Grimms' Fairy Tales, The Miser in the Bush, sentence 30
At last he went to the judge, and complained that a rascal had robbed him of his money, and beaten him into the bargain; and that the fellow who did it carried a bow at his back and a fiddle hung round his neck.
Who acts: countryman, fellow · What happens: go, complain, rob, beat, do, carry · To what, where: last, rascal, countryman, bargain, bow, back · 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, fellow), 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 | At | at | ADP | _ | 2 last | case |
| 2 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 went | obl |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 went | nsubj |
| 4 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 judge | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 judge | det |
| 7 | judge | judge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 went | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 complained | punct |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 complained | cc |
| 10 | complained | complain | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 went | conj |
| 11 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 15 robbed | mark |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 rascal | det |
| 13 | rascal | rascal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 robbed | nsubj:pass |
| 14 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 robbed | aux |
| 15 | robbed | rob | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 complained | ccomp |
| 16 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 robbed | obj |
| 17 | of | of | ADP | _ | 19 money | case |
| 18 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 19 money | nmod:poss |
| 19 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 robbed | obl |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 beaten | punct |
| 21 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 beaten | cc |
| 22 | beaten | beat | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 15 robbed | conj |
| 23 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 22 beaten | obj |
| 24 | into | into | ADP | _ | 26 bargain | case |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 bargain | det |
| 26 | bargain | bargain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 beaten | obl |
| 27 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 35 carried | punct |
| 28 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 35 carried | cc |
| 29 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 35 carried | mark |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 fellow | det |
| 31 | fellow | fellow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 carried | nsubj |
| 32 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 33 did | nsubj |
| 33 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 31 fellow | acl:relcl |
| 34 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 33 did | obj |
| 35 | carried | carry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 went | conj |
| 36 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 37 bow | det |
| 37 | bow | bow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 carried | obj |
| 38 | at | at | ADP | _ | 40 back | case |
| 39 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 40 back | nmod:poss |
| 40 | back | back | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 carried | obl |
| 41 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 43 fiddle | cc |
| 42 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 43 fiddle | det |
| 43 | fiddle | fiddle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 back | conj |
| 44 | hung | hang | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 43 fiddle | acl |
| 45 | round | round | ADP | _ | 47 neck | case |
| 46 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 47 neck | nmod:poss |
| 47 | neck | neck | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 hung | obl |
| 48 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 went | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | past | countryman | last | to the judge | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to judge=Initial_Location | |||
| 2 | complain speech: other | past | countryman not said here | vn complain-37.8 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | rob | past · perfect · passive | a rascal | of countryman's money | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | beat | participle | countryman | the bargain | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Patient into bargain=Recipient | ||||
| 5 | do | past | the fellow | rascal | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | ||||
| 6 | carry | past | the fellow | a bow | countryman's back and a fiddle | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bow=Theme | |||
| 7 | hang | participle | a fiddle not said here | countryman's neck | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme round neck=Destination |
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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