Grimms' Fairy Tales, Briar Rose, sentence 11
Just as eleven of them had done blessing her, a great noise was heard in the courtyard, and word was brought that the thirteenth fairy was come, with a black cap on her head, and black shoes on her feet, and a broomstick in her hand: and presently up she came into the dining-hall.
Who acts: eleven, queen · What happens: do, bless, hear, bring, come · To what, where: black shoes, queen, great noise, courtyard, word, thirteenth fairy
This is a sentence of «Grimms' Fairy Tales» by Jacob Grimm, Briar Rose. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (eleven, queen), 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 | Just | just | ADV | _ | 3 eleven | advmod |
| 2 | as | as | ADV | _ | 3 eleven | advmod |
| 3 | eleven | eleven | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 done | nsubj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 them | case |
| 5 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 eleven | nmod |
| 6 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 done | aux |
| 7 | done | do | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 8 | blessing | bless | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 7 done | xcomp |
| 9 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 blessing | obj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 heard | punct |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 noise | det |
| 12 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 noise | amod |
| 13 | noise | noise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 heard | nsubj |
| 14 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 heard | aux:pass |
| 15 | heard | hear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 done | parataxis |
| 16 | in | in | ADP | _ | 18 courtyard | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 courtyard | det |
| 18 | courtyard | courtyard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 heard | obl |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 brought | punct |
| 20 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 23 brought | cc |
| 21 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 brought | nsubj:pass |
| 22 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 23 brought | aux:pass |
| 23 | brought | bring | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 15 heard | conj |
| 24 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 29 come | mark |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 fairy | det |
| 26 | thirteenth | thirteenth | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 27 fairy | amod |
| 27 | fairy | fairy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 come | nsubj |
| 28 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 29 come | aux:pass |
| 29 | come | come | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 23 brought | advcl |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 cap | punct |
| 31 | with | with | ADP | _ | 34 cap | case |
| 32 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 34 cap | det |
| 33 | black | black | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 34 cap | amod |
| 34 | cap | cap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 come | obl |
| 35 | on | on | ADP | _ | 37 head | case |
| 36 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 37 head | nmod:poss |
| 37 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 cap | nmod |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 shoes | punct |
| 39 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 41 shoes | cc |
| 40 | black | black | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 41 shoes | amod |
| 41 | shoes | shoe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 done | obl |
| 42 | on | on | ADP | _ | 44 feet | case |
| 43 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 44 feet | nmod:poss |
| 44 | feet | foot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 41 shoes | nmod |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 48 broomstick | punct |
| 46 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 48 broomstick | cc |
| 47 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 48 broomstick | det |
| 48 | broomstick | broomstick | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 done | obl |
| 49 | in | in | ADP | _ | 51 hand | case |
| 50 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 51 hand | nmod:poss |
| 51 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 broomstick | nmod |
| 52 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 57 came | punct |
| 53 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 57 came | cc |
| 54 | presently | presently | ADV | _ | 57 came | advmod |
| 55 | up | up | ADP | _ | 57 came | mark |
| 56 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 57 came | nsubj |
| 57 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 done | parataxis |
| 58 | into | into | ADP | _ | 62 hall | case |
| 59 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 62 hall | det |
| 60 | dining | dining | NOUN | Number=Sing | 62 hall | compound |
| 61 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 60 dining | punct |
| 62 | hall | hall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 57 came | obl |
| 63 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 done | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past · perfect | eleven of fairies | black shoes on queen's feet | a broomstick in queen's hand obl | tree rules | |||
| 2 | bless | gerund | eleven of fairies not said here | queen | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | ||||
| 3 | hear | past · passive | a great noise | the courtyard | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Stimulus | ||||
| 4 | bring | past · passive | word | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 5 | come | past · passive | the thirteenth fairy | with a black cap on queen's head | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 6 | come | past | queen | the dining hall | presently property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into hall=Initial_Location |
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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