Grimms' Fairy Tales, The Juniper-tree, sentence 35

Soon after this, little Marleen came up to her mother who was stirring a pot of boiling water over the fire, and said, ‘Mother, brother is sitting by the door with an apple in his hand, and he looks so pale; and when I asked him to give me the apple, he did not answer, and that frightened me.’

Who acts: little Marleen, mother, brother, Marleen, I, that · What happens: come up, stir, boil, say, sit, look · To what, where: pot, fire, Mother, hand, Marleen, apple · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Grimms' Fairy Tales» by Jacob Grimm, The Juniper-tree. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (little Marleen, mother, brother, Marleen), 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	Soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	7 came	advmod
2	after	after	ADP	_	3 this	case
3	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	1 Soon	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Soon	punct
5	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 Marleen	amod
6	Marleen	Marleen	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 came	nsubj
7	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	up	up	ADV	_	7 came	advmod
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 mother	case
10	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 mother	nmod:poss
11	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 came	obl
12	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 stirring	nsubj
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 stirring	aux
14	stirring	stir	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 mother	acl:relcl
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 pot	det
16	pot	pot	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 stirring	obj
17	of	of	ADP	_	19 water	case
18	boiling	boil	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	19 water	amod
19	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 pot	nmod
20	over	over	ADP	_	22 fire	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 fire	det
22	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 stirring	obl
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 said	punct
24	and	and	CCONJ	_	25 said	cc
25	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 came	conj
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 Mother	punct
27	‘	'	PUNCT	_	28 Mother	punct
28	Mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 said	obl
29	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 sitting	punct
30	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 sitting	nsubj
31	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	32 sitting	aux
32	sitting	sit	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	25 said	ccomp
33	by	by	ADP	_	35 door	case
34	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	35 door	det
35	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 sitting	obl
36	with	with	ADP	_	38 apple	case
37	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	38 apple	det
38	apple	apple	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 sitting	obl
39	in	in	ADP	_	41 hand	case
40	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	41 hand	nmod:poss
41	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 sitting	obl
42	,	,	PUNCT	_	45 looks	punct
43	and	and	CCONJ	_	45 looks	cc
44	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	45 looks	nsubj
45	looks	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	32 sitting	parataxis
46	so	so	ADV	_	47 pale	advmod
47	pale	pale	ADJ	Degree=Pos	45 looks	xcomp
48	;	;	PUNCT	_	52 asked	punct
49	and	and	CCONJ	_	52 asked	cc
50	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	52 asked	advmod
51	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	52 asked	nsubj
52	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 came	conj
53	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	52 asked	iobj
54	to	to	PART	_	55 give	mark
55	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	52 asked	xcomp
56	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	55 give	iobj
57	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	58 apple	det
58	apple	apple	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 give	obj
59	,	,	PUNCT	_	63 answer	punct
60	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	63 answer	nsubj
61	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	63 answer	aux
62	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	63 answer	advmod
63	answer	answer	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	55 give	conj
64	,	,	PUNCT	_	67 frightened	punct
65	and	and	CCONJ	_	67 frightened	cc
66	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	67 frightened	nsubj
67	frightened	frighten	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 came	parataxis
68	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	67 frightened	obj
69	.	.	PUNCT	_	67 frightened	punct
70	’	'	PUNCT	_	67 frightened	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	come up	past	little Marleen				to thought's mother; soon property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to mother=Initial_Location
2	stir	past · progressive	thought's mother	a pot of boiling water		the fire		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus pot=Experiencer
3	boil	gerund						vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
4	say speech: assert	past	little Marleen not said here	Mother				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
5	sit	present · progressive	brother			brother's hand	by the door; with a apple	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by door=Location
6	look	present	Marleen				pale property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
7	ask speech: ask	past	I		Marleen			vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
8	give not said to happen	to-infinitive	I not said here	the apple	me			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient apple=Theme
9	not answer speech: assert	past · do-support	Marleen					vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
10	frighten	past	that	me				vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus i=Experiencer

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.

This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/38/35/