Grimms' Fairy Tales, The Goose-girl, sentence 16
Then all rode farther on their journey, till the day grew so warm, and the sun so scorching, that the bride began to feel very thirsty again; and at last, when they came to a river, she forgot her maid’s rude speech, and said, ‘Pray get down, and fetch me some water to drink in my golden cup.’
Who acts: day, bride, alas, maid · What happens: ride, grow, scorch, begin, feel, come · To what, where: sun, journey, river, rude speech, water, me · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Grimms' Fairy Tales» by Jacob Grimm, The Goose-girl. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (day, bride, alas, maid), 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 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 3 rode | advmod |
| 2 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 3 rode | advmod |
| 3 | rode | ride | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | farther | far | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 3 rode | advmod |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 journey | case |
| 6 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 journey | nmod:poss |
| 7 | journey | journey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 rode | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 grew | punct |
| 9 | till | till | SCONJ | _ | 12 grew | mark |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 day | det |
| 11 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 grew | nsubj |
| 12 | grew | grow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 rode | conj |
| 13 | so | so | ADV | _ | 14 warm | advmod |
| 14 | warm | warm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 grew | xcomp |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 sun | punct |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 sun | cc |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 sun | det |
| 18 | sun | sun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 rode | obl |
| 19 | so | so | ADV | _ | 20 scorching | advmod |
| 20 | scorching | scorch | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 rode | advcl |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 began | punct |
| 22 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 25 began | mark |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 bride | det |
| 24 | bride | bride | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 began | nsubj |
| 25 | began | begin | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 rode | conj |
| 26 | to | to | PART | _ | 27 feel | mark |
| 27 | feel | feel | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 25 began | xcomp |
| 28 | very | very | ADV | _ | 29 thirsty | advmod |
| 29 | thirsty | thirsty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 27 feel | xcomp |
| 30 | again | again | ADV | _ | 29 thirsty | advmod |
| 31 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 34 last | punct |
| 32 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 34 last | cc |
| 33 | at | at | ADP | _ | 34 last | case |
| 34 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 rode | conj |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 came | punct |
| 36 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 38 came | advmod |
| 37 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 38 came | nsubj |
| 38 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 34 last | conj |
| 39 | to | to | ADP | _ | 41 river | case |
| 40 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 41 river | det |
| 41 | river | river | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 came | obl |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 forgot | punct |
| 43 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 44 forgot | nsubj |
| 44 | forgot | forget | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 rode | conj |
| 45 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 46 maid | nmod:poss |
| 46 | maid | maid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 speech | nmod:poss |
| 47 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 46 maid | case |
| 48 | rude | rude | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 49 speech | amod |
| 49 | speech | speech | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 forgot | obj |
| 50 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 52 said | punct |
| 51 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 52 said | cc |
| 52 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 rode | conj |
| 53 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 56 get | punct |
| 54 | ‘ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 56 get | punct |
| 55 | Pray | pray | PART | _ | 56 get | mark |
| 56 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 52 said | ccomp |
| 57 | down | down | ADV | _ | 56 get | advmod |
| 58 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 60 fetch | punct |
| 59 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 60 fetch | cc |
| 60 | fetch | fetch | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 56 get | conj |
| 61 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 60 fetch | obj |
| 62 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 63 water | det |
| 63 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 60 fetch | obj |
| 64 | to | to | PART | _ | 65 drink | mark |
| 65 | drink | drink | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 60 fetch | advcl |
| 66 | in | in | ADP | _ | 69 cup | case |
| 67 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 69 cup | nmod:poss |
| 68 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 69 cup | amod |
| 69 | cup | cup | NOUN | Number=Sing | 65 drink | obl |
| 70 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 rode | punct |
| 71 | ’ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 3 rode | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ride | past | the sun | alas's journey | then | far property | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | ||
| 2 | grow | past | the day | warm property | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | scorch | gerund | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ||||||
| 4 | begin | past | the bride | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 5 | feel | to-infinitive | the bride not said here | thirsty property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | ||||
| 6 | come | past | alas = ala | a river | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to river=Initial_Location | ||||
| 7 | forget | past | bride | bride's maid's rude speech | tree rules | ||||
| 8 | say speech: assert | past | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||||
| 9 | get down | infinitive | down property | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 10 | fetch | infinitive | some water | me | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent i=Beneficiary water=Theme | ||||
| 11 | drink | to-infinitive | my golden cup | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 12 | journey | alas = ala | nom journey «act transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 13 | speak | bride's maid | nom speech «communication 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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