Grimms' Fairy Tales, The Water of Life, sentence 41
When he found himself safe, he was overjoyed to think that he had got the Water of Life; and as he was going on his way homewards, he passed by the little dwarf, who, when he saw the sword and the loaf, said, ‘You have made a noble prize; with the sword you can at a blow slay whole armies, and the bread will never fail you.’
Who acts: door, little dwarf, You, bread · What happens: find, overjoy, think, get, go, pass · To what, where: door, Water, way homewards, sword, noble prize, whole armies · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Grimms' Fairy Tales» by Jacob Grimm, The Water of Life. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (door, little dwarf, You, bread), 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 found | advmod |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 found | nsubj |
| 3 | found | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 32 passed | advcl |
| 4 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 3 found | obj |
| 5 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 found | xcomp |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 found | punct |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 overjoyed | nsubj |
| 8 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 overjoyed | aux:pass |
| 9 | overjoyed | overjoy | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 found | ccomp |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 think | mark |
| 11 | think | think | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 overjoyed | xcomp |
| 12 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 15 got | mark |
| 13 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 got | nsubj |
| 14 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 got | aux |
| 15 | got | get | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 11 think | ccomp |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 Water | det |
| 17 | Water | Water | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 got | obj |
| 18 | of | of | ADP | _ | 19 Life | case |
| 19 | Life | Life | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 Water | nmod |
| 20 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 25 going | punct |
| 21 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 25 going | cc |
| 22 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 25 going | mark |
| 23 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 25 going | nsubj |
| 24 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 25 going | aux |
| 25 | going | go | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 found | advcl |
| 26 | on | on | ADP | _ | 29 homewards | case |
| 27 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 29 homewards | nmod:poss |
| 28 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 homewards | compound |
| 29 | homewards | homeward | NOUN | Number=Plur | 25 going | obl |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 found | punct |
| 31 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 32 passed | nsubj |
| 32 | passed | pass | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 33 | by | by | ADP | _ | 36 dwarf | case |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 dwarf | det |
| 35 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 36 dwarf | amod |
| 36 | dwarf | dwarf | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 passed | obl |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 saw | punct |
| 38 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 42 saw | nsubj |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 saw | punct |
| 40 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 42 saw | advmod |
| 41 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 42 saw | nsubj |
| 42 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 36 dwarf | acl:relcl |
| 43 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 44 sword | det |
| 44 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 saw | obj |
| 45 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 47 loaf | cc |
| 46 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 47 loaf | det |
| 47 | loaf | loaf | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 sword | conj |
| 48 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 49 said | punct |
| 49 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 42 saw | conj |
| 50 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 54 made | punct |
| 51 | ‘ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 54 made | punct |
| 52 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 54 made | nsubj |
| 53 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 54 made | aux |
| 54 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 49 said | ccomp |
| 55 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 57 prize | det |
| 56 | noble | noble | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 57 prize | amod |
| 57 | prize | prize | NOUN | Number=Sing | 54 made | obj |
| 58 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 67 slay | punct |
| 59 | with | with | ADP | _ | 61 sword | case |
| 60 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 61 sword | det |
| 61 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | 67 slay | obl |
| 62 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 63 can | nsubj |
| 63 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 61 sword | acl:relcl |
| 64 | at | at | ADP | _ | 66 blow | case |
| 65 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 66 blow | det |
| 66 | blow | blow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 61 sword | nmod |
| 67 | slay | slay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 32 passed | parataxis |
| 68 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 69 armies | amod |
| 69 | armies | army | NOUN | Number=Plur | 67 slay | obj |
| 70 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 76 fail | punct |
| 71 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 76 fail | cc |
| 72 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 73 bread | det |
| 73 | bread | bread | NOUN | Number=Sing | 76 fail | nsubj |
| 74 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 76 fail | aux |
| 75 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 76 fail | advmod |
| 76 | fail | fail | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 67 slay | conj |
| 77 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 76 fail | obj |
| 78 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 32 passed | punct |
| 79 | ’ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 32 passed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find | past | door | door | safe property | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent himself=Attribute clause=Theme | |||
| 2 | overjoy | past · passive | door | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | think speech: other | to-infinitive | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | ||||||
| 4 | get | past · perfect | door | the Water of Life | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer water=Stimulus | ||||
| 5 | go | past · progressive | door | door's way homewards | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on homeward=Location | ||||
| 6 | pass | past | door | by the little dwarf | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by dwarf=Location | ||||
| 7 | see | past | the little dwarf | the sword and the loaf | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sword=Stimulus | ||||
| 8 | say speech: assert | past | the little dwarf not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 9 | make | present · perfect | You | a noble prize | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prize=Product | ||||
| 10 | slay | present | whole armies | with the sword at a blow | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent army=Patient with sword=Instrument | ||||
| 11 | not fail | future | the bread | you | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Eventuality |
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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