Grimms' Fairy Tales, The Frog-prince, sentence 22

‘There is a nasty frog,’ said she, ‘at the door, that lifted my ball for me out of the spring this morning: I told him that he should live with me here, thinking that he could never get out of the spring; but there he is at the door, and he wants to come in.’

Who acts: nasty frog, princess, that, I, father · What happens: be, say, lift, tell, live, think · To what, where: ball, door, father · Speech: someone speaks here

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 (nasty frog, princess, that, I), 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	‘	'	PUNCT	_	3 is	punct
2	There	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	3 is	expl
3	is	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 said	ccomp
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 frog	det
5	nasty	nasty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 frog	amod
6	frog	frog	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 is	nsubj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 is	punct
8	’	'	PUNCT	_	3 is	punct
9	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 said	nsubj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 lifted	punct
12	‘	'	PUNCT	_	18 lifted	punct
13	at	at	ADP	_	15 door	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 door	det
15	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 lifted	obl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 lifted	punct
17	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	18 lifted	nsubj
18	lifted	lift	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 said	conj
19	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 ball	nmod:poss
20	ball	ball	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 lifted	obj
21	for	for	ADP	_	22 me	case
22	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	18 lifted	obl
23	out	out	ADP	_	26 spring	case
24	of	of	ADP	_	26 spring	case
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 spring	det
26	spring	spring	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 lifted	obl
27	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	28 morning	det
28	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 lifted	obl:unmarked
29	:	:	PUNCT	_	31 told	punct
30	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	31 told	nsubj
31	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 lifted	conj
32	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	31 told	iobj
33	that	that	SCONJ	_	36 live	mark
34	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	36 live	nsubj
35	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	36 live	aux
36	live	live	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	31 told	xcomp
37	with	with	ADP	_	38 me	case
38	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	36 live	obl
39	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	36 live	advmod
40	,	,	PUNCT	_	41 thinking	punct
41	thinking	think	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	31 told	advcl
42	that	that	SCONJ	_	46 get	mark
43	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	46 get	nsubj
44	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	46 get	aux
45	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	46 get	advmod
46	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	41 thinking	ccomp
47	out	out	ADP	_	50 spring	case
48	of	of	ADP	_	50 spring	case
49	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	50 spring	det
50	spring	spring	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 get	obl
51	;	;	PUNCT	_	55 is	punct
52	but	but	CCONJ	_	55 is	cc
53	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	55 is	expl
54	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	55 is	nsubj
55	is	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	62 wants	advcl
56	at	at	ADP	_	58 door	case
57	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	58 door	det
58	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 is	obl
59	,	,	PUNCT	_	62 wants	punct
60	and	and	CCONJ	_	62 wants	cc
61	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	62 wants	nsubj
62	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 said	conj
63	to	to	PART	_	64 come	mark
64	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	62 wants	xcomp
65	in	in	ADV	_	64 come	advmod
66	.	.	PUNCT	_	62 wants	punct
67	’	'	PUNCT	_	62 wants	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	be	present	a nasty frog			there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	say speech: assert	past	princess						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	lift	past	that	my ball		the door	morning; spring	for me	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent ball=Theme at door=Destination
4	tell speech: assert	past	I		father				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
5	live not said to happen	should	father			here		with me	vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with i=Location
6	think speech: other	gerund	I not said here						vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
7	not get out	could	father				spring		tree rules
8	be	present	father			the door; there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at door=Location
9	want	present	father						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
10	come in not said to happen	to-infinitive	father not said here						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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