Grimms' Fairy Tales, The Travelling Musicians, sentence 45

At this the robber ran back as fast as he could to his comrades, and told the captain how a horrid witch had got into the house, and had spat at him and scratched his face with her long bony fingers; how a man with a knife in his hand had hidden himself behind the door, and stabbed him in the leg; how a black monster stood in the yard and struck him with a club, and how the devil had sat upon the top of the house and cried out, ‘Throw the rascal up here!’

Who acts: robber, horrid witch, black monster, devil · What happens: run back, tell, get, have, scratch, hide · To what, where: this, captain, house, spat, face, man · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Grimms' Fairy Tales» by Jacob Grimm, The Travelling Musicians. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (robber, horrid witch, black monster, devil), 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	At	at	ADP	_	2 this	case
2	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 ran	obl
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 robber	det
4	robber	robber	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 ran	nsubj
5	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	back	back	ADV	_	8 fast	advmod
7	as	as	ADV	_	8 fast	advmod
8	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 ran	advmod
9	as	as	SCONJ	_	11 could	mark
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 could	nsubj
11	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 fast	advcl
12	to	to	ADP	_	14 comrades	case
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 comrades	nmod:poss
14	comrades	comrade	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 could	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 told	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 told	cc
17	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 ran	conj
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 captain	det
19	captain	captain	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 told	obj
20	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	25 got	advmod
21	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	23 witch	det
22	horrid	horrid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 witch	amod
23	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 got	nsubj
24	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	25 got	aux
25	got	get	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	17 told	ccomp
26	into	into	ADP	_	28 house	case
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 house	det
28	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 got	obl
29	,	,	PUNCT	_	31 had	punct
30	and	and	CCONJ	_	31 had	cc
31	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 ran	conj
32	spat	spat	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 had	obj
33	at	at	ADP	_	34 him	case
34	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	31 had	obl
35	and	and	CCONJ	_	36 scratched	cc
36	scratched	scratch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	31 had	conj
37	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	38 face	nmod:poss
38	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 scratched	obj
39	with	with	ADP	_	43 fingers	case
40	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	43 fingers	nmod:poss
41	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	43 fingers	amod
42	bony	bony	ADJ	Degree=Pos	43 fingers	amod
43	fingers	finger	NOUN	Number=Plur	36 scratched	obl
44	;	;	PUNCT	_	55 hidden	punct
45	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	55 hidden	advmod
46	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	47 man	det
47	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 hidden	nsubj:pass
48	with	with	ADP	_	50 knife	case
49	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	50 knife	det
50	knife	knife	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 man	nmod
51	in	in	ADP	_	53 hand	case
52	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	53 hand	nmod:poss
53	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 knife	nmod
54	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	55 hidden	aux
55	hidden	hide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 ran	conj
56	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	55 hidden	obj
57	behind	behind	ADP	_	59 door	case
58	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	59 door	det
59	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 hidden	obl
60	,	,	PUNCT	_	62 stabbed	punct
61	and	and	CCONJ	_	62 stabbed	cc
62	stabbed	stab	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 ran	conj
63	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	62 stabbed	obj
64	in	in	ADP	_	66 leg	case
65	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	66 leg	det
66	leg	leg	NOUN	Number=Sing	62 stabbed	obl
67	;	;	PUNCT	_	72 stood	punct
68	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	72 stood	advmod
69	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	71 monster	det
70	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	71 monster	amod
71	monster	monster	NOUN	Number=Sing	72 stood	nsubj
72	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 ran	conj
73	in	in	ADP	_	75 yard	case
74	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	75 yard	det
75	yard	yard	NOUN	Number=Sing	72 stood	obl
76	and	and	CCONJ	_	77 struck	cc
77	struck	strike	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	72 stood	conj
78	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	77 struck	obj
79	with	with	ADP	_	81 club	case
80	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	81 club	det
81	club	club	NOUN	Number=Sing	77 struck	obl
82	,	,	PUNCT	_	88 sat	punct
83	and	and	CCONJ	_	88 sat	cc
84	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	88 sat	advmod
85	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	86 devil	det
86	devil	Devil	PROPN	Number=Sing	88 sat	nsubj
87	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	88 sat	aux
88	sat	sit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 ran	parataxis
89	upon	upon	ADP	_	91 top	case
90	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	91 top	det
91	top	top	NOUN	Number=Sing	88 sat	obl
92	of	of	ADP	_	94 house	case
93	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	94 house	det
94	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	91 top	nmod
95	and	and	CCONJ	_	96 cried	cc
96	cried	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	88 sat	conj
97	out	out	ADP	_	96 cried	compound:prt
98	,	,	PUNCT	_	100 Throw	punct
99	‘	'	PUNCT	_	100 Throw	punct
100	Throw	throw	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	96 cried	ccomp
101	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	102 rascal	det
102	rascal	rascal	NOUN	Number=Sing	100 Throw	obj
103	up	up	ADP	_	100 Throw	compound:prt
104	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	100 Throw	advmod
105	!	!	PUNCT	_	100 Throw	punct
106	’	'	PUNCT	_	5 ran	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	run back	past	the robber		this	fast property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at this=Trajectory
2	tell speech: assert	past	the robber not said here	the captain			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent captain=Recipient clause=Topic
3	get	past · perfect	a horrid witch		the house		vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into house=Destination
4	have	past	the robber not said here	spat		at cat	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spat=Patient
5	scratch	past	the robber not said here	cat's face		with witch's long bony fingers	vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent face=Patient with finger=Instrument
6	hide	past · perfect · passive		a man with a knife in cat's hand	the door		tree rules
7	stab	past	the robber not said here	cat	the leg		vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Patient in leg=Location
8	stand	past	a black monster			in the yard	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in yard=Location
9	strike	past	a black monster not said here	cat		with a club	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent he=Patient with club=Instrument
10	sit	past · perfect	the devil		the top of the house		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent upon top=Location
11	cry out speech: express	past	the devil not said here				vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
12	throw up	infinitive		the rascal	here		vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent rascal=Theme

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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