Grimms' Fairy Tales, The Frog-prince, sentence 1
One fine evening a young princess put on her bonnet and clogs, and went out to take a walk by herself in a wood; and when she came to a cool spring of water, that rose in the midst of it, she sat herself down to rest a while.
Who acts: young princess, princess, that · What happens: put, go out, take, come, rise, sit down · To what, where: young princess, bonnet, walk, wood, midst, princess
This is a sentence of «Grimms' Fairy Tales» by Jacob Grimm, The Frog-prince. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (young princess, princess, that), 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 | One | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 3 evening | nummod |
| 2 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 evening | amod |
| 3 | evening | evening | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 went | obl:unmarked |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 princess | det |
| 5 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 princess | amod |
| 6 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 went | nsubj |
| 7 | put | put | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 princess | acl |
| 8 | on | on | ADP | _ | 10 bonnet | case |
| 9 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 bonnet | nmod:poss |
| 10 | bonnet | bonnet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 put | obl |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 clogs | cc |
| 12 | clogs | clog | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 bonnet | conj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 went | punct |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 went | cc |
| 15 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 16 | out | out | ADV | _ | 15 went | advmod |
| 17 | to | to | PART | _ | 18 take | mark |
| 18 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 15 went | advcl |
| 19 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 20 walk | det |
| 20 | walk | walk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 take | obj |
| 21 | by | by | ADP | _ | 22 herself | case |
| 22 | herself | herself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 18 take | obl |
| 23 | in | in | ADP | _ | 25 wood | case |
| 24 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 25 wood | det |
| 25 | wood | wood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 take | obl |
| 26 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 47 sat | punct |
| 27 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 47 sat | cc |
| 28 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 30 came | advmod |
| 29 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 30 came | nsubj |
| 30 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 47 sat | advcl |
| 31 | to | to | ADP | _ | 34 spring | case |
| 32 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 34 spring | det |
| 33 | cool | cool | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 34 spring | amod |
| 34 | spring | spring | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 came | obl |
| 35 | of | of | ADP | _ | 36 water | case |
| 36 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 spring | nmod |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 rose | punct |
| 38 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 39 rose | nsubj |
| 39 | rose | rise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 34 spring | conj |
| 40 | in | in | ADP | _ | 42 midst | case |
| 41 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 42 midst | det |
| 42 | midst | midst | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 rose | obl |
| 43 | of | of | ADP | _ | 44 it | case |
| 44 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 42 midst | nmod |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 came | punct |
| 46 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 47 sat | nsubj |
| 47 | sat | sit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 went | conj |
| 48 | herself | herself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 47 sat | obj |
| 49 | down | down | ADP | _ | 47 sat | compound:prt |
| 50 | to | to | PART | _ | 51 rest | mark |
| 51 | rest | rest | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 47 sat | advcl |
| 52 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 53 while | det |
| 53 | while | while | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 rest | obj |
| 54 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 15 went | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put | participle | a young princess not said here | princess's bonnet and clogs | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent on bonnet=Destination | ||||
| 2 | go out | past | a young princess | evening | out property | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||
| 3 | take | to-infinitive | a young princess not said here | a walk | a wood | by princess | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent walk=Value in wood=Location | ||
| 4 | come | past | princess | spring | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 5 | rise | past | that | the midst of midst | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in midst=Location | ||||
| 6 | sit down | past | princess | princess | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | rest | to-infinitive | princess not said here | while | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «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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