Grimms' Fairy Tales, Iron Hans, sentence 98

Then the wild man went back into the forest, and it was not long before a stable-boy came out of it, who led a horse that snorted with its nostrils, and could hardly be restrained, and behind them followed a great troop of warriors entirely equipped in iron, and their swords flashed in the sun. The youth made over his three-legged horse to the stable-boy, mounted the other, and rode at the head of the soldiers.

Who acts: wild man, forest, horse · What happens: go back, not be, come out, lead, snort, restrain · To what, where: forest, horse, great troop, warriors, iron, swords

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 (wild man, forest, horse), 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	5 went	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 man	det
3	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 man	amod
4	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 went	nsubj
5	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	back	back	ADV	_	5 went	advmod
7	into	into	ADP	_	9 forest	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 forest	det
9	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 went	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 came	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 long	cc
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 long	nsubj
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 long	cop
14	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 long	advmod
15	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	21 came	advmod
16	before	before	ADP	_	20 boy	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 boy	det
18	stable	stable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 boy	amod
19	-	-	PUNCT	_	18 stable	punct
20	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 came	obl
21	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 went	parataxis
22	out	out	ADP	_	24 it	case
23	of	of	ADP	_	24 it	case
24	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 came	obl
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 led	punct
26	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	27 led	nsubj
27	led	lead	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	21 came	conj
28	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	29 horse	det
29	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 led	obj
30	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	31 snorted	nsubj
31	snorted	snort	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	29 horse	acl:relcl
32	with	with	ADP	_	34 nostrils	case
33	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	34 nostrils	nmod:poss
34	nostrils	nostril	NOUN	Number=Plur	31 snorted	obl
35	,	,	PUNCT	_	40 restrained	punct
36	and	and	CCONJ	_	40 restrained	cc
37	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	40 restrained	aux
38	hardly	hardly	ADV	_	40 restrained	advmod
39	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	40 restrained	aux:pass
40	restrained	restrain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	27 led	conj
41	,	,	PUNCT	_	45 followed	punct
42	and	and	CCONJ	_	45 followed	cc
43	behind	behind	ADP	_	44 them	case
44	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	45 followed	obl
45	followed	follow	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 went	conj
46	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	48 troop	det
47	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	48 troop	amod
48	troop	troop	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 followed	obj
49	of	of	ADP	_	50 warriors	case
50	warriors	warrior	NOUN	Number=Plur	48 troop	nmod
51	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	52 equipped	advmod
52	equipped	equip	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	50 warriors	acl
53	in	in	ADP	_	54 iron	case
54	iron	iron	NOUN	Number=Sing	52 equipped	obl
55	,	,	PUNCT	_	59 flashed	punct
56	and	and	CCONJ	_	59 flashed	cc
57	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	58 swords	nmod:poss
58	swords	sword	NOUN	Number=Plur	59 flashed	nsubj:pass
59	flashed	flash	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 went	conj
60	in	in	ADP	_	62 sun.	case
61	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	62 sun.	det
62	sun.	sun.	NOUN	Number=Sing	59 flashed	obl
63	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	64 youth	det
64	youth	youth	NOUN	Number=Sing	62 sun.	appos
65	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	64 youth	acl
66	over	over	ADP	_	71 horse	case
67	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	71 horse	nmod:poss
68	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	70 legged	nummod
69	-	-	PUNCT	_	68 three	punct
70	legged	legged	ADJ	Degree=Pos	71 horse	amod
71	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	65 made	obl
72	to	to	ADP	_	76 boy	case
73	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	76 boy	det
74	stable	stable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	76 boy	amod
75	-	-	PUNCT	_	74 stable	punct
76	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	71 horse	nmod
77	,	,	PUNCT	_	78 mounted	punct
78	mounted	mount	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 went	conj
79	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	80 other	det
80	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	78 mounted	obj
81	,	,	PUNCT	_	83 rode	punct
82	and	and	CCONJ	_	83 rode	cc
83	rode	ride	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 went	conj
84	at	at	ADP	_	86 head	case
85	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	86 head	det
86	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	83 rode	obl
87	of	of	ADP	_	89 soldiers	case
88	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	89 soldiers	det
89	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	Number=Plur	86 head	nmod
90	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 went	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go back	past	the wild man		the forest	then		vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient
2	not is	past	forest				long property	tree rules
3	come out	past		forest		before a stable boy		vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient it=Result
4	lead	past		a horse				vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Theme
5	snort	past	a horse				with forest's nostrils	vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
6	restrain	could · passive					hardly property	vn discourage-64.5-1 «NP V S_ING»
7	follow	past	the wild man not said here	a great troop of warriors			behind men = man	vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent troop=Theme behind they=Trajectory
8	equip	participle		warriors not said here	iron		entirely property	vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent
9	flash	participle · passive		men's swords			in the sun.	vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: subject=Patient in sun.=Topic
10	make	participle		the youth not said here			over horse's legged horse to the stable boy	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
11	mount	past	the wild man not said here	the other				vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent other=Patient
12	ride	past	the wild man not said here		the head of the soldiers			vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=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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