Grimms' Fairy Tales, The Juniper-tree, sentence 56
After this a mist came round the tree, and in the midst of it there was a burning as of fire, and out of the fire there flew a beautiful bird, that rose high into the air, singing magnificently, and when it could no more be seen, the juniper-tree stood there as before, and the silk handkerchief and the bones were gone.
Who acts: burning fire, fire, beautiful bird, juniper tree, silk handkerchief · What happens: come, be, burn, fly, rise, sing · To what, where: tree, midst, beautiful bird, air, fire
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 (burning fire, fire, beautiful bird, juniper 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 | After | after | ADP | _ | 4 mist | case |
| 2 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 mist | det |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 mist | det |
| 4 | mist | mist | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 came | obl |
| 5 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | round | round | ADP | _ | 8 tree | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 tree | det |
| 8 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 came | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 was | punct |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 was | cc |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 midst | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 midst | det |
| 13 | midst | midst | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 was | obl |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 it | case |
| 15 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 midst | nmod |
| 16 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 17 was | expl |
| 17 | was | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 came | parataxis |
| 18 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 22 fire | det |
| 19 | burning | burn | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 22 fire | amod |
| 20 | as | as | ADP | ExtPos=ADP | 22 fire | case |
| 21 | of | of | ADP | _ | 20 as | fixed |
| 22 | fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 was | nsubj |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 flew | punct |
| 24 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 30 flew | cc |
| 25 | out | out | ADP | _ | 28 fire | case |
| 26 | of | of | ADP | _ | 28 fire | case |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 fire | det |
| 28 | fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 flew | nsubj |
| 29 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 28 fire | advmod |
| 30 | flew | fly | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 came | conj |
| 31 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 33 bird | det |
| 32 | beautiful | beautiful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 33 bird | amod |
| 33 | bird | bird | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 flew | obj |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 rose | punct |
| 35 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 36 rose | nsubj |
| 36 | rose | rise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 33 bird | acl:relcl |
| 37 | high | high | ADV | Degree=Pos | 36 rose | advmod |
| 38 | into | into | ADP | _ | 40 air | case |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 air | det |
| 40 | air | air | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 rose | obl |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 singing | punct |
| 42 | singing | sing | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 36 rose | advcl |
| 43 | magnificently | magnificently | ADV | _ | 42 singing | advmod |
| 44 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 58 stood | punct |
| 45 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 58 stood | cc |
| 46 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 52 seen | mark |
| 47 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 52 seen | nsubj:pass |
| 48 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 52 seen | aux |
| 49 | no | no | ADV | _ | 52 seen | advmod |
| 50 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 52 seen | nsubj:pass |
| 51 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 52 seen | aux:pass |
| 52 | seen | see | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 58 stood | advcl |
| 53 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 52 seen | punct |
| 54 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 57 tree | det |
| 55 | juniper | juniper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 57 tree | compound |
| 56 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 55 juniper | punct |
| 57 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 58 stood | nsubj |
| 58 | stood | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 came | conj |
| 59 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 58 stood | advmod |
| 60 | as | as | ADV | _ | 61 before | advmod |
| 61 | before | before | ADV | _ | 58 stood | advmod |
| 62 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 71 gone | punct |
| 63 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 71 gone | cc |
| 64 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 66 handkerchief | det |
| 65 | silk | silk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 66 handkerchief | compound |
| 66 | handkerchief | handkerchief | NOUN | Number=Sing | 71 gone | nsubj |
| 67 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 69 bones | cc |
| 68 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 69 bones | det |
| 69 | bones | bone | NOUN | Number=Plur | 66 handkerchief | conj |
| 70 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 71 gone | cop |
| 71 | gone | gone | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 58 stood | parataxis |
| 72 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 came | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | past | the tree | after this mist | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme round tree=Initial_Location | ||||
| 2 | be | past | a burning fire | the midst of tree; there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in midst=Location | ||||
| 3 | burn | gerund | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 4 | fly | past | the fire | a beautiful bird | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location bird=Theme | ||||
| 5 | rise | past | a beautiful bird | the air | high property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into air=Initial_Location | |||
| 6 | sing speech: express | gerund | a beautiful bird not said here | magnificently property | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 7 | not see | could · passive | fire | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | |||||
| 8 | stand | past | the juniper tree | there | before property | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||
| 9 | is | past | the silk handkerchief and the bones | gone property | tree rules |
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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