Grimms' Fairy Tales, The Twelve Dancing Princesses, sentence 24

The soldier saw them going down through the trap-door one after another, the eldest leading the way; and thinking he had no time to lose, he jumped up, put on the cloak which the old woman had given him, and followed them; but in the middle of the stairs he trod on the gown of the youngest princess, and she cried out to her sisters, ‘All is not right; someone took hold of my gown.’

Who acts: soldier, hand, son, woman, All, someone · What happens: see, go down, lead, think, have, lose · To what, where: hand, way, cloak, old woman, son, middle · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Grimms' Fairy Tales» by Jacob Grimm, The Twelve Dancing Princesses. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (soldier, hand, son, woman), 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 soldier	det
2	soldier	soldier	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 saw	nsubj
3	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 saw	obj
5	going	go	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 saw	xcomp
6	down	down	ADV	_	5 going	advmod
7	through	through	ADP	_	12 one	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 one	det
9	trap	trap	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 one	compound
10	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 trap	punct
11	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 one	compound
12	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 going	obl
13	after	after	ADP	_	14 another	case
14	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	12 one	nmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 leading	punct
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 leading	det
17	eldest	eld	ADJ	Degree=Sup	18 leading	advmod
18	leading	lead	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 saw	advcl
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 way	det
20	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 leading	obl:unmarked
21	;	;	PUNCT	_	23 thinking	punct
22	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 thinking	cc
23	thinking	think	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 saw	parataxis
24	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 had	nsubj
25	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	23 thinking	ccomp
26	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	27 time	det
27	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 had	obj
28	to	to	PART	_	29 lose	mark
29	lose	lose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	27 time	acl
30	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 jumped	punct
31	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	32 jumped	nsubj
32	jumped	jump	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 saw	parataxis
33	up	up	ADP	_	32 jumped	compound:prt
34	,	,	PUNCT	_	35 put	punct
35	put	put	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	32 jumped	conj
36	on	on	ADP	_	38 cloak	case
37	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	38 cloak	det
38	cloak	cloak	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 put	obl
39	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	44 given	obj
40	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	42 woman	det
41	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	42 woman	amod
42	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 given	nsubj:pass
43	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	44 given	aux
44	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	38 cloak	acl:relcl
45	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	44 given	iobj
46	,	,	PUNCT	_	48 followed	punct
47	and	and	CCONJ	_	48 followed	cc
48	followed	follow	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 saw	conj
49	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	48 followed	obj
50	;	;	PUNCT	_	59 trod	punct
51	but	but	CCONJ	_	59 trod	cc
52	in	in	ADP	_	54 middle	case
53	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	54 middle	det
54	middle	middle	NOUN	Number=Sing	59 trod	obl
55	of	of	ADP	_	57 stairs	case
56	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	57 stairs	det
57	stairs	stair	NOUN	Number=Plur	54 middle	nmod
58	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	59 trod	nsubj
59	trod	tread	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 saw	conj
60	on	on	ADP	_	62 gown	case
61	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	62 gown	det
62	gown	gown	NOUN	Number=Sing	59 trod	obl
63	of	of	ADP	_	66 princess	case
64	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	66 princess	det
65	youngest	young	ADJ	Degree=Sup	66 princess	amod
66	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	62 gown	nmod
67	,	,	PUNCT	_	70 cried	punct
68	and	and	CCONJ	_	70 cried	cc
69	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	70 cried	nsubj
70	cried	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	59 trod	parataxis
71	out	out	ADP	_	70 cried	compound:prt
72	to	to	ADP	_	74 sisters	case
73	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	74 sisters	nmod:poss
74	sisters	sister	NOUN	Number=Plur	70 cried	obl
75	,	,	PUNCT	_	80 right	punct
76	‘	'	PUNCT	_	80 right	punct
77	All	all	DET	PronType=Tot	80 right	nsubj
78	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	80 right	cop
79	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	80 right	advmod
80	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	70 cried	conj
81	;	;	PUNCT	_	83 took	punct
82	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	83 took	nsubj
83	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 saw	parataxis
84	hold	hold	NOUN	Number=Sing	83 took	obj
85	of	of	ADP	_	87 gown	case
86	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	87 gown	nmod:poss
87	gown	gown	NOUN	Number=Sing	84 hold	nmod
88	.	.	PUNCT	_	83 took	punct
89	’	'	PUNCT	_	83 took	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	past	the soldier	hand					tree rules
2	go down	gerund	hand not said here					through the trap door one after another; down property	vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme through one=Location
3	lead	gerund	the soldier not said here	the way					vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition
4	think speech: other	gerund							vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
5	have	past	son				time		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
6	lose	to-infinitive	son not said here						vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
7	jump up	past	son						vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
8	put	participle	son not said here			the cloak			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent on cloak=Destination
9	give	past · perfect · passive		the old woman	son				tree rules
10	follow	past	the soldier not said here	hand					vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
11	tread	past	son			the middle of the stairs		on the gown of the youngest princess	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in middle=Trajectory
12	cry out speech: express	past	woman		woman's sisters				vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to sister=Recipient
13	not is	present	All					right property	tree rules
14	take	past	someone	hold of my gown					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hold=Theme
15	hold			my gown					nom hold «act 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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