Grimms' Fairy Tales, The Raven, sentence 72

When he saw that it was impossible to reach her, he was greatly grieved, and said to himself, ‘I will remain here and wait for her,’ so he built himself a little hut, and there he sat and watched for a whole year, and every day he saw the king’s daughter driving round her castle, but still was unable to get nearer to her.

Who acts: castle, I, daughter · What happens: see, be, reach, grieve, say, remain · To what, where: Stromberg, castle, daughter · Speech: someone speaks here

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 (castle, I, daughter), 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	When	when	ADV	PronType=Int	3 saw	advmod
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 saw	nsubj
3	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 said	advcl
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 impossible	mark
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 impossible	expl
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 impossible	cop
7	impossible	impossible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 saw	ccomp
8	to	to	PART	_	9 reach	mark
9	reach	reach	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 impossible	csubj
10	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 reach	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 saw	punct
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 grieved	nsubj
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 grieved	aux:pass
14	greatly	greatly	ADV	_	15 grieved	advmod
15	grieved	grieve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 saw	conj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 said	punct
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 said	cc
18	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
19	to	to	ADP	_	20 himself	case
20	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	18 said	obl
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 remain	punct
22	‘	'	PUNCT	_	25 remain	punct
23	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	25 remain	nsubj
24	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	25 remain	aux
25	remain	remain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	18 said	ccomp
26	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	25 remain	advmod
27	and	and	CCONJ	_	28 wait	cc
28	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	25 remain	conj
29	for	for	ADP	_	30 her	case
30	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	28 wait	obl
31	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 remain	punct
32	’	'	PUNCT	_	18 said	punct
33	so	so	ADV	_	35 built	advmod
34	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	35 built	nsubj
35	built	build	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 said	advcl
36	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	35 built	obj
37	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	39 hut	det
38	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	39 hut	amod
39	hut	hut	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 built	obj
40	,	,	PUNCT	_	44 sat	punct
41	and	and	CCONJ	_	44 sat	cc
42	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	44 sat	expl
43	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	44 sat	nsubj
44	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 said	conj
45	and	and	CCONJ	_	46 watched	cc
46	watched	watch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	44 sat	conj
47	for	for	ADP	_	50 year	case
48	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	50 year	det
49	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	50 year	amod
50	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 watched	obl
51	,	,	PUNCT	_	56 saw	punct
52	and	and	CCONJ	_	56 saw	cc
53	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	54 day	det
54	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	56 saw	obl:unmarked
55	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	56 saw	nsubj
56	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	44 sat	conj
57	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	58 king	det
58	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	60 daughter	nmod:poss
59	’s	's	PART	_	58 king	case
60	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	56 saw	obj
61	driving	drive	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	60 daughter	acl
62	round	round	ADP	_	64 castle	case
63	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	64 castle	nmod:poss
64	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	61 driving	obl
65	,	,	PUNCT	_	69 unable	punct
66	but	but	CCONJ	_	69 unable	cc
67	still	still	ADV	_	69 unable	advmod
68	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	69 unable	cop
69	unable	unable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	56 saw	conj
70	to	to	PART	_	71 get	mark
71	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	69 unable	xcomp
72	nearer	near	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	71 get	xcomp
73	to	to	ADP	_	74 her	case
74	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	72 nearer	obl
75	.	.	PUNCT	_	18 said	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	past	castle						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	is	past						impossible property	tree rules
3	reach	to-infinitive		Stromberg					vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent she=Theme
4	grieve	past · passive		castle				greatly property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer
5	say speech: assert	past			castle				vn indicate-78-1 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Pivot to himself=Experiencer clause=Topic
6	remain	future	I			here			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
7	wait	infinitive	I not said here					for Stromberg	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
8	build	past	castle	castle					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset himself=Beneficiary hut=Product
9	sit	past	castle			there			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
10	watch	past	castle not said here				year		vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent
11	see	past	castle	the king's daughter			day		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer daughter=Stimulus
12	drive	gerund	the king's daughter not said here			Stromberg's castle			vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent round castle=Trajectory
13	is	past	castle not said here				still	unable property	tree rules
14	get	to-infinitive	castle not said here					near property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=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.

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