Grimms' Fairy Tales, Cat and Mouse in Partnership, sentence 6

So the pot was placed in safety, but it was not long before the cat had a great yearning for it, and said to the mouse: ‘I want to tell you something, little mouse; my cousin has brought a little son into the world, and has asked me to be godmother; he is white with brown spots, and I am to hold him over the font at the christening.

Who acts: pot, cat, I, advice · What happens: place, not be, have, say, want, tell · To what, where: pot, safety, great yearning, mouse, something, you · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Grimms' Fairy Tales» by Jacob Grimm, Cat and Mouse in Partnership. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (pot, cat, I, advice), 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	So	so	ADV	_	5 placed	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 pot	det
3	pot	pot	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 placed	nsubj:pass
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 placed	aux:pass
5	placed	place	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 safety	case
7	safety	safety	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 placed	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 long	punct
9	but	but	CCONJ	_	13 long	cc
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 long	nsubj
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 long	cop
12	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 long	advmod
13	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 placed	advmod
14	before	before	SCONJ	_	17 had	mark
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 cat	det
16	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 had	nsubj
17	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 long	advcl
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 yearning	det
19	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 yearning	amod
20	yearning	yearning	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 had	obj
21	for	for	ADP	_	22 it	case
22	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 yearning	nmod
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 said	punct
24	and	and	CCONJ	_	25 said	cc
25	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 had	conj
26	to	to	ADP	_	28 mouse	case
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 mouse	det
28	mouse	mouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 said	obl
29	:	:	PUNCT	_	32 want	punct
30	‘	'	PUNCT	_	32 want	punct
31	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	32 want	nsubj
32	want	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 placed	parataxis
33	to	to	PART	_	34 tell	mark
34	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	32 want	xcomp
35	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	34 tell	iobj
36	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	34 tell	obj
37	,	,	PUNCT	_	39 mouse	punct
38	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	39 mouse	amod
39	mouse	mouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 something	appos
40	;	;	PUNCT	_	44 brought	punct
41	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	42 cousin	nmod:poss
42	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 brought	nsubj:pass
43	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	44 brought	aux
44	brought	bring	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	32 want	conj
45	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	47 son	det
46	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	47 son	amod
47	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 brought	obj
48	into	into	ADP	_	50 world	case
49	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	50 world	det
50	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 brought	obl
51	,	,	PUNCT	_	54 asked	punct
52	and	and	CCONJ	_	54 asked	cc
53	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	54 asked	aux
54	asked	ask	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	44 brought	parataxis
55	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	54 asked	iobj
56	to	to	PART	_	58 godmother	mark
57	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	58 godmother	cop
58	godmother	godmother	NOUN	Number=Sing	54 asked	advcl
59	;	;	PUNCT	_	62 white	punct
60	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	62 white	nsubj
61	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	62 white	cop
62	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 placed	parataxis
63	with	with	ADP	_	65 spots	case
64	brown	brown	ADJ	Degree=Pos	65 spots	amod
65	spots	spot	NOUN	Number=Plur	62 white	obl
66	,	,	PUNCT	_	69 am	punct
67	and	and	CCONJ	_	69 am	cc
68	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	69 am	nsubj
69	am	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	62 white	parataxis
70	to	to	PART	_	71 hold	mark
71	hold	hold	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	69 am	xcomp
72	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	71 hold	obj
73	over	over	ADP	_	75 font	case
74	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	75 font	det
75	font	font	NOUN	Number=Sing	71 hold	obl
76	at	at	ADP	_	78 christening	case
77	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	78 christening	det
78	christening	christening	NOUN	Number=Sing	71 hold	obl
79	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 placed	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	place	past · passive		the pot		safety		vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in safety=Destination
2	not is	past	pot				long property	tree rules
3	have	past	the cat	a great yearning			for pot	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent yearning=Patient
4	say speech: assert	past	the cat not said here		the mouse			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to mouse=Recipient
5	want	present	I					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
6	tell speech: assert not said to happen	to-infinitive	I not said here	something	you			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient something=Topic
7	bring	present · perfect · passive		my cousin		the world		vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme son=Destination
8	ask speech: ask	present · perfect			me			vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Recipient
9	is a	to-infinitive		godmother				tree rules
10	is	present	advice				with brown spots; white property	tree rules
11	hold	to-infinitive	advice not said here	advice		the font	at the christening	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Theme over font=Location

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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