Grimms' Fairy Tales, Snow-white and Rose-red, sentence 105

Jacob was a pioneer in the study of German philology, and although Wilhelm’s work was hampered by poor health the brothers collaborated in the creation of a German dictionary, not completed until a century after their deaths.

Who acts: Jacob, poor health, brothers, Wilhelm, Grimm · What happens: be, hamper, collaborate, not complete, study, work · To what, where: pioneer, study, work, poor health, creation, German dictionary

This is a sentence of «Grimms' Fairy Tales» by Jacob Grimm, Snow-white and Rose-red. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Jacob, poor health, brothers, Wilhelm), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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The tree

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Jacob	Jacob	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 pioneer	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 pioneer	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 pioneer	det
4	pioneer	pioneer	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 study	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 study	det
7	study	study	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pioneer	nmod
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 philology	case
9	German	German	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 philology	amod
10	philology	philology	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 study	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 hampered	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 hampered	cc
13	although	although	SCONJ	_	18 hampered	mark
14	Wilhelm	Wilhelm	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 work	nmod:poss
15	’s	's	PART	_	14 Wilhelm	case
16	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 hampered	nsubj:pass
17	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 hampered	aux:pass
18	hampered	hamper	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 pioneer	conj
19	by	by	ADP	_	21 health	case
20	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 health	amod
21	health	health	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 hampered	obl
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 brothers	det
23	brothers	brother	NOUN	Number=Plur	24 collaborated	nsubj
24	collaborated	collaborate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	21 health	acl:relcl
25	in	in	ADP	_	27 creation	case
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 creation	det
27	creation	creation	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 collaborated	obl
28	of	of	ADP	_	31 dictionary	case
29	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	31 dictionary	det
30	German	German	ADJ	Degree=Pos	31 dictionary	amod
31	dictionary	dictionary	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 creation	nmod
32	,	,	PUNCT	_	34 completed	punct
33	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	34 completed	advmod
34	completed	complete	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	31 dictionary	acl
35	until	until	ADP	_	37 century	case
36	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	37 century	det
37	century	century	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 completed	obl
38	after	after	ADP	_	40 deaths	case
39	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	40 deaths	nmod:poss
40	deaths	death	NOUN	Number=Plur	34 completed	obl:agent
41	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 pioneer	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	is a	past	Jacob	a pioneer	the study of German philology		tree rules
2	hamper	past · passive	poor health	Wilhelm's work			vn discourage-64.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer subject=Eventuality
3	collaborate	past	the brothers	poor health not said here	the creation of a German dictionary		tree rules
4	not complete	participle		a German dictionary not said here		century	vn complete-55.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
5	study			German philology			nom study «act transitive»: of=patient
6	work		Wilhelm				nom work «act intransitive»: poss=agent
7	create			a German dictionary			nom creation «act transitive»: of=patient
8	die		Grimm				nom death «event intransitive»: poss=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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