Grimms' Fairy Tales, The Miser in the Bush, sentence 14
Then the countryman rejoiced at his good luck, and said, ‘I like many things better than money: first, I will have a bow that will bring down everything I shoot at; secondly, a fiddle that will set everyone dancing that hears me play upon it; and thirdly, I should like that everyone should grant what I ask.’
Who acts: countryman, I, bow, fiddle, everyone dancing, me · What happens: rejoice, say, like, have, bring down, shoot · To what, where: good luck, many things, bow, everything, everyone dancing, me · 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 (countryman, I, bow, fiddle), 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 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 4 rejoiced | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 countryman | det |
| 3 | countryman | countryman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 rejoiced | nsubj |
| 4 | rejoiced | rejoice | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 luck | case |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 luck | nmod:poss |
| 7 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 luck | amod |
| 8 | luck | luck | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 rejoiced | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 said | punct |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 said | cc |
| 11 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 rejoiced | conj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 like | punct |
| 13 | ‘ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 15 like | punct |
| 14 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 15 like | nsubj |
| 15 | like | like | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 said | ccomp |
| 16 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 things | amod |
| 17 | things | thing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 like | obj |
| 18 | better | well | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 15 like | advmod |
| 19 | than | than | ADP | _ | 20 money | case |
| 20 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 better | obl |
| 21 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 26 have | punct |
| 22 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 26 have | advmod |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 first | punct |
| 24 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 26 have | nsubj |
| 25 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 26 have | aux |
| 26 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 said | ccomp |
| 27 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 28 bow | det |
| 28 | bow | bow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 have | obj |
| 29 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 31 bring | nsubj |
| 30 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 31 bring | aux |
| 31 | bring | bring | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 28 bow | acl:relcl |
| 32 | down | down | ADP | _ | 31 bring | compound:prt |
| 33 | everything | everything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 31 bring | obj |
| 34 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 35 shoot | nsubj |
| 35 | shoot | shoot | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 33 everything | acl:relcl |
| 36 | at | at | ADP | _ | 35 shoot | obl |
| 37 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 44 set | punct |
| 38 | secondly | secondly | ADV | _ | 44 set | advmod |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 fiddle | punct |
| 40 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 41 fiddle | det |
| 41 | fiddle | fiddle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 set | nsubj |
| 42 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 44 set | nsubj |
| 43 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 44 set | aux |
| 44 | set | set | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 26 have | conj |
| 45 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 46 dancing | compound |
| 46 | dancing | dancing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 set | obj |
| 47 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 48 hears | nsubj |
| 48 | hears | hear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 46 dancing | acl:relcl |
| 49 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 48 hears | obj |
| 50 | play | play | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 48 hears | xcomp |
| 51 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 52 it | case |
| 52 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 50 play | obl |
| 53 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 59 like | punct |
| 54 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 59 like | cc |
| 55 | thirdly | thirdly | ADV | _ | 59 like | advmod |
| 56 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 59 like | punct |
| 57 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 59 like | nsubj |
| 58 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 59 like | aux |
| 59 | like | like | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 rejoiced | parataxis |
| 60 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 63 grant | mark |
| 61 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 63 grant | nsubj |
| 62 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 63 grant | aux |
| 63 | grant | grant | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 59 like | xcomp |
| 64 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 66 ask | obj |
| 65 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 66 ask | nsubj |
| 66 | ask | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 63 grant | ccomp |
| 67 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 59 like | punct |
| 68 | ’ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 59 like | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rejoice | past | the countryman | countryman's good luck | then | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | the countryman not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | like | present | I | many things | well property | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot thing=Theme | |||
| 4 | have | future | I | a bow | first property | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bow=Patient | |||
| 5 | bring down | future | a bow | everything | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent everything=Theme | ||||
| 6 | shoot | present | I | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 7 | set | future | a fiddle | everyone dancing | secondly property | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient dancing=Result | |||
| 8 | hear | present | everyone dancing | me | tree rules | ||||
| 9 | play | infinitive | me not said here | upon fiddle | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 10 | like | should | I | thirdly property | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | ||||
| 11 | grant not said to happen | should | everyone | tree rules | |||||
| 12 | ask speech: ask | present | I | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient |
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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