Grimms' Fairy Tales, 1. How They Went to the Mountains to Eat Nuts, sentence 14

Late at night they arrived at an inn; and as it was bad travelling in the dark, and the duck seemed much tired, and waddled about a good deal from one side to the other, they made up their minds to fix their quarters there: but the landlord at first was unwilling, and said his house was full, thinking they might not be very respectable company: however, they spoke civilly to him, and gave him the egg which Partlet had laid by the way, and said they would give him the duck, who was in the habit of laying one every day: so at last he let them come in, and they bespoke a handsome supper, and spent the evening very jollily.

Who acts: blows, inn, duck, landlord, house, way · What happens: arrive, be, seem, waddle, make up, fix · To what, where: inn, dark, good deal, one side, minds, quarters · 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, inn, duck, landlord), 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	Late	late	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 arrived	advmod
2	at	at	ADP	_	3 night	case
3	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 arrived	obl
4	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 arrived	nsubj
5	arrived	arrive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 inn	case
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 inn	det
8	inn	inn	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 arrived	obl
9	;	;	PUNCT	_	15 travelling	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 travelling	cc
11	as	as	ADP	_	15 travelling	case
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 travelling	nsubj
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 travelling	cop
14	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 travelling	amod
15	travelling	travelling	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 arrived	obl
16	in	in	ADP	_	18 dark	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 dark	det
18	dark	dark	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 travelling	nmod
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 seemed	punct
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 seemed	cc
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 duck	det
22	duck	duck	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 seemed	nsubj
23	seemed	seem	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 arrived	conj
24	much	much	ADV	_	25 tired	advmod
25	tired	tired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 seemed	xcomp
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 waddled	punct
27	and	and	CCONJ	_	28 waddled	cc
28	waddled	waddle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 arrived	conj
29	about	about	ADV	_	32 deal	advmod
30	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	32 deal	det
31	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	32 deal	amod
32	deal	deal	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 waddled	obj
33	from	from	ADP	_	35 side	case
34	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	35 side	nummod
35	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 waddled	obl
36	to	to	ADP	_	38 other	case
37	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	38 other	det
38	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	28 waddled	obl
39	,	,	PUNCT	_	41 made	punct
40	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	41 made	nsubj
41	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 arrived	conj
42	up	up	ADP	_	41 made	compound:prt
43	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	44 minds	nmod:poss
44	minds	mind	NOUN	Number=Plur	41 made	obj
45	to	to	PART	_	46 fix	mark
46	fix	fix	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	41 made	advcl
47	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	48 quarters	nmod:poss
48	quarters	quarter	NOUN	Number=Plur	46 fix	obj
49	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	46 fix	advmod
50	:	:	PUNCT	_	57 unwilling	punct
51	but	but	CCONJ	_	57 unwilling	cc
52	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	53 landlord	det
53	landlord	landlord	NOUN	Number=Sing	57 unwilling	nsubj
54	at	at	ADP	_	55 first	case
55	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	57 unwilling	obl
56	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	57 unwilling	aux
57	unwilling	unwill	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 arrived	conj
58	,	,	PUNCT	_	60 said	punct
59	and	and	CCONJ	_	60 said	cc
60	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 arrived	conj
61	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	62 house	nmod:poss
62	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	64 full	nsubj
63	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	64 full	cop
64	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	60 said	ccomp
65	,	,	PUNCT	_	66 thinking	punct
66	thinking	think	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	60 said	advcl
67	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	73 company	nsubj
68	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	73 company	aux
69	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	73 company	advcl
70	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	73 company	cop
71	very	very	ADV	_	72 respectable	advmod
72	respectable	respectable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	73 company	amod
73	company	company	NOUN	Number=Sing	66 thinking	ccomp
74	:	:	PUNCT	_	78 spoke	punct
75	however	however	ADV	_	78 spoke	advmod
76	,	,	PUNCT	_	75 however	punct
77	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	78 spoke	nsubj
78	spoke	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 arrived	conj
79	civilly	civilly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	78 spoke	xcomp
