Grimms' Fairy Tales, Briar Rose, sentence 38
But the moment he kissed her she opened her eyes and awoke, and smiled upon him; and they went out together; and soon the king and queen also awoke, and all the court, and gazed on each other with great wonder.
Who acts: man, moment, eyes, king · What happens: kiss, open, awake, smile, go out, gaze · To what, where: Briar, eyes
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, moment, eyes, king), 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 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 8 opened | cc |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 moment | det |
| 3 | moment | moment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 opened | nsubj |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 kissed | nsubj |
| 5 | kissed | kiss | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 moment | acl:relcl |
| 6 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 kissed | obj |
| 7 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 opened | nsubj |
| 8 | opened | open | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 awoke | advcl |
| 9 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 eyes | nmod:poss |
| 10 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 opened | obj |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 awoke | cc |
| 12 | awoke | awake | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 smiled | punct |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 smiled | cc |
| 15 | smiled | smile | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 awoke | conj |
| 16 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 17 him | case |
| 17 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 smiled | obl |
| 18 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 21 went | punct |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 went | cc |
| 20 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 went | nsubj |
| 21 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 awoke | conj |
| 22 | out | out | ADV | _ | 21 went | advmod |
| 23 | together | together | ADV | _ | 21 went | advmod |
| 24 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 32 awoke | punct |
| 25 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 32 awoke | cc |
| 26 | soon | soon | ADV | Degree=Pos | 32 awoke | advmod |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 king | det |
| 28 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 awoke | nsubj |
| 29 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 30 queen | cc |
| 30 | queen | queen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 king | conj |
| 31 | also | also | ADV | _ | 32 awoke | advmod |
| 32 | awoke | awake | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 awoke | conj |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 court | punct |
| 34 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 37 court | cc |
| 35 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 37 court | det:predet |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 court | det |
| 37 | court | court | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 awoke | parataxis |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 gazed | punct |
| 39 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 40 gazed | cc |
| 40 | gazed | gaze | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 12 awoke | conj |
| 41 | on | on | ADP | _ | 42 each | case |
| 42 | each | each | DET | ExtPos=PRON PronType=Rcp | 40 gazed | obl |
| 43 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 42 each | fixed |
| 44 | with | with | ADP | _ | 46 wonder | case |
| 45 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 46 wonder | amod |
| 46 | wonder | wonder | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 gazed | obl |
| 47 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 12 awoke | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | kiss | past | man | Briar | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Co-Agent | ||||
| 2 | open | past | the moment | Briar's eyes | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location eye=Theme | ||||
| 3 | awake | past | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 4 | smile | past | upon man | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 5 | go out | past | eyes = eye | out, together property | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 6 | awake | past | the king and queen | soon property | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 7 | gaze | participle | with great wonder; on each | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on each=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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