» by Jacob Grimm, Preparer’s Note. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (WATER, WEDDING, STORY, FEAR), 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 | THE | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 TURNIP | det |
| 2 | TURNIP | turnip | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | CLEVER | clever | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 HANS | amod |
| 4 | HANS | HANS | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 TURNIP | appos |
| 5 | THE | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 LANGUAGES | det |
| 6 | THREE | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 LANGUAGES | nummod |
| 7 | LANGUAGES | language | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 TURNIP | conj |
| 8 | THE | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 FOX | det |
| 9 | FOX | fox | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 LANGUAGES | appos |
| 10 | AND | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 CAT | cc |
| 11 | THE | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 CAT | det |
| 12 | CAT | cat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 FOX | conj |
| 13 | THE | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 CLEVER | det |
| 14 | FOUR | four | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 15 CLEVER | nummod |
| 15 | CLEVER | clever | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 CAT | nmod |
| 16 | BROTHERS | brothers | CCONJ | _ | 17 LILY | cc |
| 17 | LILY | LILY | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 CLEVER | conj |
| 18 | AND | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 LION | cc |
| 19 | THE | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 LION | det |
| 20 | LION | LION | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 LILY | conj |
| 21 | THE | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 FOX | det |
| 22 | FOX | fox | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 CLEVER | parataxis |
| 23 | AND | and | CCONJ | _ | 25 HORSE | cc |
| 24 | THE | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 HORSE | det |
| 25 | HORSE | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 FOX | conj |
| 26 | THE | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 LIGHT | det |
| 27 | BLUE | blue | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 28 LIGHT | amod |
| 28 | LIGHT | light | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 HORSE | appos |
| 29 | THE | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 RAVEN | det |
| 30 | RAVEN | raven | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 LIGHT | conj |
| 31 | THE | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 GOOSE | det |
| 32 | GOLDEN | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 33 GOOSE | amod |
| 33 | GOOSE | goose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 RAVEN | appos |
| 34 | THE | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 WATER | det |
| 35 | WATER | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 RAVENS | nsubj |
| 36 | OF | of | ADP | _ | 37 LIFE | case |
| 37 | LIFE | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 WATER | nmod |
| 38 | THE | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 HUNTSMEN | det |
| 39 | TWELVE | twelve | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 40 HUNTSMEN | nummod |
| 40 | HUNTSMEN | HUNTSMEN | PROPN | Number=Sing | 37 LIFE | nmod |
| 41 | THE | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 42 KING | det |
| 42 | KING | KING | PROPN | Number=Sing | 40 HUNTSMEN | appos |
| 43 | OF | of | ADP | _ | 47 DOCTOR | case |
| 44 | THE | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 47 DOCTOR | det |
| 45 | GOLDEN | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 47 DOCTOR | amod |
| 46 | MOUNTAIN | mountain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 DOCTOR | compound |
| 47 | DOCTOR | doctor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 HUNTSMEN | nmod |
| 48 | KNOWALL | KNOWALL | PROPN | Number=Sing | 40 HUNTSMEN | flat |
| 49 | THE | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 50 SEVEN | det |
| 50 | SEVEN | seven | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 RAVENS | nsubj |
| 51 | RAVENS | raven | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 33 GOOSE | acl:relcl |
| 52 | THE | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 53 WEDDING | det |
| 53 | WEDDING | wedding | NOUN | Number=Sing | 56 FOX | nsubj |
| 54 | OF | of | ADP | _ | 55 MRS | case |
| 55 | MRS | mr | NOUN | Number=Plur | 53 WEDDING | nmod |
| 56 | FOX | fox | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 51 RAVENS | ccomp |
| 57 | FIRST | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 58 STORY | advmod |
| 58 | STORY | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 56 FOX | obj |
| 59 | SECOND | SECOND | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 60 STORY | amod |
| 60 | STORY | STORY | PROPN | Number=Sing | 58 STORY | appos |
| 61 | THE | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 62 SALAD | det |
| 62 | SALAD | SALAD | PROPN | Number=Sing | 60 STORY | appos |
| 63 | THE | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 64 STORY | det |
| 64 | STORY | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 58 STORY | appos |
| 65 | OF | of | ADP | _ | 67 YOUTH | case |
| 66 | THE | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 67 YOUTH | det |
| 67 | YOUTH | youth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 64 STORY | nmod |
| 68 | WHO | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 69 WENT | nsubj |
| 69 | WENT | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 64 STORY | acl |
| 70 | FORTH | forth | ADV | _ | 69 WENT | advmod |
| 71 | TO | to | PART | _ | 72 LEARN | mark |
| 72 | LEARN | learn | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 69 WENT | advcl |
| 73 | WHAT | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 72 LEARN | obj |
| 74 | FEAR | fear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 76 KING | nsubj |
| 75 | WAS | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 76 KING | cop |
| 76 | KING | king | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 73 WHAT | acl:relcl |
| 77 | GRISLY | grisly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 79 BEARD | amod |
| 78 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 77 GRISLY | punct |
| 79 | BEARD | beard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 76 KING | nsubj |
| 80 | IRON | iron | NOUN | Number=Sing | 79 BEARD | conj |
| 81 | HANS | HANS | PROPN | Number=Sing | 80 IRON | appos |
| 82 | CAT | cat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 85 SNOW | compound |
| 83 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 82 CAT | punct |
| 84 | SKIN | skin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 85 SNOW | compound |
| 85 | SNOW | snow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 81 HANS | appos |
| 86 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 87 WHITE | punct |
| 87 | WHITE | WHITE | PROPN | Number=Sing | 85 SNOW | appos |
| 88 | AND | and | CCONJ | _ | 89 ROSE | cc |
| 89 | ROSE | ROSE | PROPN | Number=Sing | 87 WHITE | conj |
| 90 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 91 RED | punct |
| 91 | RED | RED | PROPN | Number=Sing | 87 WHITE | flat |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | raven | present | the WATER of LIFE the TWELVE HUNTSMEN of the GOLDEN MOUNTAIN DOCTOR | the GOLDEN GOOSE not said here | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | fox | present | the WEDDING of MRS | STORY | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus story=Experiencer | ||||
| 3 | go | past | the STORY of the YOUTH | forth property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 4 | learn | to-infinitive | the STORY of the YOUTH not said here | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic | |||||
| 5 | is | past | FEAR | king property | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | wed | MRS | nom wedding «event 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: «Grimms' Fairy Tales» by Jacob Grimm, Project Gutenberg book 2591 (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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