80	to	to	ADP	_	81 him	case
81	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	79 civilly	obl
82	,	,	PUNCT	_	84 gave	punct
83	and	and	CCONJ	_	84 gave	cc
84	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 arrived	conj
85	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	84 gave	iobj
86	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	87 egg	det
87	egg	egg	NOUN	Number=Sing	84 gave	obj
88	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	91 laid	nsubj:pass
89	Partlet	Partlet	PROPN	Number=Sing	91 laid	nsubj
90	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	91 laid	aux
91	laid	lay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	87 egg	acl:relcl
92	by	by	ADP	_	94 way	case
93	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	94 way	det
94	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	91 laid	obl
95	,	,	PUNCT	_	97 said	punct
96	and	and	CCONJ	_	97 said	cc
97	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 arrived	conj
98	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	100 give	nsubj
99	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	100 give	aux
100	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	97 said	ccomp
101	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	100 give	iobj
102	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	103 duck	det
103	duck	duck	NOUN	Number=Sing	100 give	obj
104	,	,	PUNCT	_	109 habit	punct
105	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	109 habit	nsubj
106	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	109 habit	cop
107	in	in	ADP	_	109 habit	case
108	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	109 habit	det
109	habit	habit	NOUN	Number=Sing	103 duck	appos
110	of	of	SCONJ	_	111 laying	mark
111	laying	lay	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	109 habit	acl
112	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	111 laying	obj
113	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	114 day	det
114	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	111 laying	obl:unmarked
115	:	:	PUNCT	_	127 bespoke	punct
116	so	so	ADV	_	127 bespoke	advmod
117	at	at	ADP	_	118 last	case
118	last	last	NOUN	Number=Sing	127 bespoke	obl
119	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	120 let	nsubj
120	let	let	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	118 last	acl:relcl
121	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	120 let	obj
122	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	120 let	xcomp
123	in	in	ADV	_	122 come	advmod
124	,	,	PUNCT	_	127 bespoke	punct
125	and	and	CCONJ	_	127 bespoke	cc
126	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	127 bespoke	nsubj
127	bespoke	bespeak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 arrived	conj
128	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	130 supper	det
129	handsome	handsome	ADJ	Degree=Pos	130 supper	amod
130	supper	supper	NOUN	Number=Sing	127 bespoke	obj
131	,	,	PUNCT	_	133 spent	punct
132	and	and	CCONJ	_	133 spent	cc
133	spent	spend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	127 bespoke	conj
134	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	135 evening	det
135	evening	evening	NOUN	Number=Sing	133 spent	obj
136	very	very	ADV	_	137 jollily	advmod
137	jollily	jollily	ADV	_	133 spent	advmod
138	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 arrived	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	arrive	past	blows = blow			a inn	night	late property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	past	inn			the dark		as bad travelling	tree rules
3	seem	past	the duck					tired property	vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme
4	waddle	past	blows = blow not said here	a good deal		one side		to the other	vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location deal=Theme
5	make up	past	blows = blow	blows's minds					vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme mind=Pivot
6	fix	to-infinitive	blows = blow not said here	blows's quarters		there			vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent quarter=Patient
7	unwill	past · progressive	the landlord						tree rules
8	say speech: assert	past	blows = blow not said here						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
9	is	past	landlord's house					full property	tree rules
10	think speech: other	gerund	blows = blow not said here						vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
11	is a	might	blows = blow	respectable company					tree rules
12	speak speech: other	past	blows = blow					civilly, however property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
13	give	past	blows = blow not said here	the egg	landlord				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient egg=Theme
14	lay	past · perfect · passive	the way	the egg					vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Result
15	say speech: assert	past	blows = blow not said here						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
16	give	would	blows = blow	the duck	Partlet				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient duck=Theme
17	is	past	the duck			the habit			tree rules
18	lay	gerund	the habit not said here	one			day		vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Result
19	let	past	Partlet	blows = blow					tree rules
20	come in	infinitive	blows = blow not said here						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
21	bespeak	past	blows = blow	a handsome supper		last			tree rules
22	spend	past	blows = blow not said here				evening	jollily property	vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
23	mind		blows = blow						nom mind «cognition 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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