Grimms' Fairy Tales, The Raven, sentence 40
Finally, she laid a letter near him, in which, after giving him particulars of the food and drink she had left for him, she finished with the following words: ‘I see that as long as you remain here you will never be able to set me free; if, however, you still wish to do so, come to the golden castle of Stromberg; this is well within your power to accomplish.’
Who acts: woman, I, you, this · What happens: lay, give, leave, finish, follow, see · To what, where: letter, particulars, man, food, that, me
This is a sentence of «Grimms' Fairy Tales» by Jacob Grimm, The Raven. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (woman, I, you, this), 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 | Finally | finally | ADV | _ | 4 laid | advmod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Finally | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 laid | nsubj |
| 4 | laid | lay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 79 power | advcl |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 letter | det |
| 6 | letter | letter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 laid | obj |
| 7 | near | near | ADP | _ | 8 him | case |
| 8 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 laid | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 which | punct |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 which | case |
| 11 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 4 laid | obj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 giving | punct |
| 13 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 14 giving | mark |
| 14 | giving | give | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 laid | advcl |
| 15 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 giving | iobj |
| 16 | particulars | particular | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 giving | obj |
| 17 | of | of | ADP | _ | 19 food | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 food | det |
| 19 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 particulars | nmod |
| 20 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 drink | cc |
| 21 | drink | drink | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 food | conj |
| 22 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 left | nsubj |
| 23 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 24 left | aux |
| 24 | left | leave | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 19 food | acl:relcl |
| 25 | for | for | ADP | _ | 26 him | case |
| 26 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 left | obl |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 finished | punct |
| 28 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 29 finished | nsubj |
| 29 | finished | finish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 laid | conj |
| 30 | with | with | ADP | _ | 33 words | case |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 words | det |
| 32 | following | follow | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 33 words | amod |
| 33 | words | word | NOUN | Number=Plur | 29 finished | obl |
| 34 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 37 see | punct |
| 35 | ‘ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 37 see | punct |
| 36 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 37 see | nsubj |
| 37 | see | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 29 finished | conj |
| 38 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 37 see | obj |
| 39 | as | as | ADV | _ | 40 long | advmod |
| 40 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | 37 see | advmod |
| 41 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 43 remain | mark |
| 42 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 43 remain | nsubj |
| 43 | remain | remain | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 40 long | advcl |
| 44 | here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | 43 remain | advmod |
| 45 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 49 able | nsubj |
| 46 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 49 able | aux |
| 47 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 49 able | advmod |
| 48 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 49 able | cop |
| 49 | able | able | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 43 remain | parataxis |
| 50 | to | to | PART | _ | 51 set | mark |
| 51 | set | set | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 49 able | xcomp |
| 52 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 51 set | obj |
| 53 | free | free | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 51 set | xcomp |
| 54 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 61 wish | punct |
| 55 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 57 however | mark |
| 56 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 57 however | punct |
| 57 | however | however | ADV | _ | 61 wish | advcl |
| 58 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 57 however | punct |
| 59 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 61 wish | nsubj |
| 60 | still | still | ADV | _ | 61 wish | advmod |
| 61 | wish | wish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 laid | conj |
| 62 | to | to | PART | _ | 63 do | mark |
| 63 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 61 wish | xcomp |
| 64 | so | so | ADV | _ | 63 do | advmod |
| 65 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 66 come | punct |
| 66 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 63 do | conj |
| 67 | to | to | ADP | _ | 70 castle | case |
| 68 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 70 castle | det |
| 69 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 70 castle | amod |
| 70 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 66 come | obl |
| 71 | of | of | ADP | _ | 72 Stromberg | case |
| 72 | Stromberg | Stromberg | PROPN | Number=Sing | 70 castle | nmod |
| 73 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 4 laid | punct |
| 74 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 79 power | nsubj |
| 75 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 79 power | cop |
| 76 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 79 power | advmod |
| 77 | within | within | ADP | _ | 79 power | case |
| 78 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 79 power | nmod:poss |
| 79 | power | power | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 80 | to | to | PART | _ | 81 accomplish | mark |
| 81 | accomplish | accomplish | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 79 power | acl |
| 82 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 79 power | punct |
| 83 | ’ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 79 power | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lay | past | woman | a letter | near man; finally property | vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent letter=Theme which=Destination | |||
| 2 | give | gerund | woman not said here | particulars of the food and drink | man | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient particular=Theme | |||
| 3 | leave | past · perfect | woman | the food and drink not said here | for man | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent food=Theme for he=Recipient | |||
| 4 | finish | past | woman | with the following words | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality PP.subeventuality»: agent=Affector with word=Subeventuality | ||||
| 5 | follow | gerund | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 6 | see | present | I | that | long property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer that=Stimulus | |||
| 7 | remain | present | you | here | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 8 | not is | future | you | able property | tree rules | ||||
| 9 | set | to-infinitive | you not said here | me | free property | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient i=Result | |||
| 10 | wish | present | you | still | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | ||||
| 11 | do not said to happen | to-infinitive | you not said here | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 12 | come | infinitive | you not said here | the golden castle of Stromberg | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to castle=Initial_Location | ||||
| 13 | is | present | this | within your power; well property | tree rules | ||||
| 14 | accomplish | to-infinitive | vn complete-55.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=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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