Grimms' Fairy Tales, Sweetheart Roland, sentence 44
When he arose in the morning, all the work was already done, the room was swept, the table and benches cleaned, the fire in the hearth was lighted, and the water was fetched, and at noon, when he came home, the table was laid, and a good dinner served.
Who acts: shepherd, benches, good dinner · What happens: arise, do, sweep, clean, light, fetch · To what, where: work, room, fire, hearth, water, table
This is a sentence of «Grimms' Fairy Tales» by Jacob Grimm, Sweetheart Roland. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (shepherd, benches, good dinner), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.
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The tree
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | When | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 3 arose | advmod |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 arose | nsubj |
| 3 | arose | arise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 58 served | advcl |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 morning | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 morning | det |
| 6 | morning | morning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 arose | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 arose | punct |
| 8 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 10 work | det:predet |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 work | det |
| 10 | work | work | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 done | nsubj:pass |
| 11 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 done | aux:pass |
| 12 | already | already | ADV | _ | 13 done | advmod |
| 13 | done | do | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 arose | parataxis |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 swept | punct |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 room | det |
| 16 | room | room | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 swept | nsubj:pass |
| 17 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 18 swept | aux:pass |
| 18 | swept | sweep | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 arose | parataxis |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 table | punct |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 table | det |
| 21 | table | table | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 swept | obl |
| 22 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 24 cleaned | cc |
| 23 | benches | bench | NOUN | Number=Plur | 24 cleaned | nsubj |
| 24 | cleaned | clean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 18 swept | conj |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 fire | punct |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 fire | det |
| 27 | fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 cleaned | obl |
| 28 | in | in | ADP | _ | 30 hearth | case |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 hearth | det |
| 30 | hearth | hearth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 lighted | obl |
| 31 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 32 lighted | aux:pass |
| 32 | lighted | light | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 24 cleaned | conj |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 fetched | punct |
| 34 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 38 fetched | cc |
| 35 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 water | det |
| 36 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 fetched | nsubj:pass |
| 37 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 38 fetched | aux:pass |
| 38 | fetched | fetch | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 32 lighted | conj |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 52 laid | punct |
| 40 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 52 laid | cc |
| 41 | at | at | ADP | _ | 42 noon | case |
| 42 | noon | noon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 laid | obl |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 came | punct |
| 44 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 46 came | advmod |
| 45 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 46 came | nsubj |
| 46 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 52 laid | advcl |
| 47 | home | home | ADV | _ | 46 came | advmod |
| 48 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 52 laid | punct |
| 49 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 50 table | det |
| 50 | table | table | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 laid | nsubj:pass |
| 51 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 52 laid | aux:pass |
| 52 | laid | lay | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 24 cleaned | conj |
| 53 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 58 served | punct |
| 54 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 58 served | cc |
| 55 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 57 dinner | det |
| 56 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 57 dinner | amod |
| 57 | dinner | dinner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 58 served | nsubj |
| 58 | served | serve | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 59 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 58 served | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | arise | past | shepherd | morning | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | do | past · passive | all work | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | |||||
| 3 | sweep | past · passive | the room | the table obl | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Trajectory | ||||
| 4 | clean | past | benches | the fire | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 5 | light | past · passive | benches not said here | the hearth | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP» | ||||
| 6 | fetch | past · passive | the water | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 7 | come | past | shepherd | home property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 8 | lay | past · passive | the table | noon | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Result | ||||
| 9 | serve | past | a good dinner | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: 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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