Grimms' Fairy Tales, The Seven Ravens, sentence 22

Now the little dwarf was getting their dinner ready, and he brought their food upon seven little plates, and their drink in seven little glasses, and set them upon the table, and out of each little plate their sister ate a small piece, and out of each little glass she drank a small drop; but she let the ring that she had brought with her fall into the last glass.

Who acts: little dwarf, dwarf, sister · What happens: get, bring, set, eat, drink, let · To what, where: dinner, food, masters, table, small piece, little plate

This is a sentence of «Grimms' Fairy Tales» by Jacob Grimm, The Seven Ravens. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (little dwarf, dwarf, sister), 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	4 dwarf	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 dwarf	det
3	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 dwarf	amod
4	dwarf	dwarf	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 getting	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 getting	aux
6	getting	get	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 dinner	nmod:poss
8	dinner	dinner	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 getting	obj
9	ready	ready	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 getting	xcomp
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 brought	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 brought	cc
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 brought	nsubj
13	brought	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 getting	conj
14	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 food	nmod:poss
15	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 brought	obj
16	upon	upon	ADP	_	19 plates	case
17	seven	seven	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	19 plates	nummod
18	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 plates	amod
19	plates	plate	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 brought	obl
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 drink	punct
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 drink	cc
22	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	23 drink	nmod:poss
23	drink	drink	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 getting	parataxis
24	in	in	ADP	_	27 glasses	case
25	seven	seven	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	27 glasses	nummod
26	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	27 glasses	amod
27	glasses	glass	NOUN	Number=Plur	23 drink	nmod
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	30 set	punct
29	and	and	CCONJ	_	30 set	cc
30	set	set	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 getting	conj
31	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	30 set	obj
32	upon	upon	ADP	_	34 table	case
33	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	34 table	det
34	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 set	obl
35	,	,	PUNCT	_	44 ate	punct
36	and	and	CCONJ	_	44 ate	cc
37	out	out	ADP	_	41 plate	case
38	of	of	ADP	_	41 plate	case
39	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	41 plate	det
40	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	41 plate	amod
41	plate	plate	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 ate	obl
42	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	43 sister	nmod:poss
43	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 ate	nsubj
44	ate	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 getting	parataxis
45	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	47 piece	det
46	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	47 piece	amod
47	piece	piece	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 ate	obj
48	,	,	PUNCT	_	54 glass	punct
49	and	and	CCONJ	_	54 glass	cc
50	out	out	ADP	_	54 glass	case
51	of	of	ADP	_	54 glass	case
52	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	54 glass	det
53	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	54 glass	amod
54	glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 ate	obl
55	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	56 drank	nsubj
56	drank	drink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	54 glass	acl:relcl
57	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	59 drop	det
58	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	59 drop	amod
59	drop	drop	NOUN	Number=Sing	56 drank	obj
60	;	;	PUNCT	_	63 let	punct
61	but	but	CCONJ	_	63 let	cc
62	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	63 let	nsubj
63	let	let	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	44 ate	conj
64	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	65 ring	det
65	ring	ring	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	63 let	xcomp
66	that	that	SCONJ	_	69 brought	mark
67	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	69 brought	nsubj
68	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	69 brought	aux
69	brought	bring	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	65 ring	ccomp
70	with	with	ADP	_	72 fall	case
71	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	72 fall	nmod:poss
72	fall	fall	NOUN	Number=Sing	69 brought	obl
73	into	into	ADP	_	76 glass	case
74	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	76 glass	det
75	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	76 glass	amod
76	glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	69 brought	obl
77	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 getting	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	get	past · progressive	the little dwarf	masters's dinner		ready property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer dinner=Stimulus
2	bring	past	dwarf	masters's food		upon seven little plates	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent food=Theme
3	set	infinitive	the little dwarf not said here	masters = master	the table		vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme upon table=Destination
4	eat	past	masters's sister	a small piece	each little plate	out each little glass	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent piece=Patient
5	drink	past	sister	a small drop			vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent drop=Patient
6	let	past	sister				tree rules
7	ring	infinitive	sister not said here				tree rules
8	bring	past · perfect	sister		the last glass	with sister's fall	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent into glass=Destination

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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