Grimms' Fairy Tales, The Twelve Dancing Princesses, sentence 43
In the morning the soldier said nothing about what had happened, but determined to see more of this strange adventure, and went again the second and third night; and every thing happened just as before; the princesses danced each time till their shoes were worn to pieces, and then returned home.
Who acts: soldier, thing, princesses · What happens: say, happen, see, go, dance, wear · To what, where: nothing, more, shoes · 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, thing, princesses), 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 said | obl |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 soldier | det |
| 5 | soldier | soldier | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 said | nsubj |
| 6 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 6 said | obj |
| 8 | about | about | SCONJ | _ | 11 happened | mark |
| 9 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 11 happened | nsubj |
| 10 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 happened | aux |
| 11 | happened | happen | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 7 nothing | acl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 determined | punct |
| 13 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 14 determined | cc |
| 14 | determined | determined | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 said | ccomp |
| 15 | to | to | PART | _ | 16 see | mark |
| 16 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 14 determined | xcomp |
| 17 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 16 see | obj |
| 18 | of | of | ADP | _ | 21 adventure | case |
| 19 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 21 adventure | det |
| 20 | strange | strange | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 adventure | amod |
| 21 | adventure | adventure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 more | obl |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 went | punct |
| 23 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 24 went | cc |
| 24 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 said | conj |
| 25 | again | again | ADV | _ | 24 went | advmod |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 night | det |
| 27 | second | second | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 30 night | amod |
| 28 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 29 third | cc |
| 29 | third | third | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 27 second | conj |
| 30 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 went | obl:unmarked |
| 31 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 35 happened | punct |
| 32 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 35 happened | cc |
| 33 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 34 thing | det |
| 34 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 happened | nsubj |
| 35 | happened | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 said | conj |
| 36 | just | just | ADV | _ | 38 before | advmod |
| 37 | as | as | ADV | _ | 38 before | advmod |
| 38 | before | before | ADV | _ | 35 happened | advmod |
| 39 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 42 danced | punct |
| 40 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 41 princesses | det |
| 41 | princesses | princess | NOUN | Number=Plur | 42 danced | nsubj |
| 42 | danced | dance | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 said | conj |
| 43 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 44 time | det |
| 44 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 danced | obj |
| 45 | till | till | SCONJ | _ | 49 worn | mark |
| 46 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 47 shoes | nmod:poss |
| 47 | shoes | shoe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 49 worn | nsubj:pass |
| 48 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 49 worn | aux:pass |
| 49 | worn | wear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 42 danced | advcl |
| 50 | to | to | ADP | _ | 51 pieces | case |
| 51 | pieces | piece | NOUN | Number=Plur | 49 worn | obl |
| 52 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 55 returned | punct |
| 53 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 55 returned | cc |
| 54 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 55 returned | advmod |
| 55 | returned | return | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 42 danced | conj |
| 56 | home | home | ADV | _ | 55 returned | advmod |
| 57 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | the soldier | nothing | morning | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic | |||
| 2 | happen | past · perfect | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 3 | see | to-infinitive | the soldier not said here | more | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer more=Stimulus | ||||
| 4 | go | past | the soldier not said here | again; night | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 5 | happen | past | every thing | before property | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 6 | dance | past | the princesses | time | vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 7 | wear | past · passive | princesses's shoes | to pieces | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 8 | return | past | the princesses not said here | then | home property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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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