Grimms' Fairy Tales, Iron Hans, sentence 207
Whilst the cook was above stairs, she got the golden necklace and dropped it into the soup; then it was brought to the king, who ate it, and it pleased him as well as before; so he sent for the cook, who was again forced to tell him that Cat-skin had cooked it.
Who acts: dance, king, cook · What happens: be, get, drop, bring, eat, send · To what, where: stairs, golden necklace, necklace, soup, king, cook · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Grimms' Fairy Tales» by Jacob Grimm, Iron Hans. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (dance, king, cook), 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 | Whilst | whilst | SCONJ | _ | 3 cook | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 cook | det |
| 3 | cook | cook | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 got | obl |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 stairs | cop |
| 5 | above | above | ADP | _ | 6 stairs | case |
| 6 | stairs | stair | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 cook | conj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 cook | punct |
| 8 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 got | nsubj |
| 9 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 necklace | det |
| 11 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 necklace | amod |
| 12 | necklace | necklace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 got | obj |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 dropped | cc |
| 14 | dropped | drop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 got | conj |
| 15 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 dropped | obj |
| 16 | into | into | ADP | _ | 18 soup | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 soup | det |
| 18 | soup | soup | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 dropped | obl |
| 19 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 23 brought | punct |
| 20 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 23 brought | advmod |
| 21 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 23 brought | nsubj:pass |
| 22 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 23 brought | aux:pass |
| 23 | brought | bring | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 got | parataxis |
| 24 | to | to | ADP | _ | 26 king | case |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 king | det |
| 26 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 brought | obl |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 ate | punct |
| 28 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 29 ate | nsubj |
| 29 | ate | eat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 26 king | acl:relcl |
| 30 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 29 ate | obj |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 pleased | punct |
| 32 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 34 pleased | cc |
| 33 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 34 pleased | nsubj |
| 34 | pleased | pleased | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 23 brought | conj |
| 35 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 34 pleased | nsubj |
| 36 | as | as | ADV | ExtPos=ADV | 34 pleased | advmod |
| 37 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 36 as | fixed |
| 38 | as | as | ADP | _ | 39 before | case |
| 39 | before | before | ADV | _ | 36 as | conj |
| 40 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 43 sent | punct |
| 41 | so | so | ADV | _ | 43 sent | advmod |
| 42 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 43 sent | nsubj |
| 43 | sent | send | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 got | conj |
| 44 | for | for | ADP | _ | 46 cook | case |
| 45 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 46 cook | det |
| 46 | cook | cook | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 sent | obl |
| 47 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 51 forced | punct |
| 48 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 51 forced | nsubj:pass |
| 49 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 51 forced | aux:pass |
| 50 | again | again | ADV | _ | 51 forced | advmod |
| 51 | forced | force | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 46 cook | acl:relcl |
| 52 | to | to | PART | _ | 53 tell | mark |
| 53 | tell | tell | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 51 forced | xcomp |
| 54 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 53 tell | iobj |
| 55 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 58 skin | det |
| 56 | Cat | cat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 58 skin | compound |
| 57 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 56 Cat | punct |
| 58 | skin | skin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 60 cooked | nsubj:pass |
| 59 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 60 cooked | aux |
| 60 | cooked | cook | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 53 tell | ccomp |
| 61 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 60 cooked | obj |
| 62 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 got | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | dance not said here | stairs | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | get | past | dance | the golden necklace | whilst the cook and stairs | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer necklace=Stimulus | |||
| 3 | drop | past | dance not said here | necklace | the soup | vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme into soup=Destination | |||
| 4 | bring | past · passive | soup | the king | then | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to king=Destination | |||
| 5 | eat | past | the king | soup | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | ||||
| 6 | send | past | king | for the cook | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 7 | force | past · passive | the cook | again | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 8 | tell speech: assert | to-infinitive | the cook not said here | king | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 9 | cook | past · perfect · passive | that Cat skin | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: subject=Beneficiary it=Product |
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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