Grimms' Fairy Tales, Tom Thumb, sentence 145
When the queen heard this she jumped for joy, and as soon as her little friend came she sat down upon her throne, and called all her court round to enjoy the fun; and the nurse stood by her side with the baby in her arms, as if it was quite ready to be given up.
Who acts: queen, little friend, friend, nurse, it · What happens: hear, jump, come, sit down, call, enjoy · To what, where: this, throne, court, fun, arms · 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 (queen, little friend, friend, nurse), 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 | When | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 heard | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 queen | det |
| 3 | queen | queen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 heard | nsubj |
| 4 | heard | hear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 jumped | advcl |
| 5 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 heard | obj |
| 6 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 jumped | nsubj |
| 7 | jumped | jump | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 joy | case |
| 9 | joy | joy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 jumped | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 sat | punct |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 sat | cc |
| 12 | as | as | ADV | _ | 13 soon | advmod |
| 13 | soon | soon | ADV | Degree=Pos | 20 sat | advmod |
| 14 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 18 came | mark |
| 15 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 friend | nmod:poss |
| 16 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 friend | amod |
| 17 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 came | nsubj |
| 18 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 soon | advcl |
| 19 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 sat | nsubj |
| 20 | sat | sit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 jumped | parataxis |
| 21 | down | down | ADV | _ | 20 sat | advmod |
| 22 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 24 throne | case |
| 23 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 24 throne | nmod:poss |
| 24 | throne | throne | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 sat | obl |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 called | punct |
| 26 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 27 called | cc |
| 27 | called | call | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 20 sat | conj |
| 28 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 30 court | det:predet |
| 29 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 30 court | nmod:poss |
| 30 | court | court | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 called | xcomp |
| 31 | round | round | ADV | _ | 27 called | advmod |
| 32 | to | to | PART | _ | 33 enjoy | mark |
| 33 | enjoy | enjoy | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 27 called | advcl |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 fun | det |
| 35 | fun | fun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 enjoy | obj |
| 36 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 40 stood | punct |
| 37 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 40 stood | cc |
| 38 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 nurse | det |
| 39 | nurse | nurse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 stood | nsubj |
| 40 | stood | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 jumped | conj |
| 41 | by | by | ADP | _ | 43 side | case |
| 42 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 43 side | nmod:poss |
| 43 | side | side | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 stood | obl |
| 44 | with | with | ADP | _ | 46 baby | case |
| 45 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 46 baby | det |
| 46 | baby | baby | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 stood | obl |
| 47 | in | in | ADP | _ | 49 arms | case |
| 48 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 49 arms | nmod:poss |
| 49 | arms | arm | NOUN | Number=Plur | 40 stood | obl |
| 50 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 56 ready | punct |
| 51 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 56 ready | mark |
| 52 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 56 ready | mark |
| 53 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 56 ready | nsubj |
| 54 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 56 ready | cop |
| 55 | quite | quite | ADV | _ | 56 ready | advmod |
| 56 | ready | ready | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 40 stood | advcl |
| 57 | to | to | PART | _ | 59 given | mark |
| 58 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 59 given | aux:pass |
| 59 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 56 ready | xcomp |
| 60 | up | up | ADP | _ | 59 given | compound:prt |
| 61 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 jumped | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hear | past | the queen | this | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer this=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | jump | past | queen | for joy | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | come | past | queen's little friend | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 4 | sit down | past | friend | queen's throne | down, soon property | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent upon throne=Location | |||
| 5 | call | past | friend not said here | queen's court | round property | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||
| 6 | enjoy | to-infinitive | friend not said here | the fun | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer fun=Stimulus | ||||
| 7 | stand | past | the nurse | queen's arms | by queen's side; with the baby | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by side=Location | |||
| 8 | is | past | it | ready property | tree rules | ||||
| 9 | give up | to-infinitive · passive | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V» |
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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