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The Blue Fairy Book, Hansel and Grettel, sentence 62

They didn’t awake till it was pitch dark, and Hansel comforted his sister, saying: “Only wait, Grettel, till the moon rises, then we shall see the bread-crumbs I scattered along the path; they will show us the way back to the house.”

Who acts: Hansel, fire, moon, we · What happens: not do, be, comfort, say, wait, rise · To what, where: sister, Grettel, bread crumbs, path, way, us · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Hansel and Grettel. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Hansel, fire, moon, we), 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

nsubjadvmodxcompcasensubjcopoblamodpunctccnsubjparataxisnmod:possobjpunctadvclpunctpunctadvmodccomppunctoblpunctmarkdetnsubjadvclpunctadvmodnsubjauxadvcldetcompoundpunctobjnsubjacl:relclcasedetoblpunctnsubjauxparataxisiobjdetobl:unmarkedadvmodcasedetoblpunctpunctrootTheyPRONdidVERBn’tPARTawakeADJtillADPitPRONwasAUXpitchNOUNdarkADJ,PUNCTandCCONJHanselPROPNcomfortedVERBhisPRONsisterNOUN,PUNCTsayingVERB:PUNCT“PUNCTOnlyADVwaitVERB,PUNCTGrettelPROPN,PUNCTtillSCONJtheDETmoonNOUNrisesVERB,PUNCTthenADVwePRONshallAUXseeVERBtheDETbreadNOUN-PUNCTcrumbsNOUNIPRONscatteredVERBalongADPtheDETpathNOUN;PUNCTtheyPRONwillAUXshowVERBusPRONtheDETwayNOUNbackADVtoADPtheDEThouseNOUN.PUNCT”PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1TheytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs2 didnsubj
2diddoVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
3n’tnotPARTPolarity=Neg2 didadvmod
4awakeawakeADJDegree=Pos2 didxcomp
5tilltillADP_8 pitchcase
6ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs8 pitchnsubj
7wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin8 pitchcop
8pitchpitchNOUNNumber=Sing2 didobl
9darkdarkADJDegree=Pos8 pitchamod
10,,PUNCT_13 comfortedpunct
11andandCCONJ_13 comfortedcc
12HanselHanselPROPNNumber=Sing13 comfortednsubj
13comfortedcomfortVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin2 didparataxis
14hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs15 sisternmod:poss
15sistersisterNOUNNumber=Sing13 comfortedobj
16,,PUNCT_17 sayingpunct
17sayingsayVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part13 comfortedadvcl
18::PUNCT_21 waitpunct
19“"PUNCT_21 waitpunct
20OnlyonlyADV_21 waitadvmod
21waitwaitVERBVerbForm=Inf17 sayingccomp
22,,PUNCT_23 Grettelpunct
23GrettelGrettelPROPNNumber=Sing21 waitobl
24,,PUNCT_28 risespunct
25tilltillSCONJ_28 risesmark
26thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art27 moondet
27moonmoonNOUNNumber=Sing28 risesnsubj
28risesriseVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin21 waitadvcl
29,,PUNCT_33 seepunct
30thenthenADVPronType=Dem33 seeadvmod
31wewePRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs33 seensubj
32shallshallAUXVerbForm=Fin33 seeaux
33seeseeVERBVerbForm=Inf21 waitadvcl
34thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art37 crumbsdet
35breadbreadNOUNNumber=Sing37 crumbscompound
36--PUNCT_35 breadpunct
37crumbscrumbNOUNNumber=Plur33 seeobj
38IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs39 scatterednsubj
39scatteredscatterVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin37 crumbsacl:relcl
40alongalongADP_42 pathcase
41thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art42 pathdet
42pathpathNOUNNumber=Sing39 scatteredobl
43;;PUNCT_46 showpunct
44theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs46 shownsubj
45willwillAUXVerbForm=Fin46 showaux
46showshowVERBVerbForm=Inf21 waitparataxis
47uswePRONCase=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs46 showiobj
48thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art49 waydet
49waywayNOUNNumber=Sing46 showobl:unmarked
50backbackADV_46 showadvmod
51totoADP_53 housecase
52thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art53 housedet
53househouseNOUNNumber=Sing50 backobl
54..PUNCT_21 waitpunct
55”"PUNCT_21 waitpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1not dopastHanselawake propertyvn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2ispastfiretill pitchtree rules
3comfortpastHanselGrettel's sistervn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus sister=Experiencer
4say speech: assertgerundHansel not said herevn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
5wait in a quoteinfinitiveGrettelvn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
6rise in a quotepresentthe moonvn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
7see in a quoteshallwethe bread crumbsthenvn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer crumb=Stimulus
8scatter in a quotepastHanselthe bread crumbs not said herethe pathvn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent crumb=Theme along path=Destination
9show in a quotefutureHanselthe wayusvn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent we=Recipient

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: «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 503 (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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