Grimms' Fairy Tales, The King of the Golden Mountain, sentence 69
Now there was a sword that cut off an enemy’s head whenever the wearer gave the words, ‘Heads off!’; a cloak that made the owner invisible, or gave him any form he pleased; and a pair of boots that carried the wearer wherever he wished.
Who acts: sword, wearer, cloak, pair · What happens: cut off, give, make, be, carry, wish · To what, where: head, words, owner, form, wearer, pair
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 (sword, wearer, cloak, pair), 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 | Now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 3 was | advmod |
| 2 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 3 was | expl |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 44 pair | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 sword | det |
| 5 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 was | nsubj |
| 6 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 cut | nsubj |
| 7 | cut | cut | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 sword | acl:relcl |
| 8 | off | off | ADP | _ | 7 cut | compound:prt |
| 9 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 enemy | det |
| 10 | enemy | enemy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 head | nmod:poss |
| 11 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 10 enemy | case |
| 12 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 cut | obj |
| 13 | whenever | whenever | ADV | PronType=Rel | 16 gave | advmod |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 wearer | det |
| 15 | wearer | wearer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 gave | nsubj |
| 16 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 cut | conj |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 words | det |
| 18 | words | word | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 gave | obj |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 Heads | punct |
| 20 | ‘ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 21 Heads | punct |
| 21 | Heads | head | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 words | appos |
| 22 | off | off | ADV | _ | 21 Heads | advmod |
| 23 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 21 Heads | punct |
| 24 | ’ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 16 gave | punct |
| 25 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 27 cloak | punct |
| 26 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 27 cloak | det |
| 27 | cloak | cloak | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 sword | conj |
| 28 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 29 made | nsubj |
| 29 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 27 cloak | acl:relcl |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 owner | det |
| 31 | owner | owner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 made | obj |
| 32 | invisible | invisible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 29 made | xcomp |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 gave | punct |
| 34 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 35 gave | cc |
| 35 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 29 made | conj |
| 36 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 35 gave | iobj |
| 37 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 38 form | det |
| 38 | form | form | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 gave | obj |
| 39 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 40 pleased | nsubj |
| 40 | pleased | pleased | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 38 form | acl:relcl |
| 41 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 44 pair | punct |
| 42 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 44 pair | cc |
| 43 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 44 pair | det |
| 44 | pair | pair | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 45 | of | of | ADP | _ | 46 boots | case |
| 46 | boots | boot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 44 pair | nmod |
| 47 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 48 carried | nsubj |
| 48 | carried | carry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 44 pair | acl:relcl |
| 49 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 50 wearer | det |
| 50 | wearer | wearer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 carried | obj |
| 51 | wherever | wherever | ADV | PronType=Int | 53 wished | advmod |
| 52 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 53 wished | nsubj |
| 53 | wished | wish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 48 carried | conj |
| 54 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 44 pair | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cut off | past | a sword and a cloak | a enemy's head | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector head=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | give | past | the wearer | the words | whenever property | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Theme | |||
| 3 | make | past | a cloak | the owner | invisible property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset owner=Product | |||
| 4 | give | past | a cloak not said here | any form | wearer | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient form=Theme | |||
| 5 | is a | past | a pair | of boots | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | carry | past | a pair | the wearer | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wearer=Theme | ||||
| 7 | wish | past | wearer | wherever property | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot |
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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