Grimms' Fairy Tales, The Salad, sentence 3

Then he wanted to go his way; but she took hold of him, and said, ‘Listen, my friend, to what I am going to tell you; I will reward you for your kindness; go your way, and after a little time you will come to a tree where you will see nine birds sitting on a cloak.

Who acts: huntsman, woman, I, you, nine birds · What happens: want, go, take, say, listen, tell · To what, where: way, hold, friend, you, tree, nine birds · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Grimms' Fairy Tales» by Jacob Grimm, The Salad. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (huntsman, woman, I, you), 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	Then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 wanted	advmod
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 wanted	nsubj
3	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 go	mark
5	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 wanted	xcomp
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 way	nmod:poss
7	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 go	obj
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 took	punct
9	but	but	CCONJ	_	11 took	cc
10	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 took	nsubj
11	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 wanted	conj
12	hold	hold	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 took	obj
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 him	case
14	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 hold	nmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 said	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 said	cc
17	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 took	conj
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 Listen	punct
19	‘	'	PUNCT	_	20 Listen	punct
20	Listen	listen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 said	ccomp
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 friend	punct
22	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	23 friend	nmod:poss
23	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 Listen	obl
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	29 going	punct
25	to	to	SCONJ	_	29 going	mark
26	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	29 going	nsubj
27	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	29 going	nsubj
28	am	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	29 going	aux
29	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	20 Listen	advcl
30	to	to	PART	_	31 tell	mark
31	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	29 going	xcomp
32	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	31 tell	iobj
33	;	;	PUNCT	_	36 reward	punct
34	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	36 reward	nsubj
35	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	36 reward	aux
36	reward	reward	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 took	conj
37	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	36 reward	obj
38	for	for	ADP	_	40 kindness	case
39	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	40 kindness	nmod:poss
40	kindness	kindness	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 reward	obl
41	;	;	PUNCT	_	42 go	punct
42	go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 wanted	parataxis
43	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	44 way	nmod:poss
44	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 go	obj
45	,	,	PUNCT	_	53 come	punct
46	and	and	CCONJ	_	53 come	cc
47	after	after	ADP	_	50 time	case
48	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	50 time	det
49	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	50 time	amod
50	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 come	obl
51	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	53 come	nsubj
52	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	53 come	aux
53	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	42 go	conj
54	to	to	ADP	_	56 tree	case
55	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	56 tree	det
56	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 come	obl
57	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	60 see	advmod
58	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	60 see	nsubj
59	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	60 see	aux
60	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	56 tree	acl:relcl
61	nine	nine	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	62 birds	nummod
62	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	60 see	obj
63	sitting	sit	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	62 birds	acl
64	on	on	ADP	_	66 cloak	case
65	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	66 cloak	det
66	cloak	cloak	NOUN	Number=Sing	63 sitting	obl
67	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 wanted	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	huntsman				then		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	go not said to happen	to-infinitive	huntsman not said here	huntsman's way					vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location way=Theme
3	take	past	woman	hold of huntsman					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hold=Theme
4	say speech: assert	past	woman not said here						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
5	listen	infinitive		my friend					vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
6	go	present · progressive							vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
7	tell speech: assert	to-infinitive			you				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient
8	reward	future	I	you				for your kindness	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent you=Theme for kindness=Attribute
9	go	infinitive		your way					vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location way=Theme
10	come	future	you			a tree	time		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to tree=Initial_Location
11	see	future	you	nine birds					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bird=Stimulus
12	sit	gerund	nine birds not said here			a cloak			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on cloak=Location
13	hold			huntsman					nom hold «act transitive»: of=patient

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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