Grimms' Fairy Tales, Iron Hans, sentence 86

The following day the king’s daughter again called to him that he was to bring her a wreath of field-flowers, and then he went in with it, she instantly snatched at his cap, and wanted to take it away from him, but he held it fast with both hands.

Who acts: boy, daughter · What happens: follow, call, be, go in, snatch, want · To what, where: following day, boy, cap, wreath · 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 (boy, daughter), 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	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 day	det
2	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 day	amod
3	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 called	nsubj:pass
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 king	det
5	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 daughter	nmod:poss
6	’s	's	PART	_	5 king	case
7	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 day	nmod
8	again	again	ADV	_	9 called	advmod
9	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
10	to	to	ADP	_	11 him	case
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 called	obl
12	that	that	SCONJ	_	16 bring	mark
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 bring	nsubj
14	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 bring	cop
15	to	to	PART	_	16 bring	mark
16	bring	bring	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 called	advcl
17	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 bring	obj
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 wreath	det
19	wreath	wreath	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 bring	obj
20	of	of	ADP	_	23 flowers	case
21	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 flowers	compound
22	-	-	PUNCT	_	21 field	punct
23	flowers	flower	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 wreath	nmod
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 went	punct
25	and	and	CCONJ	_	28 went	cc
26	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	28 went	advmod
27	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	28 went	nsubj
28	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 called	parataxis
29	in	in	ADV	_	28 went	advmod
30	with	with	ADP	_	31 it	case
31	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	28 went	obl
32	,	,	PUNCT	_	35 snatched	punct
33	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	35 snatched	nsubj
34	instantly	instantly	ADV	_	35 snatched	advmod
35	snatched	snatch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	28 went	conj
36	at	at	ADP	_	38 cap	case
37	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	38 cap	nmod:poss
38	cap	cap	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 snatched	obl
39	,	,	PUNCT	_	41 wanted	punct
40	and	and	CCONJ	_	41 wanted	cc
41	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	35 snatched	conj
42	to	to	PART	_	43 take	mark
43	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	41 wanted	xcomp
44	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	43 take	obj
45	away	away	ADV	_	43 take	advmod
46	from	from	ADP	_	47 him	case
47	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	43 take	obl
48	,	,	PUNCT	_	51 held	punct
49	but	but	CCONJ	_	51 held	cc
50	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	51 held	nsubj
51	held	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 called	conj
52	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	51 held	obj
53	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	51 held	advmod
54	with	with	ADP	_	56 hands	case
55	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	56 hands	det
56	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	51 held	obl
57	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 called	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	call speech: assert	participle · passive		the following day the king's daughter	boy		again		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Topic to he=Recipient
3	is	past	boy					bring property	tree rules
4	go in	past	boy				then	with wreath	vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with it=Beneficiary
5	snatch	past	daughter			boy's cap		instantly property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
6	want	past	daughter not said here						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
7	take away not said to happen	to-infinitive	daughter not said here	wreath				from boy; away property	vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent it=Theme from he=Initial_Location
8	hold	past	boy	wreath				with both hands; fast property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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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