Grimms' Fairy Tales, Iron Hans, sentence 67
Once when it so happened that no one else was at hand, the cook ordered him to carry the food to the royal table, but as he did not like to let his golden hair be seen, he kept his little cap on.
Who acts: it, one, cook, son, golden hair · What happens: happen, be, order, carry, not like, let · To what, where: hand, son, food, royal table, golden hair, little cap
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 (it, one, cook, son), 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 | Once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 5 happened | advmod |
| 2 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 happened | advmod |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 happened | nsubj |
| 4 | so | so | ADV | _ | 5 happened | advmod |
| 5 | happened | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 12 hand | mark |
| 7 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 8 one | det |
| 8 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 hand | nsubj |
| 9 | else | else | ADV | _ | 8 one | advmod |
| 10 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 hand | cop |
| 11 | at | at | ADP | _ | 12 hand | case |
| 12 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 happened | xcomp |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 ordered | punct |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 cook | det |
| 15 | cook | cook | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 ordered | nsubj |
| 16 | ordered | order | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 hand | advcl |
| 17 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 ordered | obj |
| 18 | to | to | PART | _ | 19 carry | mark |
| 19 | carry | carry | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 16 ordered | xcomp |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 food | det |
| 21 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 carry | obj |
| 22 | to | to | ADP | _ | 25 table | case |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 table | det |
| 24 | royal | royal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 25 table | amod |
| 25 | table | table | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 carry | obl |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 like | punct |
| 27 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 32 like | cc |
| 28 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 32 like | mark |
| 29 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 32 like | nsubj |
| 30 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 32 like | aux |
| 31 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 32 like | advmod |
| 32 | like | like | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 happened | conj |
| 33 | to | to | PART | _ | 34 let | mark |
| 34 | let | let | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 32 like | xcomp |
| 35 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 37 hair | nmod:poss |
| 36 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 37 hair | amod |
| 37 | hair | hair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 let | obj |
| 38 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 39 seen | aux:pass |
| 39 | seen | see | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 34 let | xcomp |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 kept | punct |
| 41 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 42 kept | nsubj |
| 42 | kept | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 happened | conj |
| 43 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 45 cap | nmod:poss |
| 44 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 45 cap | amod |
| 45 | cap | cap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 kept | obj |
| 46 | on | on | ADV | _ | 42 kept | advmod |
| 47 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 happened | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | past | it | once property | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is | past | no one | hand | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | order | past | the cook | son | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 4 | carry not said to happen | to-infinitive | the cook not said here | the food | the royal table | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent food=Theme to table=Destination | |||
| 5 | not like | past · do-support | son | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 6 | let not said to happen | to-infinitive | son not said here | son's golden hair | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | see | infinitive · passive | son's golden hair not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V» | |||||
| 8 | keep | past | son | son's little cap | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cap=Theme |
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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