Grimms' Fairy Tales, Tom Thumb, sentence 141

The third day one of the messengers came back, and said, ‘I have travelled two days without hearing of any other names; but yesterday, as I was climbing a high hill, among the trees of the forest where the fox and the hare bid each other good night, I saw a little hut; and before the hut burnt a fire; and round about the fire a funny little dwarf was dancing upon one leg, and singing:

Who acts: third day, I, fox, funny little dwarf, other names · What happens: come back, say, travell, climb, bid, see · To what, where: high hill, little hut, fire · 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 (third day, I, fox, funny little dwarf), 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	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 day	det
2	third	third	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	3 day	amod
3	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 came	nsubj
4	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 day	flat
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 messengers	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 messengers	det
7	messengers	messenger	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 one	nmod
8	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	back	back	ADV	_	8 came	advmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 said	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 said	cc
12	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 came	parataxis
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 travelled	punct
14	‘	'	PUNCT	_	17 travelled	punct
15	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	17 travelled	nsubj
16	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 travelled	aux
17	travelled	travell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	12 said	conj
18	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	19 days	nummod
19	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 travelled	obl:unmarked
20	without	without	ADP	_	21 hearing	case
21	hearing	hearing	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 travelled	obl
22	of	of	ADP	_	25 names	case
23	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	25 names	det
24	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 names	amod
25	names	name	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 hearing	nmod
26	;	;	PUNCT	_	28 yesterday	punct
27	but	but	CCONJ	_	28 yesterday	cc
28	yesterday	yesterday	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 came	obl:unmarked
29	,	,	PUNCT	_	33 climbing	punct
30	as	as	SCONJ	_	33 climbing	mark
31	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	33 climbing	nsubj
32	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	33 climbing	aux
33	climbing	climb	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 came	advcl
34	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	36 hill	det
35	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	36 hill	amod
36	hill	hill	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 climbing	obj
37	,	,	PUNCT	_	40 trees	punct
38	among	among	ADP	_	40 trees	case
39	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	40 trees	det
40	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	33 climbing	obl
41	of	of	ADP	_	43 forest	case
42	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	43 forest	det
43	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 trees	nmod
44	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	50 bid	advmod
45	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	46 fox	det
46	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 bid	nsubj
47	and	and	CCONJ	_	49 hare	cc
48	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	49 hare	det
49	hare	hare	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 fox	conj
50	bid	bid	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	43 forest	acl:relcl
51	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	54 night	det
52	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	54 night	amod
53	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	54 night	amod
54	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 bid	obl:unmarked
55	,	,	PUNCT	_	57 saw	punct
56	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	57 saw	nsubj
57	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	50 bid	conj
58	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	60 hut	det
59	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	60 hut	amod
60	hut	hut	NOUN	Number=Sing	57 saw	obj
61	;	;	PUNCT	_	66 burnt	punct
62	and	and	CCONJ	_	66 burnt	cc
63	before	before	ADP	_	65 hut	case
64	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	65 hut	det
65	hut	hut	NOUN	Number=Sing	66 burnt	obl
66	burnt	burnt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 came	parataxis
67	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	68 fire	det
68	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	66 burnt	obj
69	;	;	PUNCT	_	80 dancing	punct
70	and	and	CCONJ	_	80 dancing	cc
71	round	round	ADV	_	80 dancing	advmod
72	about	about	ADP	_	74 fire	case
73	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	74 fire	det
74	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	80 dancing	obl
75	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	78 dwarf	det
76	funny	funny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	78 dwarf	amod
77	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	78 dwarf	amod
78	dwarf	dwarf	NOUN	Number=Sing	80 dancing	nsubj
79	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	80 dancing	aux
80	dancing	dance	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	66 burnt	advcl
81	upon	upon	ADP	_	83 leg	case
82	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	83 leg	nummod
83	leg	leg	NOUN	Number=Sing	80 dancing	obl
84	,	,	PUNCT	_	86 singing	punct
85	and	and	CCONJ	_	86 singing	cc
86	singing	sing	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	80 dancing	conj
87	:	:	PUNCT	_	8 came	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	come back	past	the third day		yesterday		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	say speech: assert	past					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	travell	present · perfect	I		day	without hearing of any other names	tree rules
4	climb	past · progressive	I	a high hill		among the trees of the forest	tree rules
5	bid	past	the fox and the hare		night		tree rules
6	see	past	I	a little hut			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer hut=Stimulus
7	burnt	past		a fire	before the hut		tree rules
8	dance	past · progressive	a funny little dwarf			about the fire; upon one leg; round property	vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme about fire=Location
9	sing speech: express	gerund	a funny little dwarf not said here				vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
10	hear		any other names				nom hearing «act intransitive»: of=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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