Grimms' Fairy Tales, 3. How Partlet Died and Was Buried, and How Chanticleer Died of Grief, sentence 8
Then Chanticleer ran to the garden, and took the garland from the bough where it hung, and brought it to the bride; and then the bride gave him the silken cord, and he took the silken cord to the river, and the river gave him water, and he carried the water to Partlet; but in the meantime she was choked by the great nut, and lay quite dead, and never moved any more.
Who acts: Chanticleer, garland, bride, water, river · What happens: run, take, hang, bring, give, carry · To what, where: garland, bough, bride, silken cord, water, river
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 (Chanticleer, garland, bride, water), 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 ran | advmod |
| 2 | Chanticleer | Chanticleer | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 ran | nsubj |
| 3 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 garden | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 garden | det |
| 6 | garden | garden | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 ran | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 took | punct |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 took | cc |
| 9 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 ran | conj |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 garland | det |
| 11 | garland | garland | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 took | obj |
| 12 | from | from | ADP | _ | 14 bough | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 bough | det |
| 14 | bough | bough | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 took | obl |
| 15 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 17 hung | advmod |
| 16 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 hung | nsubj |
| 17 | hung | hang | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 bough | acl:relcl |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 brought | punct |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 brought | cc |
| 20 | brought | bring | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 took | conj |
| 21 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 brought | obj |
| 22 | to | to | ADP | _ | 24 bride | case |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 bride | det |
| 24 | bride | bride | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 brought | obl |
| 25 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 30 gave | punct |
| 26 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 30 gave | cc |
| 27 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 30 gave | advmod |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 bride | det |
| 29 | bride | bride | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 gave | nsubj |
| 30 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 ran | conj |
| 31 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 30 gave | iobj |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 cord | det |
| 33 | silken | silken | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 34 cord | amod |
| 34 | cord | cord | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 gave | obj |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 took | punct |
| 36 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 38 took | cc |
| 37 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 38 took | nsubj |
| 38 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 ran | conj |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 41 cord | det |
| 40 | silken | silken | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 41 cord | amod |
| 41 | cord | cord | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 took | obj |
| 42 | to | to | ADP | _ | 44 river | case |
| 43 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 44 river | det |
| 44 | river | river | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 took | obl |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 49 gave | punct |
| 46 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 49 gave | cc |
| 47 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 48 river | det |
| 48 | river | river | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 gave | nsubj |
| 49 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 ran | conj |
| 50 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 49 gave | iobj |
| 51 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 gave | obj |
| 52 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 55 carried | punct |
| 53 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 55 carried | cc |
| 54 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 55 carried | nsubj |
| 55 | carried | carry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 ran | conj |
| 56 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 57 water | det |
| 57 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 55 carried | obj |
| 58 | to | to | ADP | _ | 59 Partlet | case |
| 59 | Partlet | Partlet | PROPN | Number=Sing | 55 carried | obl |
| 60 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 74 lay | punct |
| 61 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 74 lay | cc |
| 62 | in | in | ADP | _ | 64 meantime | case |
| 63 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 64 meantime | det |
| 64 | meantime | meantime | NOUN | Number=Sing | 74 lay | obl |
| 65 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 67 choked | nsubj |
| 66 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 67 choked | aux:pass |
| 67 | choked | choke | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 64 meantime | acl:relcl |
| 68 | by | by | ADP | _ | 71 nut | case |
| 69 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 71 nut | det |
| 70 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 71 nut | amod |
| 71 | nut | nut | NOUN | Number=Sing | 67 choked | obl |
| 72 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 74 lay | punct |
| 73 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 74 lay | cc |
| 74 | lay | lay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 ran | parataxis |
| 75 | quite | quite | ADV | _ | 76 dead | advmod |
| 76 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 74 lay | xcomp |
| 77 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 80 moved | punct |
| 78 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 80 moved | cc |
| 79 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 80 moved | advmod |
| 80 | moved | move | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 74 lay | advcl |
| 81 | any | any | ADV | _ | 82 more | advmod |
| 82 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 80 moved | advmod |
| 83 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 ran | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run | past | Chanticleer | then | to the garden result | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to garden=Result | |||
| 2 | take | past | Chanticleer not said here | the garland | the bough | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent garland=Theme from bough=Initial_Location | |||
| 3 | hang | past | garland | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | bring | past | Chanticleer not said here | garland | the bride | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme to bride=Destination | |||
| 5 | give | past | the bride | the silken cord | water | then | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient cord=Theme | ||
| 6 | take | past | water | the silken cord | the river | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent cord=Theme to river=Destination | |||
| 7 | give | past | the river | water | water | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient water=Theme | |||
| 8 | carry | past | water | the water | Partlet | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent water=Theme to partlet=Destination | |||
| 9 | choke | past · passive | bride | by the great nut | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP»: subject=Destination | ||||
| 10 | lay | present | the meantime | dead property | vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in meantime=Destination | ||||
| 11 | not move | past | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme 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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