Grimms' Fairy Tales, The Frog-prince, sentence 9
The frog said, ‘I want not your pearls, and jewels, and fine clothes; but if you will love me, and let me live with you and eat from off your golden plate, and sleep upon your bed, I will bring you your ball again.’
Who acts: frog, I, you, me, your · What happens: say, not want, love, let, live, eat off · To what, where: pearls, me, golden plate, ball, you · 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 (frog, I, you, me), 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 | 2 frog | det |
| 2 | frog | frog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 said | nsubj |
| 3 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 want | punct |
| 5 | ‘ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 7 want | punct |
| 6 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 7 want | nsubj |
| 7 | want | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 said | ccomp |
| 8 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 want | advmod |
| 9 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 pearls | nmod:poss |
| 10 | pearls | pearl | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 want | obj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 jewels | punct |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 jewels | cc |
| 13 | jewels | jewel | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 pearls | conj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 clothes | punct |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 clothes | cc |
| 16 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 clothes | amod |
| 17 | clothes | clothes | NOUN | Number=Ptan | 7 want | obl |
| 18 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 23 love | punct |
| 19 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 23 love | cc |
| 20 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 23 love | mark |
| 21 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 23 love | nsubj |
| 22 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 23 love | aux |
| 23 | love | love | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 want | parataxis |
| 24 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 23 love | obj |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 let | punct |
| 26 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 27 let | cc |
| 27 | let | let | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 23 love | conj |
| 28 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 27 let | obj |
| 29 | live | live | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 27 let | xcomp |
| 30 | with | with | ADP | _ | 31 you | case |
| 31 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 29 live | obl |
| 32 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 33 eat | cc |
| 33 | eat | eat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 29 live | conj |
| 34 | from | from | ADP | _ | 35 off | case |
| 35 | off | off | ADP | _ | 33 eat | compound:prt |
| 36 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 38 plate | nmod:poss |
| 37 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 38 plate | amod |
| 38 | plate | plate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 eat | obj |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 sleep | punct |
| 40 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 41 sleep | cc |
| 41 | sleep | sleep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 said | conj |
| 42 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 44 bed | case |
| 43 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 44 bed | nmod:poss |
| 44 | bed | bed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 sleep | obl |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 48 bring | punct |
| 46 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 48 bring | nsubj |
| 47 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 48 bring | aux |
| 48 | bring | bring | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 said | ccomp |
| 49 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 48 bring | obj |
| 50 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 51 ball | nmod:poss |
| 51 | ball | ball | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 bring | obj |
| 52 | again | again | ADV | _ | 48 bring | advmod |
| 53 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 48 bring | punct |
| 54 | ’ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 48 bring | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | the frog | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | not want | present | I | your pearls and jewels | fine clothes obl | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot pearl=Theme | |||
| 3 | love a condition, not said to happen | future | you | me | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus | ||||
| 4 | let | infinitive | you not said here | me | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | live | infinitive | me not said here | with you | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with you=Location | ||||
| 6 | eat off | present | me not said here | your golden plate | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plate=Patient | ||||
| 7 | sleep | infinitive | the frog not said here | upon your bed | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 8 | bring | future | I | your ball | you | again | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent you=Destination ball=Theme | ||
| 9 | pearl | your | nom pearl «possession intransitive»: 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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