Grimms' Fairy Tales, 1. How They Went to the Mountains to Eat Nuts, sentence 15

Early in the morning, before it was quite light, and when nobody was stirring in the inn, Chanticleer awakened his wife, and, fetching the egg, they pecked a hole in it, ate it up, and threw the shells into the fireplace: they then went to the pin and needle, who were fast asleep, and seizing them by the heads, stuck one into the landlord’s easy chair and the other into his handkerchief; and, having done this, they crept away as softly as possible.

Who acts: house, nobody, Chanticleer, blows, pin · What happens: be, stir, awaken, fetch, peck, eat up · To what, where: inn, wife, egg, hole, house, shells

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 (house, nobody, Chanticleer, blows), 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	Early	early	ADV	Degree=Pos	22 awakened	advmod
2	in	in	ADP	_	4 morning	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 morning	det
4	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Early	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 light	punct
6	before	before	ADP	_	10 light	case
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 light	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 light	cop
9	quite	quite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 light	amod
10	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 morning	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 stirring	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 stirring	cc
13	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	16 stirring	advmod
14	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	16 stirring	nsubj
15	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 stirring	aux
16	stirring	stir	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 light	acl
17	in	in	ADP	_	19 inn	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 inn	det
19	inn	inn	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 stirring	obl
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Early	punct
21	Chanticleer	Chanticleer	PROPN	Number=Sing	22 awakened	nsubj
22	awakened	awaken	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
23	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	24 wife	nmod:poss
24	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 awakened	obj
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 fetching	punct
26	and	and	CCONJ	_	28 fetching	cc
27	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 fetching	punct
28	fetching	fetch	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	22 awakened	advcl
29	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	30 egg	det
30	egg	egg	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 fetching	obj
31	,	,	PUNCT	_	33 pecked	punct
32	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	33 pecked	nsubj
33	pecked	peck	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	22 awakened	conj
34	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	35 hole	det
35	hole	hole	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 pecked	obj
36	in	in	ADP	_	37 it	case
37	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	35 hole	nmod
38	,	,	PUNCT	_	39 ate	punct
39	ate	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	33 pecked	conj
40	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	39 ate	obj
41	up	up	ADP	_	39 ate	compound:prt
42	,	,	PUNCT	_	44 threw	punct
43	and	and	CCONJ	_	44 threw	cc
44	threw	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	22 awakened	conj
45	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	46 shells	det
46	shells	shell	NOUN	Number=Plur	44 threw	obj
47	into	into	ADP	_	49 fireplace	case
48	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	49 fireplace	det
49	fireplace	fireplace	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 threw	obl
50	:	:	PUNCT	_	53 went	punct
51	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	53 went	nsubj
52	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	53 went	advmod
53	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	22 awakened	conj
54	to	to	ADP	_	56 pin	case
55	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	56 pin	det
56	pin	pin	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 went	obl
57	and	and	CCONJ	_	58 needle	cc
58	needle	needle	NOUN	Number=Sing	56 pin	conj
59	,	,	PUNCT	_	63 asleep	punct
60	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	63 asleep	nsubj
61	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	63 asleep	cop
62	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	63 asleep	advmod
63	asleep	asleep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	56 pin	acl:relcl
64	,	,	PUNCT	_	66 seizing	punct
65	and	and	CCONJ	_	66 seizing	cc
66	seizing	seize	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	53 went	advcl
67	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	66 seizing	obj
68	by	by	ADP	_	70 heads	case
69	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	70 heads	det
70	heads	head	NOUN	Number=Plur	66 seizing	obl
71	,	,	PUNCT	_	73 one	punct
72	stuck	stuck	ADJ	Degree=Pos	73 one	amod
73	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	70 heads	conj
74	into	into	ADP	_	79 chair	case
75	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	76 landlord	det
76	landlord	landlord	NOUN	Number=Sing	79 chair	nmod:poss
77	’s	's	PART	_	76 landlord	case
78	easy	easy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	79 chair	amod
79	chair	chair	NOUN	Number=Sing	66 seizing	obl
80	and	and	CCONJ	_	82 other	cc
81	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	82 other	det
82	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	79 chair	conj
83	into	into	ADP	_	85 handkerchief	case
84	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	85 handkerchief	nmod:poss
85	handkerchief	handkerchief	NOUN	Number=Sing	66 seizing	obl
86	;	;	PUNCT	_	90 done	punct
87	and	and	CCONJ	_	90 done	cc
88	,	,	PUNCT	_	87 and	punct
89	having	have	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	90 done	aux
90	done	do	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	22 awakened	advcl
91	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	90 done	obj
92	,	,	PUNCT	_	94 crept	punct
93	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	94 crept	nsubj
94	crept	creep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	22 awakened	conj
95	away	away	ADV	_	94 crept	advmod
96	as	as	ADV	_	97 softly	advmod
97	softly	softly	ADV	_	94 crept	advmod
98	as	as	SCONJ	_	99 possible	mark
99	possible	possible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	97 softly	advcl
100	.	.	PUNCT	_	22 awakened	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	house			before quite light		tree rules
2	stir	past · progressive	nobody		the inn			vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in inn=Location
3	awaken	past	Chanticleer	Chanticleer's wife			early property	vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location wife=Theme
4	fetch	gerund	Chanticleer not said here	the egg				vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent egg=Theme
5	peck	past	blows = blow	a hole	house			vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent hole=Patient in it=Location
6	eat up	past	blows = blow not said here	house				vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient
7	throw	past	Chanticleer not said here	the shells			into the fireplace result	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Causer shell=Theme into fireplace=Result
8	go	past	blows = blow		the pin and needle	then		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to pin=Initial_Location
9	is	past	the pin and needle				asleep, fast property	tree rules
10	seize	gerund	blows = blow not said here	blows = blow	the landlord's easy chair		by the heads and stuck one; into Chanticleer's handkerchief	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
11	do	gerund · perfect	Chanticleer not said here	this				vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent this=Eventuality
12	creep away	past	blows = blow				away, softly property	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=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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