Grimms' Fairy Tales, Briar Rose, sentence 35

And when he came into the palace, the flies were sleeping on the walls; the spit was standing still; the butler had the jug of ale at his lips, going to drink a draught; the maid sat with a fowl in her lap ready to be plucked; and the cook in the kitchen was still holding up her hand, as if she was going to beat the boy.

Who acts: man, flies, spit, butler, maid, cook · What happens: come, sleep, stand, have, go, drink · To what, where: palace, walls, jug, draught, lap, hand

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 (man, flies, spit, butler), 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	And	and	CCONJ	_	4 came	cc
2	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	4 came	advmod
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 came	nsubj
4	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	into	into	ADP	_	7 palace	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 palace	det
7	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 came	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 sleeping	punct
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 flies	det
10	flies	fly	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 sleeping	nsubj
11	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 sleeping	aux
12	sleeping	sleep	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 came	advcl
13	on	on	ADP	_	15 walls	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 walls	det
15	walls	wall	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 sleeping	obl
16	;	;	PUNCT	_	20 standing	punct
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 spit	det
18	spit	spit	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 standing	nsubj
19	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 standing	aux
20	standing	stand	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 came	advcl
21	still	still	ADV	_	20 standing	advmod
22	;	;	PUNCT	_	25 had	punct
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 butler	det
24	butler	butler	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 had	nsubj
25	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 came	parataxis
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 jug	det
27	jug	jug	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 had	obj
28	of	of	ADP	_	29 ale	case
29	ale	ale	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 jug	nmod
30	at	at	ADP	_	32 lips	case
31	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	32 lips	nmod:poss
32	lips	lip	NOUN	Number=Plur	29 ale	nmod
33	,	,	PUNCT	_	34 going	punct
34	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	25 had	conj
35	to	to	PART	_	36 drink	mark
36	drink	drink	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	34 going	xcomp
37	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	38 draught	det
38	draught	draught	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 drink	obj
39	;	;	PUNCT	_	42 sat	punct
40	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	41 maid	det
41	maid	maid	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 sat	nsubj
42	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 came	conj
43	with	with	ADP	_	45 fowl	case
44	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	45 fowl	det
45	fowl	fowl	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 sat	obl
46	in	in	ADP	_	48 lap	case
47	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	48 lap	nmod:poss
48	lap	lap	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 sat	obl
49	ready	ready	ADJ	Degree=Pos	42 sat	advcl
50	to	to	PART	_	52 plucked	mark
51	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	52 plucked	aux:pass
52	plucked	pluck	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	49 ready	xcomp
53	;	;	PUNCT	_	62 holding	punct
54	and	and	CCONJ	_	62 holding	cc
55	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	56 cook	det
56	cook	cook	NOUN	Number=Sing	62 holding	nsubj
57	in	in	ADP	_	59 kitchen	case
58	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	59 kitchen	det
59	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	56 cook	nmod
60	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	62 holding	aux
61	still	still	ADV	_	62 holding	advmod
62	holding	hold	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 came	advcl
63	up	up	ADP	_	62 holding	compound:prt
64	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	65 hand	nmod:poss
65	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	62 holding	obj
66	,	,	PUNCT	_	71 going	punct
67	as	as	SCONJ	_	71 going	mark
68	if	if	SCONJ	_	71 going	mark
69	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	71 going	nsubj
70	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	71 going	aux
71	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	62 holding	conj
72	to	to	PART	_	73 beat	mark
73	beat	beat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	71 going	xcomp
74	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	75 boy	det
75	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	73 beat	obj
76	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 came	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	past	man		the palace			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into palace=Initial_Location
2	sleep	past · progressive	the flies		the walls			vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	stand	past · progressive	the spit			still		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	have	past	the butler	the jug of ale at man's lips				vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jug=Patient
5	go	gerund	the butler not said here					vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
6	drink	to-infinitive	the butler not said here	a draught				vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent draught=Patient
7	sit	past	the maid		maid's lap		with a fowl	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in lap=Location
8	pluck	to-infinitive · passive	the maid not said here					vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»
9	hold up	past · progressive	the cook in the kitchen	maid's hand		still		vn support-15.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot hand=Theme
10	go a condition, not said to happen	past · progressive	butler					vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
11	beat	to-infinitive	butler not said here	the boy				vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location boy=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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