Grimms' Fairy Tales, The Miser in the Bush, sentence 104
And when she came in it to the ball, everyone wondered at her beauty: but the king’s son, who was waiting for her, took her by the hand, and danced with her; and when anyone asked her to dance, he said as before, ‘This lady is dancing with me.’
Who acts: bird, everyone, son, anyone, lady · What happens: come, wonder, wait, take, dance, ask · To what, where: dress, son, beauty, bird · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Grimms' Fairy Tales» by Jacob Grimm, The Miser in the Bush. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (bird, everyone, son, anyone), 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 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 wondered | cc |
| 2 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 came | advmod |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 came | nsubj |
| 4 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 wondered | advcl |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 it | case |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 came | obl |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 ball | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 ball | det |
| 9 | ball | ball | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 came | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 came | punct |
| 11 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 12 wondered | nsubj |
| 12 | wondered | wonder | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 29 took | advcl |
| 13 | at | at | ADP | _ | 15 beauty | case |
| 14 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 beauty | nmod:poss |
| 15 | beauty | beauty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 wondered | obl |
| 16 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 21 son | punct |
| 17 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 21 son | cc |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 king | det |
| 19 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 son | nmod:poss |
| 20 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 19 king | case |
| 21 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 wondered | obl |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 waiting | punct |
| 23 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 25 waiting | nsubj |
| 24 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 25 waiting | aux |
| 25 | waiting | wait | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 21 son | acl:relcl |
| 26 | for | for | ADP | _ | 27 her | case |
| 27 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 25 waiting | obl |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 took | punct |
| 29 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 30 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 29 took | obj |
| 31 | by | by | ADP | _ | 33 hand | case |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 hand | det |
| 33 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 took | obl |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 danced | punct |
| 35 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 36 danced | cc |
| 36 | danced | dance | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 29 took | conj |
| 37 | with | with | ADP | _ | 38 her | case |
| 38 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 36 danced | obl |
| 39 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 49 said | punct |
| 40 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 49 said | cc |
| 41 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 43 asked | advmod |
| 42 | anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 43 asked | nsubj |
| 43 | asked | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 49 said | advcl |
| 44 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 43 asked | iobj |
| 45 | to | to | PART | _ | 46 dance | mark |
| 46 | dance | dance | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 43 asked | xcomp |
| 47 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 asked | punct |
| 48 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 49 said | nsubj |
| 49 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 29 took | conj |
| 50 | as | as | ADP | _ | 51 before | case |
| 51 | before | before | ADV | _ | 49 said | advmod |
| 52 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 57 dancing | punct |
| 53 | ‘ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 57 dancing | punct |
| 54 | This | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 55 lady | det |
| 55 | lady | lady | NOUN | Number=Sing | 57 dancing | nsubj |
| 56 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 57 dancing | aux |
| 57 | dancing | dance | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 49 said | ccomp |
| 58 | with | with | ADP | _ | 59 me | case |
| 59 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 57 dancing | obl |
| 60 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 57 dancing | punct |
| 61 | ’ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 57 dancing | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | past | bird | dress | to the ball | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to ball=Initial_Location | |||
| 2 | wonder speech: ask | past | everyone | the king's son | bird's beauty | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||
| 3 | wait | past · progressive | the king's son | for bird | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 4 | take | past | bird | by the hand | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument she=Destination | ||||
| 5 | dance | past | with bird | vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 6 | ask speech: ask | past | anyone | bird | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 7 | dance not said to happen | to-infinitive | anyone not said here | vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 8 | say speech: assert | past | son | before property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 9 | dance | present · progressive | this lady | with me | vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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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