Grimms' Fairy Tales, The Frog-prince, sentence 41
The young princess, you may be sure, was not long in saying ‘Yes’ to all this; and as they spoke a gay coach drove up, with eight beautiful horses, decked with plumes of feathers and a golden harness; and behind the coach rode the prince’s servant, faithful Heinrich, who had bewailed the misfortunes of his dear master during his enchantment so long and so bitterly, that his heart had well-nigh burst.
Who acts: young princess, princess sat., faithful Heinrich, heart, Heinrich · What happens: be, not be, say, speak, drive up, deck · To what, where: this, gay coach, eight beautiful horses, servant, coach, misfortunes · 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 (young princess, princess sat., faithful Heinrich, heart), 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 | 3 princess | det |
| 2 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 princess | amod |
| 3 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 sure | nsubj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 princess | punct |
| 5 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 8 sure | nsubj |
| 6 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 sure | aux |
| 7 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 8 sure | cop |
| 8 | sure | sure | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 long | punct |
| 10 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 long | cop |
| 11 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 12 long | advmod |
| 12 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 sure | parataxis |
| 13 | in | in | SCONJ | _ | 14 saying | mark |
| 14 | saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 12 long | advcl |
| 15 | ‘ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 16 Yes | punct |
| 16 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 14 saying | obj |
| 17 | ’ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 16 Yes | punct |
| 18 | to | to | ADP | _ | 20 this | case |
| 19 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 20 this | det:predet |
| 20 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 14 saying | obl |
| 21 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 29 drove | punct |
| 22 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 29 drove | cc |
| 23 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 25 spoke | mark |
| 24 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 25 spoke | nsubj |
| 25 | spoke | speak | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 29 drove | advcl |
| 26 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 28 coach | det |
| 27 | gay | gay | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 28 coach | amod |
| 28 | coach | coach | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 spoke | obj |
| 29 | drove | drive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 sure | conj |
| 30 | up | up | ADP | _ | 29 drove | compound:prt |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 horses | punct |
| 32 | with | with | ADP | _ | 35 horses | case |
| 33 | eight | eight | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 35 horses | nummod |
| 34 | beautiful | beautiful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 35 horses | amod |
| 35 | horses | horse | NOUN | Number=Plur | 29 drove | obl |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 decked | punct |
| 37 | decked | deck | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 35 horses | acl |
| 38 | with | with | ADP | _ | 39 plumes | case |
| 39 | plumes | plume | NOUN | Number=Plur | 37 decked | obl |
| 40 | of | of | ADP | _ | 41 feathers | case |
| 41 | feathers | feather | NOUN | Number=Plur | 39 plumes | nmod |
| 42 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 45 harness | cc |
| 43 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 45 harness | det |
| 44 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 45 harness | amod |
| 45 | harness | harness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 plumes | conj |
| 46 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 51 rode | punct |
| 47 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 51 rode | cc |
| 48 | behind | behind | ADP | _ | 50 coach | case |
| 49 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 50 coach | det |
| 50 | coach | coach | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 rode | obl |
| 51 | rode | ride | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 sure | parataxis |
| 52 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 53 prince | det |
| 53 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 55 servant | nmod:poss |
| 54 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 53 prince | case |
| 55 | servant | servant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 rode | obj |
| 56 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 58 Heinrich | punct |
| 57 | faithful | faithful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 58 Heinrich | amod |
| 58 | Heinrich | Heinrich | PROPN | Number=Sing | 51 rode | obl |
| 59 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 62 bewailed | punct |
| 60 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 62 bewailed | nsubj |
| 61 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 62 bewailed | aux |
| 62 | bewailed | bewail | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 58 Heinrich | acl |
| 63 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 64 misfortunes | det |
| 64 | misfortunes | misfortune | NOUN | Number=Plur | 62 bewailed | obj |
| 65 | of | of | ADP | _ | 68 master | case |
| 66 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 68 master | nmod:poss |
| 67 | dear | dear | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 68 master | amod |
| 68 | master | master | NOUN | Number=Sing | 64 misfortunes | nmod |
| 69 | during | during | ADP | _ | 71 enchantment | case |
| 70 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 71 enchantment | nmod:poss |
| 71 | enchantment | enchantment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 rode | obl |
| 72 | so | so | ADV | _ | 73 long | advmod |
| 73 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | 51 rode | advmod |
| 74 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 76 bitterly | cc |
| 75 | so | so | ADV | _ | 76 bitterly | advmod |
| 76 | bitterly | bitterly | ADV | _ | 73 long | conj |
| 77 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 81 had | punct |
| 78 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 81 had | mark |
| 79 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 80 heart | nmod:poss |
| 80 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 81 had | nsubj |
| 81 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 51 rode | conj |
| 82 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 81 had | advmod |
| 83 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 82 well | punct |
| 84 | nigh | nigh | ADV | _ | 85 burst | advmod |
| 85 | burst | burst | NOUN | Number=Sing | 81 had | obj |
| 86 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 sure | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | may | the young princess | sure property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not is | past | long property | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | say speech: assert | gerund | this | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent yes=Topic to this=Recipient | |||||
| 4 | speak speech: other | past | princess sat. = saturday | a gay coach | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | drive up | past | the young princess not said here | with eight beautiful horses | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 6 | deck | participle | eight beautiful horses not said here | with plumes of feathers and a golden harness | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with plume=Theme | ||||
| 7 | ride | past | the prince's servant | the coach | during Heinrich's enchantment | faithful Heinrich obl; long property | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent servant=Theme | ||
| 8 | bewail | past · perfect | faithful Heinrich | the misfortunes of Heinrich's dear master | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer misfortune=Stimulus | ||||
| 9 | have | past | Heinrich's heart | burst | well property | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent burst=Patient | |||
| 10 | enchant | Heinrich | nom enchantment «feeling transitive»: poss=agent |
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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