Grimms' Fairy Tales, 3. How Partlet Died and Was Buried, and How Chanticleer Died of Grief, sentence 101

Last night, old Sanna carried so many buckets of water into the house that I asked her why she was doing that, and she said that if I would promise not to tell anyone, and she said that early tomorrow morning when father was out hunting, she would set the kettle full of water, throw you into it and boil you; but we will get up quickly, dress ourselves, and go away together.’

Who acts: old Sanna, I, Sanna, we · What happens: carry, ask, do, say, promise, not tell · To what, where: many buckets, house, Sanna, that, anyone, kettle · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Grimms' Fairy Tales» by Jacob Grimm, 3. How Partlet Died and Was Buried, and How Chanticleer Died of Grief. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (old Sanna, I, Sanna, we), 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	Last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 night	amod
2	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 carried	obl:unmarked
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 night	punct
4	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 Sanna	amod
5	Sanna	Sanna	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 carried	nsubj
6	carried	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	so	so	ADV	_	8 many	advmod
8	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 buckets	amod
9	buckets	bucket	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 carried	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 water	case
11	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 buckets	nmod
12	into	into	ADP	_	14 house	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 house	det
14	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 carried	obl
15	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	17 asked	obj
16	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	17 asked	nsubj
17	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 house	acl:relcl
18	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 asked	iobj
19	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	22 doing	advmod
20	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 doing	nsubj
21	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	22 doing	aux
22	doing	do	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	17 asked	advcl
23	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	22 doing	obj
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 said	punct
25	and	and	CCONJ	_	27 said	cc
26	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	27 said	nsubj
27	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 carried	conj
28	that	that	SCONJ	_	32 promise	mark
29	if	if	SCONJ	_	32 promise	mark
30	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	32 promise	nsubj
31	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	32 promise	aux
32	promise	promise	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	27 said	ccomp
33	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	35 tell	advmod
34	to	to	PART	_	35 tell	mark
35	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	32 promise	xcomp
36	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	35 tell	obj
37	,	,	PUNCT	_	40 said	punct
38	and	and	CCONJ	_	40 said	cc
39	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	40 said	nsubj
40	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 carried	conj
41	that	that	SCONJ	_	44 morning	mark
42	early	early	ADJ	Degree=Pos	44 morning	amod
43	tomorrow	tomorrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 morning	compound
44	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 said	ccomp
45	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	49 hunting	advmod
46	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 hunting	compound
47	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	48 out	cop
48	out	out	ADP	_	46 father	compound
49	hunting	hunt	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	40 said	advcl
50	,	,	PUNCT	_	53 set	punct
51	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	53 set	nsubj
52	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	53 set	aux
53	set	set	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	49 hunting	ccomp
54	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	55 kettle	det
55	kettle	kettle	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 set	obj
56	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	55 kettle	amod
57	of	of	ADP	_	58 water	case
58	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	56 full	obl
59	,	,	PUNCT	_	60 throw	punct
60	throw	throw	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	53 set	conj
61	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	60 throw	obj
62	into	into	ADP	_	63 it	case
63	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	60 throw	obl
64	and	and	CCONJ	_	65 boil	cc
65	boil	boil	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	53 set	conj
66	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	65 boil	obj
67	;	;	PUNCT	_	71 get	punct
68	but	but	CCONJ	_	71 get	cc
69	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	71 get	nsubj
70	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	71 get	aux
71	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 carried	conj
72	up	up	ADP	_	71 get	compound:prt
73	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	71 get	advmod
74	,	,	PUNCT	_	75 dress	punct
75	dress	dress	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	71 get	conj
76	ourselves	ourselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	75 dress	obj
77	,	,	PUNCT	_	79 go	punct
78	and	and	CCONJ	_	79 go	cc
79	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	75 dress	conj
80	away	away	ADV	_	79 go	advmod
81	together	together	ADV	_	79 go	advmod
82	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 carried	punct
83	’	'	PUNCT	_	6 carried	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	past	old Sanna	many buckets of water		the house	night		vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bucket=Theme
2	ask speech: ask	past	I	the house	Sanna				tree rules
3	do	past · progressive	Sanna	that					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Eventuality
4	say speech: assert	past	Sanna						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
5	promise speech: promise a condition, not said to happen	would	I						vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
6	not tell speech: assert not said to happen	to-infinitive	I not said here		anyone				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent anyone=Recipient
7	say speech: assert	past	Sanna						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
8	hunt	gerund	Sanna not said here						tree rules
9	set	would	Sanna	the kettle					vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient kettle=Result
10	throw	infinitive	Sanna not said here	you		kettle			vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Causer you=Theme into it=Result
11	boil	present	Sanna not said here	you					vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent you=Patient
12	get up	future	we					quickly property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
13	dress	infinitive	we not said here	ourselves					vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ourselves=Patient
14	go away	infinitive	we not said here					away, together property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «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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