Grimms' Fairy Tales, The White Snake, sentence 55

At the same time three ravens flew down to him, perched themselves upon his knee, and said: ‘We are the three young ravens whom you saved from starving; when we had grown big, and heard that you were seeking the Golden Apple, we flew over the sea to the end of the world, where the Tree of Life stands, and have brought you the apple.’

Who acts: three ravens, We, you, Tree · What happens: fly down, perch, say, be, save, starve · To what, where: youth, ravens, knee, three young ravens, Golden Apple, sea · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Grimms' Fairy Tales» by Jacob Grimm, The White Snake. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (three ravens, We, you, Tree), 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	_	4 time	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 time	det
3	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 time	amod
4	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 flew	obl
5	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 ravens	nummod
6	ravens	raven	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 flew	nsubj
7	flew	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	down	down	ADV	_	7 flew	advmod
9	to	to	ADP	_	10 him	case
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 flew	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 perched	punct
12	perched	perch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 flew	conj
13	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	12 perched	obj
14	upon	upon	ADP	_	16 knee	case
15	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 knee	nmod:poss
16	knee	knee	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 perched	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 said	punct
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 said	cc
19	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 flew	conj
20	:	:	PUNCT	_	27 ravens	punct
21	‘	'	PUNCT	_	27 ravens	punct
22	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	27 ravens	nsubj
23	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	27 ravens	cop
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 ravens	det
25	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	27 ravens	nummod
26	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	27 ravens	amod
27	ravens	raven	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 said	ccomp
28	whom	whom	PRON	PronType=Rel	30 saved	obj
29	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	30 saved	nsubj
30	saved	save	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	27 ravens	acl:relcl
31	from	from	SCONJ	_	32 starving	mark
32	starving	starve	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	30 saved	advcl
33	;	;	PUNCT	_	37 grown	punct
34	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	37 grown	advmod
35	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	37 grown	nsubj
36	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	37 grown	aux
37	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	7 flew	conj
38	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	37 grown	xcomp
39	,	,	PUNCT	_	41 heard	punct
40	and	and	CCONJ	_	41 heard	cc
41	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 flew	conj
42	that	that	SCONJ	_	45 seeking	mark
43	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	45 seeking	nsubj
44	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	45 seeking	aux
45	seeking	seek	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	41 heard	ccomp
46	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	48 Apple	det
47	Golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	48 Apple	amod
48	Apple	Apple	PROPN	Number=Sing	45 seeking	obj
49	,	,	PUNCT	_	51 flew	punct
50	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	51 flew	nsubj
51	flew	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 flew	conj
52	over	over	ADP	_	54 sea	case
53	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	54 sea	det
54	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	51 flew	obl
55	to	to	ADP	_	57 end	case
56	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	57 end	det
57	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	51 flew	obl
58	of	of	ADP	_	60 world	case
59	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	60 world	det
60	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	57 end	nmod
61	,	,	PUNCT	_	67 stands	punct
62	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	67 stands	advmod
63	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	64 Tree	det
64	Tree	Tree	PROPN	Number=Sing	67 stands	nsubj
65	of	of	ADP	_	66 Life	case
66	Life	Life	PROPN	Number=Sing	64 Tree	nmod
67	stands	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	57 end	acl:relcl
68	,	,	PUNCT	_	71 brought	punct
69	and	and	CCONJ	_	71 brought	cc
70	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	71 brought	aux
71	brought	bring	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	7 flew	conj
72	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	71 brought	obj
73	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	74 apple	det
74	apple	apple	NOUN	Number=Sing	71 brought	obj
75	.	.	PUNCT	_	71 brought	punct
76	’	'	PUNCT	_	7 flew	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fly down	past	three ravens		youth		time	down property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to he=Result
2	perch	past	three ravens not said here	ravens = raven		youth's knee			vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent themselves=Theme upon knee=Destination
3	say speech: assert	past	three ravens not said here						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
4	is a	present	We	the three young ravens					tree rules
5	save	past	you	the three young ravens					vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whom=Theme
6	starve	gerund	you not said here						tree rules
7	grow	past · perfect	we					big property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
8	hear	past	three ravens not said here						vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
9	seek	past · progressive	you	the Golden Apple					vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent apple=Theme
10	fly	past	we			the sea	to the end of the world		vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent over sea=Location
11	stand	present	the Tree of Life						vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
12	bring	present · perfect	three ravens not said here	the apple	you				vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent you=Destination apple=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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