Grimms' Fairy Tales, Briar Rose, sentence 25

Even the fire on the hearth left off blazing, and went to sleep; the jack stopped, and the spit that was turning about with a goose upon it for the king’s dinner stood still; and the cook, who was at that moment pulling the kitchen-boy by the hair to give him a box on the ear for something he had done amiss, let him go, and both fell asleep; the butler, who was slyly tasting the ale, fell asleep with the jug at his lips: and thus everything stood still, and slept soundly.

Who acts: hearth, fire, jack, spit, turning, cook · What happens: leave off, blaze, go, stop, turn about, stand · To what, where: hearth, cook, sleep, kitchen boy, box, boy

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 (hearth, fire, jack, spit), 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	Even	even	ADV	_	3 fire	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 fire	det
3	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 went	nsubj
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 hearth	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 hearth	det
6	hearth	hearth	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fire	nmod
7	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 hearth	acl
8	off	off	ADP	_	7 left	compound:prt
9	blazing	blaze	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 left	xcomp
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 went	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 went	cc
12	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	to	to	ADP	_	14 sleep	case
14	sleep	sleep	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 went	obl
15	;	;	PUNCT	_	18 stopped	punct
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 jack	det
17	jack	jack	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 stopped	nsubj
18	stopped	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 went	conj
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 turning	punct
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	25 turning	cc
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 spit	det
22	spit	spit	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 turning	nsubj
23	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	25 turning	nsubj
24	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	25 turning	aux
25	turning	turn	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	37 stood	csubj
26	about	about	ADV	_	25 turning	advmod
27	with	with	ADP	_	29 goose	case
28	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	29 goose	det
29	goose	goose	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 turning	obl
30	upon	upon	ADP	_	31 it	case
31	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 turning	obl
32	for	for	ADP	_	36 dinner	case
33	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	34 king	det
34	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 dinner	nmod:poss
35	’s	's	PART	_	34 king	case
36	dinner	dinner	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 turning	obl
37	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 stopped	conj
38	still	still	ADV	_	37 stood	advmod
39	;	;	PUNCT	_	42 cook	punct
40	and	and	CCONJ	_	42 cook	cc
41	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	42 cook	det
42	cook	cook	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 went	obl
43	,	,	PUNCT	_	48 moment	punct
44	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	48 moment	nsubj
45	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	48 moment	cop
46	at	at	ADP	_	48 moment	case
47	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	48 moment	det
48	moment	moment	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 cook	conj
49	pulling	pull	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	48 moment	acl
50	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	53 boy	det
51	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 boy	compound
52	-	-	PUNCT	_	51 kitchen	punct
53	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 pulling	obj
54	by	by	ADP	_	56 hair	case
55	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	56 hair	det
56	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 pulling	obl
57	to	to	PART	_	58 give	mark
58	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 went	advcl
59	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	58 give	iobj
60	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	61 box	det
61	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 give	obj
62	on	on	ADP	_	64 ear	case
63	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	64 ear	det
64	ear	ear	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 give	obl
65	for	for	ADP	_	66 something	case
66	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	64 ear	nmod
67	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	69 done	nsubj
68	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	69 done	aux
69	done	do	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	66 something	acl:relcl
70	amiss	amiss	ADJ	Degree=Pos	69 done	xcomp
71	,	,	PUNCT	_	72 let	punct
72	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	58 give	conj
73	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	72 let	obj
74	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	72 let	xcomp
75	,	,	PUNCT	_	78 fell	punct
76	and	and	CCONJ	_	78 fell	cc
77	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	78 fell	nsubj
78	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 went	conj
79	asleep	asleep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	78 fell	xcomp
80	;	;	PUNCT	_	82 butler	punct
81	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	82 butler	det
82	butler	butler	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 went	obl
83	,	,	PUNCT	_	86 slyly	punct
84	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	86 slyly	nsubj
85	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	86 slyly	cop
86	slyly	slyly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	82 butler	conj
87	tasting	taste	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	86 slyly	csubj
88	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	89 ale	det
89	ale	ale	NOUN	Number=Sing	87 tasting	obj
90	,	,	PUNCT	_	91 fell	punct
91	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 went	conj
92	asleep	asleep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	91 fell	xcomp
93	with	with	ADP	_	95 jug	case
94	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	95 jug	det
95	jug	jug	NOUN	Number=Sing	91 fell	obl
96	at	at	ADP	_	98 lips	case
97	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	98 lips	nmod:poss
98	lips	lip	NOUN	Number=Plur	91 fell	obl
99	:	:	PUNCT	_	103 stood	punct
100	and	and	CCONJ	_	103 stood	cc
101	thus	thus	ADV	_	103 stood	advmod
102	everything	everything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	103 stood	nsubj
103	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 went	conj
104	still	still	ADV	_	103 stood	advmod
105	,	,	PUNCT	_	107 slept	punct
106	and	and	CCONJ	_	107 slept	cc
107	slept	sleep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	103 stood	conj
108	soundly	soundly	ADV	_	107 slept	advmod
109	.	.	PUNCT	_	12 went	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave off	participle		the hearth not said here					tree rules
2	blaze	gerund	the hearth not said here						vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	go	past	the fire on the hearth	the cook and that moment		sleep		the butler obl	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to sleep=Initial_Location
4	stop	past	the jack						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
5	turn about	past · progressive	the spit			sleep		with a goose; for the king's dinner; about property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme upon it=Trajectory
6	stand	past	turning				still		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
7	is	past	the cook and that moment				at that moment		tree rules
8	pull	gerund	that moment not said here	the kitchen boy				by the hair	vn push-12-1 «NP V NP ADJP-Result»: agent=Agent boy=Result
9	give	to-infinitive	the fire on the hearth not said here	a box	boy	the ear for something			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent he=Recipient box=Theme on ear=Asset
10	do	past · perfect	spit					amiss property	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
11	let	infinitive	the fire on the hearth not said here	spit					tree rules
12	go	infinitive	spit not said here						vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
13	fall	past	both					asleep property	vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
14	is	past	the butler					slyly property	tree rules
15	taste	gerund		the ale					vn seem-109 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Theme ale=Attribute
16	fall	past	the fire on the hearth not said here			spit's lips		with the jug; asleep property	vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at lip=Location
17	stand	past	everything				still	thus property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
18	sleep	past	everything not said here					soundly property	vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP 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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