Grimms' Fairy Tales, The Twelve Huntsmen, sentence 29

So next morning when the king had the twelve huntsmen called before him, and they came into the ante-chamber where the peas were lying, they stepped so firmly on them, and had such a strong, sure walk, that not one of the peas either rolled or stirred.

Who acts: king, huntsmen, peas · What happens: have, call, come, lie, step, roll · To what, where: twelve huntsmen, ante chamber, strong sure walk, peas · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Grimms' Fairy Tales» by Jacob Grimm, The Twelve Huntsmen. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (king, huntsmen, peas), 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	So	so	ADV	_	7 had	advmod
2	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 morning	amod
3	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 had	obl:unmarked
4	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	7 had	advmod
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 king	det
6	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 had	nsubj
7	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 huntsmen	det
9	twelve	twelve	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 huntsmen	nummod
10	huntsmen	huntsman	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 had	obj
11	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 huntsmen	acl
12	before	before	ADP	_	13 him	case
13	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 called	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 came	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 came	cc
16	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 came	nsubj
17	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 had	conj
18	into	into	ADP	_	22 chamber	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 chamber	det
20	ante	ante	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 chamber	compound
21	-	-	PUNCT	_	20 ante	punct
22	chamber	chamber	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 came	obl
23	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	27 lying	advmod
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 peas	det
25	peas	pea	NOUN	Number=Plur	27 lying	nsubj
26	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	27 lying	aux
27	lying	lie	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	22 chamber	acl:relcl
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	30 stepped	punct
29	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	30 stepped	nsubj
30	stepped	step	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 had	parataxis
31	so	so	ADV	_	32 firmly	advmod
32	firmly	firmly	ADV	_	30 stepped	advmod
33	on	on	ADP	_	34 them	case
34	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	30 stepped	obl
35	,	,	PUNCT	_	37 had	punct
36	and	and	CCONJ	_	37 had	cc
37	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	30 stepped	conj
38	such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	43 walk	det:predet
39	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	43 walk	det
40	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	43 walk	amod
41	,	,	PUNCT	_	40 strong	punct
42	sure	sure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	43 walk	amod
43	walk	walk	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 had	obj
44	,	,	PUNCT	_	47 one	punct
45	that	that	SCONJ	_	47 one	mark
46	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	47 one	advmod
47	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	37 had	parataxis
48	of	of	ADP	_	50 peas	case
49	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	50 peas	det
50	peas	pea	NOUN	Number=Plur	47 one	nmod
51	either	either	CCONJ	_	52 rolled	cc:preconj
52	rolled	roll	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	50 peas	acl
53	or	or	CCONJ	_	54 stirred	cc
54	stirred	stir	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	52 rolled	conj
55	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 had	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	the king	the twelve huntsmen		morning		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent huntsman=Patient
2	call	participle		the twelve huntsmen not said here		before king		vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	come	past	huntsmen = huntsman		the ante chamber			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into chamber=Initial_Location
4	lie	past · progressive	the peas					vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	step	past	peas = pea				on huntsmen = huntsman; firmly property	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on they=Trajectory
6	have	past	peas = pea not said here	such strong sure walk				vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent walk=Patient
7	roll	participle		the peas not said here				vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
8	stir	participle						vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: 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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