Grimms' Fairy Tales, The Twelve Dancing Princesses, sentence 42

When they came to the stairs, the soldier ran on before the princesses, and laid himself down; and as the twelve sisters slowly came up very much tired, they heard him snoring in his bed; so they said, ‘Now all is quite safe’; then they undressed themselves, put away their fine clothes, pulled off their shoes, and went to bed.

Who acts: sisters, soldier, eldest, all · What happens: come, run on, lay down, come up, hear, snore · To what, where: stairs, eldest, sisters, fine clothes, shoes, bed · 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 (sisters, soldier, eldest, all), 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	When	when	ADV	PronType=Int	3 came	advmod
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 came	nsubj
3	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 ran	advcl
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 stairs	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 stairs	det
6	stairs	stair	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 came	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 came	punct
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 soldier	det
9	soldier	soldier	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 ran	nsubj
10	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	on	on	ADP	_	10 ran	compound:prt
12	before	before	ADP	_	14 princesses	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 princesses	det
14	princesses	princess	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 ran	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 laid	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 laid	cc
17	laid	lay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 ran	conj
18	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	17 laid	obj
19	down	down	ADP	_	17 laid	compound:prt
20	;	;	PUNCT	_	27 came	punct
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	27 came	cc
22	as	as	ADP	_	25 sisters	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 sisters	det
24	twelve	twelve	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	25 sisters	nummod
25	sisters	sister	NOUN	Number=Plur	27 came	obl
26	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	27 came	advmod
27	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 ran	parataxis
28	up	up	ADV	_	27 came	advmod
29	very	very	ADV	_	30 much	advmod
30	much	much	ADV	_	31 tired	advmod
31	tired	tired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	27 came	advcl
32	,	,	PUNCT	_	34 heard	punct
33	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	34 heard	nsubj
34	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	27 came	conj
35	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	34 heard	obj
36	snoring	snore	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	34 heard	xcomp
37	in	in	ADP	_	39 bed	case
38	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	39 bed	nmod:poss
39	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 snoring	obl
40	;	;	PUNCT	_	43 said	punct
41	so	so	ADV	_	43 said	advmod
42	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	43 said	nsubj
43	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 ran	conj
44	,	,	PUNCT	_	50 safe	punct
45	‘	'	PUNCT	_	50 safe	punct
46	Now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	50 safe	advmod
47	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	50 safe	nsubj
48	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	50 safe	cop
49	quite	quite	ADV	_	50 safe	advmod
50	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	43 said	ccomp
51	’	'	PUNCT	_	50 safe	punct
52	;	;	PUNCT	_	55 undressed	punct
53	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	55 undressed	advmod
54	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	55 undressed	nsubj
55	undressed	undress	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 ran	parataxis
56	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	55 undressed	obj
57	,	,	PUNCT	_	58 put	punct
58	put	put	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	55 undressed	conj
59	away	away	ADV	_	58 put	advmod
60	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	62 clothes	nmod:poss
61	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	62 clothes	amod
62	clothes	clothes	NOUN	Number=Ptan	58 put	obj
63	,	,	PUNCT	_	64 pulled	punct
64	pulled	pull	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	58 put	advcl
65	off	off	ADP	_	64 pulled	compound:prt
66	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	67 shoes	nmod:poss
67	shoes	shoe	NOUN	Number=Plur	64 pulled	obj
68	,	,	PUNCT	_	70 went	punct
69	and	and	CCONJ	_	70 went	cc
70	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 ran	conj
71	to	to	ADP	_	72 bed	case
72	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	70 went	obl
73	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 ran	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	past	sisters = sister		the stairs			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to stair=Initial_Location
2	run on	past	the soldier			before the princesses		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before princess=Trajectory
3	lay down	past	the soldier not said here	eldest = eld				vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Result
4	come up	past					as the twelve sisters; slowly property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	hear	past	sisters = sister	eldest = eld				tree rules
6	snore	gerund	eldest = eld not said here				in eldest's bed	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in bed=Theme
7	say speech: assert	past	sisters = sister					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
8	is	present	all			now	safe property	tree rules
9	undress	past	sisters = sister	sisters = sister		then		vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent themselves=Patient
10	put away	infinitive	sisters = sister not said here	sisters's fine clothes			away property	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent clothes=Goal
11	pull off	participle	sisters = sister not said here	sisters's shoes				vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shoe=Eventuality
12	go	past	the soldier not said here		bed			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to bed=Initial_Location

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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