Grimms' Fairy Tales, Iron Hans, sentence 218
Then he got hold of the fur and tore it off, and her golden hair and beautiful form were seen, and she could no longer hide herself: so she washed the soot and ashes from her face, and showed herself to be the most beautiful princess upon the face of the earth.
Who acts: king, dance · What happens: get, tore off, see, hide, wash, show · To what, where: hold, golden hair, dance, soot, face, beautiful princess · 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 (king, dance), 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 got | advmod |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 got | nsubj |
| 3 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | hold | hold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 got | obj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 fur | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 fur | det |
| 7 | fur | fur | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 hold | nmod |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 tore | cc |
| 9 | tore | tore | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 got | conj |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 tore | obj |
| 11 | off | off | ADP | _ | 9 tore | compound:prt |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 seen | punct |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 seen | cc |
| 14 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 hair | nmod:poss |
| 15 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 hair | amod |
| 16 | hair | hair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 seen | nsubj |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 form | cc |
| 18 | beautiful | beautiful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 form | amod |
| 19 | form | form | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 hair | conj |
| 20 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 21 seen | aux:pass |
| 21 | seen | see | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 got | advcl |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 hide | punct |
| 23 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 28 hide | cc |
| 24 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 28 hide | nsubj |
| 25 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 28 hide | aux |
| 26 | no | no | ADV | _ | 27 longer | advmod |
| 27 | longer | long | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 28 hide | advmod |
| 28 | hide | hide | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 21 seen | conj |
| 29 | herself | herself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 28 hide | obj |
| 30 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 33 washed | punct |
| 31 | so | so | ADV | _ | 33 washed | advmod |
| 32 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 33 washed | nsubj |
| 33 | washed | wash | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 got | conj |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 soot | det |
| 35 | soot | soot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 washed | obj |
| 36 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 37 ashes | cc |
| 37 | ashes | ash | NOUN | Number=Plur | 35 soot | conj |
| 38 | from | from | ADP | _ | 40 face | case |
| 39 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 40 face | nmod:poss |
| 40 | face | face | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 washed | obl |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 showed | punct |
| 42 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 43 showed | cc |
| 43 | showed | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 33 washed | conj |
| 44 | herself | herself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 43 showed | obj |
| 45 | to | to | PART | _ | 50 princess | mark |
| 46 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 50 princess | cop |
| 47 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 50 princess | det |
| 48 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 49 beautiful | advmod |
| 49 | beautiful | beautiful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 50 princess | amod |
| 50 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 showed | ccomp |
| 51 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 53 face | case |
| 52 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 53 face | det |
| 53 | face | face | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 princess | nmod |
| 54 | of | of | ADP | _ | 56 earth | case |
| 55 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 56 earth | det |
| 56 | earth | earth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 53 face | nmod |
| 57 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 got | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | king | hold of the fur | then | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer hold=Stimulus | |||
| 2 | tore off | past | king not said here | hold | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | see | past · passive | dance's golden hair and beautiful form | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | |||||
| 4 | hide | could | dance | dance | long property | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent herself=Patient | |||
| 5 | wash | past | dance | the soot and ashes | dance's face | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent soot=Theme from face=Source | |||
| 6 | show | past | dance not said here | dance | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent herself=Recipient | ||||
| 7 | is a | to-infinitive | the beautiful princess | upon the face of the earth | tree rules | ||||
| 8 | hold | the fur | 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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