Grimms' Fairy Tales, Clever Gretel, sentence 30

Gretel ran, and looked to see who was there, and when she saw the guest, she put her finger to her lips and said: ‘Hush! hush! go away as quickly as you can, if my master catches you it will be the worse for you; he certainly did ask you to supper, but his intention is to cut off your two ears.

Who acts: Gretel, master, guest, intention · What happens: run, look, see, be, put, say · To what, where: guest, finger, you · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Grimms' Fairy Tales» by Jacob Grimm, Clever Gretel. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Gretel, master, guest, intention), 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	Gretel	Gretel	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 ran	nsubj
2	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 looked	punct
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 looked	cc
5	looked	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 ran	conj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 see	mark
7	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 looked	xcomp
8	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 there	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 there	cop
10	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	7 see	ccomp
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 saw	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 saw	cc
13	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	15 saw	advmod
14	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 saw	nsubj
15	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 ran	conj
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 guest	det
17	guest	guest	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 saw	obj
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 put	punct
19	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 put	nsubj
20	put	put	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 ran	conj
21	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	22 finger	nmod:poss
22	finger	finger	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 put	obj
23	to	to	ADP	_	25 lips	case
24	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	25 lips	nmod:poss
25	lips	lip	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 put	obl
26	and	and	CCONJ	_	27 said	cc
27	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 ran	conj
28	:	:	PUNCT	_	30 Hush	punct
29	‘	'	PUNCT	_	30 Hush	punct
30	Hush	hush	INTJ	_	32 hush	discourse
31	!	!	PUNCT	_	30 Hush	punct
32	hush	hush	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 said	ccomp
33	!	!	PUNCT	_	34 go	punct
34	go	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	27 said	ccomp
35	away	away	ADV	_	34 go	advmod
36	as	as	ADV	_	37 quickly	advmod
37	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	34 go	advmod
38	as	as	SCONJ	_	40 can	mark
39	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	40 can	nsubj
40	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	37 quickly	advcl
41	,	,	PUNCT	_	45 catches	punct
42	if	if	SCONJ	_	45 catches	mark
43	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	44 master	nmod:poss
44	master	master	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 catches	nsubj
45	catches	catch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	34 go	parataxis
46	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	45 catches	obj
47	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	51 worse	nsubj
48	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	51 worse	aux
49	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	51 worse	cop
50	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	51 worse	det
51	worse	bad	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	45 catches	parataxis
52	for	for	ADP	_	53 you	case
53	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	51 worse	obl
54	;	;	PUNCT	_	58 ask	punct
55	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	58 ask	nsubj
56	certainly	certainly	ADV	_	58 ask	advmod
57	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	58 ask	aux
58	ask	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 ran	parataxis
59	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	58 ask	iobj
60	to	to	PART	_	61 supper	mark
61	supper	supper	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	58 ask	xcomp
62	,	,	PUNCT	_	68 cut	punct
63	but	but	CCONJ	_	68 cut	cc
64	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	65 intention	nmod:poss
65	intention	intention	NOUN	Number=Sing	68 cut	nsubj
66	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	68 cut	cop
67	to	to	PART	_	68 cut	mark
68	cut	cut	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 ran	parataxis
69	off	off	ADP	_	68 cut	compound:prt
70	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	72 ears	nmod:poss
71	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	72 ears	nummod
72	ears	ear	NOUN	Number=Plur	68 cut	obj
73	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 ran	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	run	past	Gretel				vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	look	past	Gretel not said here				tree rules
3	see	to-infinitive	Gretel not said here				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
4	is	past				there property	tree rules
5	see	past	Gretel	the guest			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer guest=Stimulus
6	put	past	Gretel	Gretel's finger		to Gretel's lips	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent finger=Goal
7	say speech: assert	past	Gretel not said here				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
8	go away	present				away, quickly property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
9	catch a condition, not said to happen	present	my master	you			vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme
10	is	future	guest			for you; bad property	tree rules
11	ask speech: ask	past · do-support	master		you	certainly property	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent you=Recipient clause=Topic
12	supper not said to happen	to-infinitive	master not said here				tree rules
13	is	present	master's intention			cut property	tree rules
14	intend		master				nom intention «cognition 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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