Grimms' Fairy Tales, King Grisly-beard, sentence 13
But the old king was very angry when he saw how his daughter behaved, and how she ill-treated all his guests; and he vowed that, willing or unwilling, she should marry the first man, be he prince or beggar, that came to the door.
Who acts: old king, king, daughter, that · What happens: be, see, behave, treat, vow, marry · To what, where: daughter, that, first man, prince, door · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Grimms' Fairy Tales» by Jacob Grimm, King Grisly-beard. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (old king, king, daughter, that), 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 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 7 angry | cc |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 king | det |
| 3 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 king | amod |
| 4 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 angry | nsubj |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 angry | cop |
| 6 | very | very | ADV | _ | 7 angry | advmod |
| 7 | angry | angry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 8 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 10 saw | advmod |
| 9 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 saw | nsubj |
| 10 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 angry | parataxis |
| 11 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 14 behaved | advmod |
| 12 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 daughter | nmod:poss |
| 13 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 behaved | nsubj |
| 14 | behaved | behave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 saw | ccomp |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 treated | punct |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 treated | cc |
| 17 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 21 treated | advmod |
| 18 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 treated | nsubj:pass |
| 19 | ill | ill | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 treated | compound |
| 20 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 19 ill | punct |
| 21 | treated | treat | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 saw | conj |
| 22 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 24 guests | det:predet |
| 23 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 24 guests | nmod:poss |
| 24 | guests | guest | NOUN | Number=Plur | 21 treated | obj |
| 25 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 28 vowed | punct |
| 26 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 28 vowed | cc |
| 27 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 28 vowed | nsubj |
| 28 | vowed | vow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 angry | conj |
| 29 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 28 vowed | obj |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 willing | punct |
| 31 | willing | willing | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 28 vowed | parataxis |
| 32 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 33 unwilling | cc |
| 33 | unwilling | unwilling | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 31 willing | conj |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 marry | punct |
| 35 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 37 marry | nsubj |
| 36 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 37 marry | aux |
| 37 | marry | marry | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 28 vowed | conj |
| 38 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 man | det |
| 39 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 40 man | amod |
| 40 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 marry | obj |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 prince | punct |
| 42 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 44 prince | cop |
| 43 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 44 prince | nsubj |
| 44 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 marry | parataxis |
| 45 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 46 beggar | cc |
| 46 | beggar | beggar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 prince | conj |
| 47 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 49 came | punct |
| 48 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 49 came | nsubj |
| 49 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 44 prince | conj |
| 50 | to | to | ADP | _ | 52 door | case |
| 51 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 52 door | det |
| 52 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 came | obl |
| 53 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 angry | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the old king | angry property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | see | past | king | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 3 | behave | past | king's daughter | vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | treat | participle · passive | daughter | tree rules | |||||
| 5 | vow | past | king | that | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | marry | should | daughter | the first man | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Patient | ||||
| 7 | is a | infinitive | king | prince or beggar | tree rules | ||||
| 8 | come | past | that | the door | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to door=Initial_Location |
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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