Grimms' Fairy Tales, Tom Thumb, sentence 137

Then she grieved sorely at her misfortune, and said she would give him all the wealth of the kingdom if he would let her off, but in vain; till at last her tears softened him, and he said, ‘I will give you three days’ grace, and if during that time you tell me my name, you shall keep your child.’

Who acts: daughter, manikin, tears, I, you, my · What happens: grieve, say, give, let off, soften, tell · To what, where: misfortune, wealth, manikin, daughter, grace, you · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Grimms' Fairy Tales» by Jacob Grimm, Tom Thumb. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (daughter, manikin, tears, I), 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 grieved	advmod
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 grieved	nsubj
3	grieved	grieve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	sorely	sorely	ADV	_	3 grieved	advmod
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 misfortune	case
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 misfortune	nmod:poss
7	misfortune	misfortune	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 grieved	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 said	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 said	cc
10	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 grieved	parataxis
11	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 give	nsubj
12	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 give	aux
13	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 said	ccomp
14	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 give	iobj
15	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	17 wealth	det:predet
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 wealth	det
17	wealth	wealth	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 give	obj
18	of	of	ADP	_	20 kingdom	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 kingdom	det
20	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 wealth	nmod
21	if	if	SCONJ	_	24 let	mark
22	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 let	nsubj
23	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	24 let	aux
24	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 give	advcl
25	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 let	obj
26	off	off	ADP	_	24 let	compound:prt
27	,	,	PUNCT	_	30 vain	punct
28	but	but	CCONJ	_	30 vain	cc
29	in	in	ADP	_	30 vain	case
30	vain	vain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 said	ccomp
31	;	;	PUNCT	_	34 last	punct
32	till	till	ADP	_	34 last	case
33	at	at	ADP	_	34 last	case
34	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 said	conj
35	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	36 tears	nmod:poss
36	tears	tear	NOUN	Number=Plur	37 softened	nsubj
37	softened	soften	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	34 last	acl:relcl
38	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	37 softened	obj
39	,	,	PUNCT	_	42 said	punct
40	and	and	CCONJ	_	42 said	cc
41	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	42 said	nsubj
42	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 grieved	conj
43	,	,	PUNCT	_	47 give	punct
44	‘	'	PUNCT	_	47 give	punct
45	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	47 give	nsubj
46	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	47 give	aux
47	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	42 said	ccomp
48	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	47 give	iobj
49	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	50 days	nummod
50	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	52 grace	nmod:poss
51	’	's	PART	_	50 days	case
52	grace	grace	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 give	obj
53	,	,	PUNCT	_	67 keep	punct
54	and	and	CCONJ	_	67 keep	cc
55	if	if	SCONJ	_	60 tell	mark
56	during	during	ADP	_	58 time	case
57	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	58 time	det
58	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	60 tell	obl
59	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	60 tell	nsubj
60	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	67 keep	advcl
61	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	60 tell	iobj
62	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	63 name	nmod:poss
63	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	60 tell	obj
64	,	,	PUNCT	_	60 tell	punct
65	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	67 keep	nsubj
66	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	67 keep	aux
67	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	47 give	conj
68	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	69 child	nmod:poss
69	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	67 keep	obj
70	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 grieved	punct
71	’	'	PUNCT	_	3 grieved	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grieve	past	daughter			daughter's misfortune	then	sorely property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
2	say speech: assert	past							vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	give	would	daughter	all wealth of the kingdom	manikin				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient wealth=Theme
4	let off a condition, not said to happen	would	manikin	daughter					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme
5	soften	past	daughter's tears	manikin					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent he=Patient
6	say speech: assert	past	manikin						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
7	give	future	I	three days's grace	you				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient grace=Theme
8	tell speech: assert a condition, not said to happen	present	you	my name	me		time		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient name=Topic
9	keep	shall	you	your child					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Theme
10	name		my						nom name «communication transitive»: poss=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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