Grimms' Fairy Tales, Snow-white and Rose-red, sentence 36

Henceforth the bear came every evening at the same time, laid himself down by the hearth, and let the children amuse themselves with him as much as they liked; and they got so used to him that the doors were never fastened until their black friend had arrived.

Who acts: bear, children, black friend · What happens: come, lay down, let, amuse, like, get · To what, where: bear, children, doors

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 (bear, children, black friend), 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	Henceforth	henceforth	ADV	_	4 came	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 bear	det
3	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 came	nsubj
4	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	6 evening	det
6	evening	evening	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 came	obl:unmarked
7	at	at	ADP	_	10 time	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 time	det
9	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 time	amod
10	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 came	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 laid	punct
12	laid	lay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 came	conj
13	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	12 laid	obj
14	down	down	ADP	_	12 laid	compound:prt
15	by	by	ADP	_	17 hearth	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 hearth	det
17	hearth	hearth	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 laid	obl
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 let	punct
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 let	cc
20	let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	4 came	conj
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 children	det
22	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	23 amuse	nsubj
23	amuse	amuse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 let	ccomp
24	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	23 amuse	obj
25	with	with	ADP	_	26 him	case
26	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 amuse	obl
27	as	as	ADV	_	28 much	advmod
28	much	much	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 amuse	obj
29	as	as	SCONJ	_	31 liked	mark
30	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	31 liked	nsubj
31	liked	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	28 much	advcl
32	;	;	PUNCT	_	35 got	punct
33	and	and	CCONJ	_	35 got	cc
34	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	35 got	nsubj
35	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 came	parataxis
36	so	so	ADV	_	37 used	advmod
37	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	35 got	xcomp
38	to	to	ADP	_	39 him	case
39	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	35 got	obl
40	that	that	SCONJ	_	45 fastened	mark
41	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	42 doors	det
42	doors	door	NOUN	Number=Plur	45 fastened	nsubj:pass
43	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	45 fastened	aux:pass
44	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	45 fastened	advmod
45	fastened	fasten	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	35 got	advcl
46	until	until	SCONJ	_	51 arrived	mark
47	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	49 friend	nmod:poss
48	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	49 friend	amod
49	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	51 arrived	nsubj
50	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	51 arrived	aux
51	arrived	arrive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	45 fastened	advcl
52	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 came	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	come	past	the bear			evening; time	henceforth property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	lay down	past	the bear not said here	bear			by the hearth	vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent himself=Theme by hearth=Destination
3	let	infinitive	the bear not said here					tree rules
4	amuse	present	the children	children = child			with bear	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Stimulus themselves=Experiencer much=Result
5	like	past	children = child					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot
6	get	past	children = child		bear			vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
7	use	participle	children = child not said here					vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
8	not fasten	past · passive		the doors				vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
9	arrive	past · perfect	children's black friend					vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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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