Grimms' Fairy Tales, The Golden Bird, sentence 69

So he said, ‘Yes,’ and forgot the fox’s counsel, and sat down on the side of the river; and while he suspected nothing, they came behind, and threw him down the bank, and took the princess, the horse, and the bird, and went home to the king their master, and said.

Who acts: brother, people · What happens: say, forget, sit down, suspect, come, throw down · To what, where: counsel, side, nothing, bank, brother, princess · 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 (brother, people), 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	So	so	ADV	_	3 said	advmod
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 said	nsubj
3	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 Yes	punct
5	‘	'	PUNCT	_	6 Yes	punct
6	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	3 said	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 Yes	punct
8	’	'	PUNCT	_	6 Yes	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 forgot	cc
10	forgot	forget	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 said	conj
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 fox	det
12	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 counsel	nmod:poss
13	’s	's	PART	_	12 fox	case
14	counsel	counsel	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 forgot	obj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 sat	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 sat	cc
17	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 said	conj
18	down	down	ADP	_	17 sat	compound:prt
19	on	on	ADP	_	21 side	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 side	det
21	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 sat	obl
22	of	of	ADP	_	24 river	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 river	det
24	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 side	nmod
25	;	;	PUNCT	_	29 suspected	punct
26	and	and	CCONJ	_	29 suspected	cc
27	while	while	SCONJ	_	29 suspected	mark
28	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	29 suspected	nsubj
29	suspected	suspect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 said	conj
30	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	29 suspected	obj
31	,	,	PUNCT	_	33 came	punct
32	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	33 came	nsubj
33	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 said	parataxis
34	behind	behind	ADV	_	33 came	advmod
35	,	,	PUNCT	_	37 threw	punct
36	and	and	CCONJ	_	37 threw	cc
37	threw	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	33 came	conj
38	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	37 threw	obj
39	down	down	ADP	_	37 threw	compound:prt
40	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	41 bank	det
41	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 threw	obj
42	,	,	PUNCT	_	44 took	punct
43	and	and	CCONJ	_	44 took	cc
44	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 said	parataxis
45	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	46 princess	det
46	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 took	obj
47	,	,	PUNCT	_	49 horse	punct
48	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	49 horse	det
49	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 princess	conj
50	,	,	PUNCT	_	53 bird	punct
51	and	and	CCONJ	_	53 bird	cc
52	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	53 bird	det
53	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 took	obl
54	,	,	PUNCT	_	56 went	punct
55	and	and	CCONJ	_	56 went	cc
56	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	44 took	conj
57	home	home	ADV	_	56 went	advmod
58	to	to	ADP	_	60 king	case
59	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	60 king	det
60	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	56 went	obl
61	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	62 master	nmod:poss
62	master	master	NOUN	Number=Sing	60 king	nmod
63	,	,	PUNCT	_	65 said	punct
64	and	and	CCONJ	_	65 said	cc
65	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	44 took	conj
66	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 said	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	brother					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent yes=Topic
2	forget	past	brother not said here	the fox's counsel				tree rules
3	sit down	past	brother not said here			the side of the river		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on side=Location
4	suspect	past	brother	nothing				vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent nothing=Attribute
5	come	past	people				behind property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
6	throw down	past	people not said here	the bank	brother			vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Destination bank=Theme
7	take	past			the princess and the horse		the bird obl	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument princess=Destination
8	go	past					to the king people's master; home property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to king=Initial_Location
9	say speech: assert	past						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

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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