Grimms' Fairy Tales, Lily and the Lion, sentence 50

‘When you are half-way over, throw it down, and out of the waters will immediately spring up a high nut-tree on which the griffin will be able to rest, otherwise he would not have the strength to bear you the whole way; if, therefore, thou dost forget to throw down the nut, he will let you both fall into the sea.’

Who acts: you, half way, griffin, thou, both · What happens: be, throw down, spring up, rest, not have, bear · To what, where: half way, nut, high nut tree, waters, strength, you

This is a sentence of «Grimms' Fairy Tales» by Jacob Grimm, Lily and the Lion. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (you, half way, griffin, thou), 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	‘	'	PUNCT	_	7 way	punct
2	When	when	ADV	PronType=Int	7 way	advmod
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 way	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 way	cop
5	half	half	NOUN	Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac	7 way	compound
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 half	punct
7	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 throw	nsubj
8	over	over	ADV	_	7 way	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 way	punct
10	throw	throw	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 throw	obj
12	down	down	ADP	_	10 throw	compound:prt
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 spring	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 spring	cc
15	out	out	ADP	_	18 waters	case
16	of	of	ADP	_	18 waters	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 waters	det
18	waters	water	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 spring	obl
19	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	21 spring	aux
20	immediately	immediately	ADV	_	21 spring	advmod
21	spring	spring	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 throw	conj
22	up	up	ADP	_	21 spring	compound:prt
23	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	27 tree	det
24	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	27 tree	amod
25	nut	nut	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 tree	compound
26	-	-	PUNCT	_	25 nut	punct
27	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 spring	obj
28	on	on	ADP	_	29 which	case
29	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	34 able	obl
30	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	31 griffin	det
31	griffin	griffin	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 able	nsubj
32	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	34 able	aux
33	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	34 able	cop
34	able	able	ADJ	Degree=Pos	27 tree	acl
35	to	to	PART	_	36 rest	mark
36	rest	rest	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	34 able	xcomp
37	,	,	PUNCT	_	42 have	punct
38	otherwise	otherwise	ADV	_	42 have	advmod
39	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	42 have	nsubj
40	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	42 have	aux
41	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	42 have	advmod
42	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	36 rest	conj
43	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	44 strength	det
44	strength	strength	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 have	obj
45	to	to	PART	_	46 bear	mark
46	bear	bear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	44 strength	acl
47	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	46 bear	obj
48	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	50 way	det
49	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	50 way	amod
50	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 bear	obl:unmarked
51	;	;	PUNCT	_	57 dost	punct
52	if	if	SCONJ	_	54 therefore	mark
53	,	,	PUNCT	_	52 if	punct
54	therefore	therefore	ADV	_	57 dost	advcl
55	,	,	PUNCT	_	54 therefore	punct
56	thou	thou	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	57 dost	nsubj
57	dost	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 throw	parataxis
58	forget	forget	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	57 dost	xcomp
59	to	to	PART	_	60 throw	mark
60	throw	throw	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	58 forget	xcomp
61	down	down	ADP	_	60 throw	compound:prt
62	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	63 nut	det
63	nut	nut	NOUN	Number=Sing	60 throw	obj
64	,	,	PUNCT	_	67 let	punct
65	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	67 let	nsubj
66	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	67 let	aux
67	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	57 dost	conj
68	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	67 let	obj
69	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	70 fall	nsubj
70	fall	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	67 let	parataxis
71	into	into	ADP	_	73 sea	case
72	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	73 sea	det
73	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	70 fall	obl
74	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 throw	punct
75	’	'	PUNCT	_	10 throw	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a	present	you	half way		over property	tree rules
2	throw down	infinitive	half way	nut			vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
3	spring up	future	half way not said here	a high nut tree	the waters	immediately property	vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location tree=Theme
4	is	future	the griffin		a high nut tree	able property	tree rules
5	rest	to-infinitive	the griffin not said here				vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
6	not have	would	griffin	the strength		otherwise property	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent strength=Patient
7	bear	to-infinitive	griffin not said here	you		the whole way obl:unmarked	vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Patient
8	do	present	thou				tree rules
9	forget	infinitive	thou not said here				tree rules
10	not throw down	to-infinitive	thou not said here	the nut			vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nut=Theme
11	let	future	griffin	you			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme
12	fall	present	both			into the sea result	vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into sea=Result

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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