Grimms' Fairy Tales, The Four Clever Brothers, sentence 56
And the king then gave to each half a kingdom, as he had said; and they lived very happily the rest of their days, and took good care of their father; and somebody took better care of the young lady, than to let either the dragon or one of the craftsmen have her again.
Who acts: king, brothers, somebody, dragon, father, young lady · What happens: give, say, live, take, let, have · To what, where: kingdom, rest, good care, better care, lady · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Grimms' Fairy Tales» by Jacob Grimm, The Four Clever Brothers. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (king, brothers, somebody, dragon), 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 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 gave | cc |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 king | det |
| 3 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 gave | nsubj |
| 4 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 5 gave | advmod |
| 5 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 each | case |
| 7 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 half | obl |
| 8 | half | half | DET | NumForm=Word NumType=Frac PronType=Ind | 10 kingdom | det:predet |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 kingdom | det |
| 10 | kingdom | kingdom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 gave | obj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 said | punct |
| 12 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 15 said | mark |
| 13 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 said | nsubj |
| 14 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 said | aux |
| 15 | said | say | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 5 gave | conj |
| 16 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 19 lived | punct |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 lived | cc |
| 18 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 lived | nsubj |
| 19 | lived | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 gave | conj |
| 20 | very | very | ADV | _ | 21 happily | advmod |
| 21 | happily | happily | ADV | _ | 19 lived | advmod |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 rest | det |
| 23 | rest | rest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 lived | obj |
| 24 | of | of | ADP | _ | 26 days | case |
| 25 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 26 days | nmod:poss |
| 26 | days | day | NOUN | Number=Plur | 23 rest | nmod |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 took | punct |
| 28 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 29 took | cc |
| 29 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 lived | conj |
| 30 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 31 care | amod |
| 31 | care | care | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 took | obj |
| 32 | of | of | ADP | _ | 34 father | case |
| 33 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 34 father | nmod:poss |
| 34 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 care | nmod |
| 35 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 38 took | punct |
| 36 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 38 took | cc |
| 37 | somebody | somebody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 38 took | nsubj |
| 38 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 gave | conj |
| 39 | better | good | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 40 care | amod |
| 40 | care | care | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 took | obj |
| 41 | of | of | ADP | _ | 44 lady | case |
| 42 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 44 lady | det |
| 43 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 44 lady | amod |
| 44 | lady | lady | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 care | nmod |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 48 let | punct |
| 46 | than | than | SCONJ | _ | 48 let | mark |
| 47 | to | to | PART | _ | 48 let | mark |
| 48 | let | let | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 38 took | parataxis |
| 49 | either | either | CCONJ | _ | 51 dragon | cc:preconj |
| 50 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 51 dragon | det |
| 51 | dragon | dragon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 57 have | nsubj |
| 52 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 53 one | cc |
| 53 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 51 dragon | conj |
| 54 | of | of | ADP | _ | 56 craftsmen | case |
| 55 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 56 craftsmen | det |
| 56 | craftsmen | craftsman | NOUN | Number=Plur | 53 one | nmod |
| 57 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 48 let | parataxis |
| 58 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 57 have | obj |
| 59 | again | again | ADV | _ | 57 have | advmod |
| 60 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 gave | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | past | the king | half kingdom | then | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kingdom=Theme | |||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past · perfect | king | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | live | past | brothers = brother | the rest of brothers's days | happily property | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme rest=Location | |||
| 4 | take | past | brothers = brother not said here | good care of brothers's father | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent care=Theme | ||||
| 5 | take | past | somebody | better care of the young lady | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent care=Theme | ||||
| 6 | let | to-infinitive | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 7 | have | present | the dragon | lady | again | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient | |||
| 8 | care | brothers's father | nom care «act intransitive»: of=agent | ||||||
| 9 | care | the young lady | nom care «act intransitive»: of=agent |
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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