Grimms' Fairy Tales, The Golden Bird, sentence 45
As they came to the castle, all was as the fox had said, and at twelve o’clock the young man met the princess going to the bath and gave her the kiss, and she agreed to run away with him, but begged with many tears that he would let her take leave of her father.
Who acts: guards, all, young man, princess, fox · What happens: come, be, say, meet, go, give · To what, where: castle, fox, princess, twelve o’clock, bath, kiss · 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 (guards, all, young man, princess), 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 | As | as | SCONJ | _ | 3 came | mark |
| 2 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 came | nsubj |
| 3 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 said | advcl |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 castle | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 castle | det |
| 6 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 came | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 came | punct |
| 8 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 12 fox | nsubj |
| 9 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 fox | cop |
| 10 | as | as | ADP | _ | 12 fox | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 fox | det |
| 12 | fox | fox | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 said | nsubj:pass |
| 13 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 said | aux |
| 14 | said | say | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 met | punct |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 23 met | cc |
| 17 | at | at | ADP | _ | 19 o’clock | case |
| 18 | twelve | twelve | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 19 o’clock | nummod |
| 19 | o’clock | o'clock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 met | obl |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 man | det |
| 21 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 man | amod |
| 22 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 met | nsubj |
| 23 | met | meet | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 said | ccomp |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 princess | det |
| 25 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 met | obj |
| 26 | going | go | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 25 princess | acl |
| 27 | to | to | ADP | _ | 29 bath | case |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 bath | det |
| 29 | bath | bath | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 going | obl |
| 30 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 31 gave | cc |
| 31 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 23 met | conj |
| 32 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 31 gave | iobj |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 kiss | det |
| 34 | kiss | kiss | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 gave | obj |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 agreed | punct |
| 36 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 38 agreed | cc |
| 37 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 38 agreed | nsubj |
| 38 | agreed | agree | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 said | conj |
| 39 | to | to | PART | _ | 40 run | mark |
| 40 | run | run | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 38 agreed | xcomp |
| 41 | away | away | ADV | _ | 40 run | advmod |
| 42 | with | with | ADP | _ | 43 him | case |
| 43 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 40 run | obl |
| 44 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 begged | punct |
| 45 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 46 begged | cc |
| 46 | begged | beg | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 14 said | conj |
| 47 | with | with | ADP | _ | 49 tears | case |
| 48 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 49 tears | amod |
| 49 | tears | tear | NOUN | Number=Plur | 46 begged | obl |
| 50 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 53 let | mark |
| 51 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 53 let | nsubj |
| 52 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 53 let | aux |
| 53 | let | let | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 46 begged | advcl |
| 54 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 53 let | obj |
| 55 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 53 let | xcomp |
| 56 | leave | leave | NOUN | Number=Sing | 55 take | obj |
| 57 | of | of | ADP | _ | 59 father | case |
| 58 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 59 father | nmod:poss |
| 59 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 56 leave | nmod |
| 60 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 14 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | past | guards = guard | the castle | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to castle=Initial_Location | ||||
| 2 | is | past | all | as the fox | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | say speech: assert | past · perfect · passive | the fox | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | meet | past | the young man | the princess | twelve o’clock | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=Co-Agent | |||
| 5 | go | gerund | the princess not said here | the bath | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to bath=Initial_Location | ||||
| 6 | give | past | the young man not said here | the kiss | princess | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient kiss=Theme | |||
| 7 | agree speech: agree | past | princess | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 8 | run away not said to happen | to-infinitive | princess not said here | with fox; away property | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent with he=Material | ||||
| 9 | beg speech: request | participle | with many tears | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 10 | let | would | fox | princess | tree rules | ||||
| 11 | take | infinitive | princess not said here | leave of princess's father | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leave=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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