Grimms' Fairy Tales, The King of the Golden Mountain, sentence 15
Meantime little Heinel grew up, and as the end of the twelve years drew near the merchant began to call to mind his bond, and became very sad and thoughtful; so that care and sorrow were written upon his face.
Who acts: Meantime little Heinel, merchant · What happens: grow up, draw, begin, call, mind, become · To what, where: bond, care · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Grimms' Fairy Tales» by Jacob Grimm, The King of the Golden Mountain. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Meantime little Heinel, merchant), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.
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The tree
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Meantime | meantime | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 Heinel | amod |
| 2 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 Heinel | amod |
| 3 | Heinel | Heinel | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 grew | nsubj |
| 4 | grew | grow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | up | up | ADP | _ | 4 grew | compound:prt |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 drew | punct |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 drew | cc |
| 8 | as | as | ADP | _ | 10 end | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 end | det |
| 10 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 drew | obl |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 years | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 years | det |
| 13 | twelve | twelve | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 14 years | nummod |
| 14 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 end | nmod |
| 15 | drew | draw | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 grew | conj |
| 16 | near | near | ADP | _ | 19 began | mark |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 merchant | det |
| 18 | merchant | merchant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 began | nsubj |
| 19 | began | begin | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 drew | advcl |
| 20 | to | to | PART | _ | 21 call | mark |
| 21 | call | call | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 19 began | xcomp |
| 22 | to | to | PART | _ | 23 mind | mark |
| 23 | mind | mind | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 21 call | xcomp |
| 24 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 25 bond | nmod:poss |
| 25 | bond | bond | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 mind | obj |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 became | punct |
| 27 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 28 became | cc |
| 28 | became | become | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 grew | conj |
| 29 | very | very | ADV | _ | 30 sad | advmod |
| 30 | sad | sad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 28 became | xcomp |
| 31 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 32 thoughtful | cc |
| 32 | thoughtful | thoughtful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 30 sad | conj |
| 33 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 40 written | punct |
| 34 | so | so | SCONJ | _ | 40 written | mark |
| 35 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 36 care | det |
| 36 | care | care | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 written | nsubj:pass |
| 37 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 38 sorrow | cc |
| 38 | sorrow | sorrow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 care | conj |
| 39 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 40 written | aux:pass |
| 40 | written | write | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 grew | conj |
| 41 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 43 face | case |
| 42 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 43 face | nmod:poss |
| 43 | face | face | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 written | obl |
| 44 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 grew | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grow up | past | Meantime little Heinel | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | draw | past | Meantime little Heinel not said here | as the end of the twelve years | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as end=Attribute | ||||
| 3 | begin | past | the merchant | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 4 | call | to-infinitive | the merchant not said here | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 5 | mind | to-infinitive | the merchant not said here | merchant's bond | vn caring-75.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bond=Theme | ||||
| 6 | become | past | Meantime little Heinel not said here | sad property | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 7 | write | past · passive | that care and sorrow | upon merchant's face | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 8 | bond | merchant | nom bond «phenomenon transitive»: poss=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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