Grimms' Fairy Tales, King Grisly-beard, sentence 62
All on a sudden, as she was going out, in came the king’s son in golden clothes; and when he saw a beautiful woman at the door, he took her by the hand, and said she should be his partner in the dance; but she trembled for fear, for she saw that it was King Grisly-beard, who was making sport of her.
Who acts: princess, son, fear, King Grisly beard · What happens: go out, come, see, take, say, be · To what, where: beautiful woman, door, princess, partner, dance, King Grisly beard · 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 (princess, son, fear, King Grisly beard), 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 | All | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 sudden | nsubj |
| 2 | on | on | ADP | _ | 4 sudden | case |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 sudden | det |
| 4 | sudden | sudden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 going | punct |
| 6 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 9 going | mark |
| 7 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 going | nsubj |
| 8 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 going | aux |
| 9 | going | go | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 sudden | conj |
| 10 | out | out | ADP | _ | 9 going | compound:prt |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 came | punct |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 came | case |
| 13 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 going | conj |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 king | det |
| 15 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 son | nmod:poss |
| 16 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 15 king | case |
| 17 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 came | nsubj |
| 18 | in | in | ADP | _ | 20 clothes | case |
| 19 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 clothes | amod |
| 20 | clothes | clothes | NOUN | Number=Ptan | 17 son | nmod |
| 21 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 25 saw | punct |
| 22 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 25 saw | cc |
| 23 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 25 saw | advmod |
| 24 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 25 saw | nsubj |
| 25 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 sudden | conj |
| 26 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 28 woman | det |
| 27 | beautiful | beautiful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 28 woman | amod |
| 28 | woman | woman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 saw | obj |
| 29 | at | at | ADP | _ | 31 door | case |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 door | det |
| 31 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 saw | obl |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 took | punct |
| 33 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 34 took | nsubj |
| 34 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 25 saw | parataxis |
| 35 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 34 took | obj |
| 36 | by | by | ADP | _ | 38 hand | case |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 hand | det |
| 38 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 took | obl |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 said | punct |
| 40 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 41 said | cc |
| 41 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 34 took | conj |
| 42 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 46 partner | nsubj |
| 43 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 46 partner | aux |
| 44 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 46 partner | cop |
| 45 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 46 partner | nmod:poss |
| 46 | partner | partner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 said | ccomp |
| 47 | in | in | ADP | _ | 49 dance | case |
| 48 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 49 dance | det |
| 49 | dance | dance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 partner | nmod |
| 50 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 53 trembled | punct |
| 51 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 53 trembled | cc |
| 52 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 53 trembled | nsubj |
| 53 | trembled | tremble | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 sudden | parataxis |
| 54 | for | for | ADP | _ | 55 fear | case |
| 55 | fear | fear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 53 trembled | obl |
| 56 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 59 saw | punct |
| 57 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 59 saw | mark |
| 58 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 59 saw | nsubj |
| 59 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 53 trembled | conj |
| 60 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 66 beard | mark |
| 61 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 66 beard | nsubj |
| 62 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 66 beard | cop |
| 63 | King | king | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 66 beard | amod |
| 64 | Grisly | grisly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 66 beard | amod |
| 65 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 64 Grisly | punct |
| 66 | beard | beard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 59 saw | obj |
| 67 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 70 making | punct |
| 68 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 70 making | nsubj |
| 69 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 70 making | aux |
| 70 | making | make | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 66 beard | advcl |
| 71 | sport | sport | NOUN | Number=Sing | 70 making | obj |
| 72 | of | of | ADP | _ | 73 her | case |
| 73 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 71 sport | nmod |
| 74 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 sudden | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go out | past · progressive | princess | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | come | past | the king's son in golden clothes | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | see | past | son | a beautiful woman | the door | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer woman=Stimulus | |||
| 4 | take | past | son | princess | by the hand | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument she=Destination | |||
| 5 | say speech: assert | past | son not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 6 | is a | should | princess | son's partner | the dance | tree rules | |||
| 7 | tremble | past | princess | for fear | vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 8 | see | past | princess | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 9 | is a | past | fear | King Grisly beard | tree rules | ||||
| 10 | make | past · progressive | King Grisly beard | sport of princess | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sport=Product | ||||
| 11 | sport | princess | nom sport «act intransitive»: of=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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