Grimms' Fairy Tales, The Golden Bird, sentence 19
He met the fox, who gave him the good advice: but when he came to the two inns, his eldest brother was standing at the window where the merrymaking was, and called to him to come in; and he could not withstand the temptation, but went in, and forgot the golden bird and his country in the same manner.
Who acts: son, fox, eldest brother · What happens: meet, give, come, stand, call, come in · To what, where: fox, good advice, son, two inns, window, temptation · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Grimms' Fairy Tales» by Jacob Grimm, The Golden Bird. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (son, fox, eldest brother), 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 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 met | nsubj |
| 2 | met | meet | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 fox | det |
| 4 | fox | fox | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 met | obj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 gave | punct |
| 6 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 gave | nsubj |
| 7 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 fox | acl:relcl |
| 8 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 gave | iobj |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 advice | det |
| 10 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 advice | amod |
| 11 | advice | advice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 gave | obj |
| 12 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 56 forgot | punct |
| 13 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 56 forgot | cc |
| 14 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 16 came | advmod |
| 15 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 came | nsubj |
| 16 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 56 forgot | advcl |
| 17 | to | to | ADP | _ | 20 inns | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 inns | det |
| 19 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 20 inns | nummod |
| 20 | inns | inn | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 came | obl |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 standing | punct |
| 22 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 24 brother | nmod:poss |
| 23 | eldest | eld | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 24 brother | amod |
| 24 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 standing | nsubj |
| 25 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 26 standing | aux |
| 26 | standing | stand | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 16 came | advcl |
| 27 | at | at | ADP | _ | 29 window | case |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 window | det |
| 29 | window | window | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 standing | obl |
| 30 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 33 was | advmod |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 merrymaking | det |
| 32 | merrymaking | merrymaking | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 was | nsubj |
| 33 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 29 window | acl:relcl |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 called | punct |
| 35 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 36 called | cc |
| 36 | called | call | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 26 standing | conj |
| 37 | to | to | ADP | _ | 38 him | case |
| 38 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 36 called | obl |
| 39 | to | to | PART | _ | 40 come | mark |
| 40 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 36 called | advcl |
| 41 | in | in | ADV | _ | 40 come | advmod |
| 42 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 47 withstand | punct |
| 43 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 47 withstand | cc |
| 44 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 47 withstand | nsubj |
| 45 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 47 withstand | aux |
| 46 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 47 withstand | advmod |
| 47 | withstand | withstand | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 16 came | conj |
| 48 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 49 temptation | det |
| 49 | temptation | temptation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 withstand | obj |
| 50 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 52 went | punct |
| 51 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 52 went | cc |
| 52 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 47 withstand | conj |
| 53 | in | in | ADV | _ | 52 went | advmod |
| 54 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 56 forgot | punct |
| 55 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 56 forgot | cc |
| 56 | forgot | forget | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 met | conj |
| 57 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 59 bird | det |
| 58 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 59 bird | amod |
| 59 | bird | bird | NOUN | Number=Sing | 56 forgot | obj |
| 60 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 62 country | cc |
| 61 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 62 country | nmod:poss |
| 62 | country | country | NOUN | Number=Sing | 59 bird | conj |
| 63 | in | in | ADP | _ | 66 manner | case |
| 64 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 66 manner | det |
| 65 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 66 manner | amod |
| 66 | manner | manner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 56 forgot | obl |
| 67 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 met | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | meet | past | son | the fox | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fox=Co-Agent | ||||
| 2 | give | past | the fox | the good advice | son | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient advice=Theme | |||
| 3 | come | past | son | the two inns | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to inn=Initial_Location | ||||
| 4 | stand | past · progressive | son's eldest brother | the window | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at window=Location | ||||
| 5 | call | participle | son's eldest brother not said here | son | vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient | ||||
| 6 | come in | to-infinitive | son's eldest brother not said here | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 7 | not withstand | could | son | the temptation | tree rules | ||||
| 8 | go in | past | son not said here | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 9 | forget | past | son not said here | the golden bird and son's country | the same manner | tree rules |
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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