Grimms' Fairy Tales, 1. How They Went to the Mountains to Eat Nuts, sentence 12

After they had travelled along a little way, they met a needle and a pin walking together along the road: and the needle cried out, ‘Stop, stop!’ and said it was so dark that they could hardly find their way, and such dirty walking they could not get on at all: he told them that he and his friend, the pin, had been at a public-house a few miles off, and had sat drinking till they had forgotten how late it was; he begged therefore that the travellers would be so kind as to give them a lift in their carriage.

Who acts: blows, pin, needle, road, Chanticleer, travellers · What happens: travell, meet, walk, cry out, stop, say · To what, where: needle, road, way, such dirty walking, all, blows · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Grimms' Fairy Tales» by Jacob Grimm, 1. How They Went to the Mountains to Eat Nuts. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (blows, pin, needle, road), 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	After	after	SCONJ	_	4 travelled	mark
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 travelled	nsubj
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 travelled	aux
4	travelled	travell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	11 met	advcl
5	along	along	ADP	_	8 way	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 way	det
7	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 way	amod
8	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 travelled	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 travelled	punct
10	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 met	nsubj
11	met	meet	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	99 begged	advcl
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 needle	det
13	needle	needle	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 met	obj
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 pin	cc
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 pin	det
16	pin	pin	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 needle	conj
17	walking	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	16 pin	acl
18	together	together	ADV	_	17 walking	advmod
19	along	along	ADP	_	21 road	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 road	det
21	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 walking	obl
22	:	:	PUNCT	_	26 cried	punct
23	and	and	CCONJ	_	26 cried	cc
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 needle	det
25	needle	needle	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 cried	nsubj
26	cried	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 met	conj
27	out	out	ADP	_	26 cried	compound:prt
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	30 Stop	punct
29	‘	'	PUNCT	_	30 Stop	punct
30	Stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	26 cried	ccomp
31	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 stop	punct
32	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	30 Stop	conj
33	!	!	PUNCT	_	30 Stop	punct
34	’	'	PUNCT	_	30 Stop	punct
35	and	and	CCONJ	_	36 said	cc
36	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	26 cried	conj
37	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	40 dark	nsubj
38	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	40 dark	cop
39	so	so	ADV	_	40 dark	advmod
40	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	36 said	ccomp
41	that	that	SCONJ	_	45 find	mark
42	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	45 find	nsubj
43	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	45 find	aux
44	hardly	hardly	ADV	_	45 find	advmod
45	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	40 dark	advcl
46	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	47 way	nmod:poss
47	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 find	obj
48	,	,	PUNCT	_	56 get	punct
49	and	and	CCONJ	_	56 get	cc
50	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	52 walking	amod
51	dirty	dirty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	52 walking	amod
52	walking	walking	NOUN	Number=Sing	56 get	obj
53	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	56 get	nsubj
54	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	56 get	aux
55	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	56 get	advmod
56	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	26 cried	conj
57	on	on	ADP	_	56 get	compound:prt
58	at	at	ADP	_	59 all	case
59	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	56 get	obl
60	:	:	PUNCT	_	62 told	punct
61	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	62 told	nsubj
62	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	26 cried	conj
63	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	62 told	iobj
64	that	that	ADP	_	65 he	case
65	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	62 told	obl
66	and	and	CCONJ	_	68 friend	cc
67	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	68 friend	nmod:poss
68	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	65 he	conj
69	,	,	PUNCT	_	71 pin	punct
70	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	71 pin	det
71	pin	pin	NOUN	Number=Sing	65 he	conj
72	,	,	PUNCT	_	79 house	punct
73	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	79 house	aux
74	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	79 house	cop
75	at	at	ADP	_	79 house	case
76	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	79 house	det
77	public	public	ADJ	Degree=Pos	79 house	amod
78	-	-	PUNCT	_	77 public	punct
79	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	62 told	ccomp
80	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	82 miles	det
81	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	82 miles	amod
82	miles	mile	NOUN	Number=Plur	83 off	obl:unmarked
83	off	off	ADV	_	79 house	advmod
84	,	,	PUNCT	_	87 sat	punct
85	and	and	CCONJ	_	87 sat	cc
86	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	87 sat	aux
87	sat	sit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	11 met	conj
88	drinking	drinking	NOUN	Number=Sing	87 sat	obj
89	till	till	SCONJ	_	92 forgotten	mark
90	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	92 forgotten	nsubj
91	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	92 forgotten	aux
92	forgotten	forget	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	87 sat	advcl
93	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	94 late	advmod
94	late	late	ADV	Degree=Pos	92 forgotten	advmod
95	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	96 was	nsubj
96	was	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	92 forgotten	ccomp
97	;	;	PUNCT	_	99 begged	punct
98	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	99 begged	nsubj
99	begged	beg	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
100	therefore	therefore	ADV	_	99 begged	advmod
101	that	that	SCONJ	_	107 kind	mark
102	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	103 travellers	det
103	travellers	traveller	NOUN	Number=Plur	107 kind	nsubj
104	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	107 kind	aux
105	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	107 kind	cop
106	so	so	ADV	_	107 kind	advmod
107	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	99 begged	advcl
108	as	as	SCONJ	_	110 give	mark
109	to	to	PART	_	110 give	mark
110	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	107 kind	advcl
111	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	110 give	iobj
112	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	113 lift	det
113	lift	lift	NOUN	Number=Sing	110 give	obj
114	in	in	ADP	_	116 carriage	case
115	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	116 carriage	nmod:poss
116	carriage	carriage	NOUN	Number=Sing	113 lift	nmod
117	.	.	PUNCT	_	99 begged	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	travell	past · perfect	blows = blow				along a little way	tree rules
2	meet	past	blows = blow	a needle and a pin				vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent needle=Co-Agent
3	walk	gerund	a pin not said here			the road	together property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme along road=Trajectory
4	cry out speech: express	past	the needle					vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
5	stop	infinitive						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
6	stop	infinitive						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
7	say speech: assert	past	the needle not said here					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
8	is	past	road				dark property	tree rules
9	find	could	blows = blow	blows's way			hardly property	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Topic
10	not get on	could	blows = blow	such dirty walking		all		vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent walking=Theme at all=Asset
11	tell speech: assert	past	Chanticleer		blows = blow		that coward	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient
12	is	past · perfect				a public house	off property	tree rules
13	sit	past · perfect	blows = blow not said here	drinking				vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location drinking=Theme
14	forget	past · perfect	blows = blow				late property	tree rules
15	be	past	road					vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
16	beg speech: request	past	Chanticleer				therefore property	vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent
17	is	would	the travellers				kind property	tree rules
18	give	to-infinitive	the travellers not said here	a lift	blows = blow	blows's carriage		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient lift=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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