More English Fairy Tales, More English Fairy Tales, part 7, sentence 5

So when night came, and the hall in the castle was full of light and music, and the lords and ladies were dancing before the King, just as the clock struck twelve, Tattercoats and the herdboy, followed by his flock of noisy geese, entered at the great doors, and walked straight up the ball-room, while on either side the ladies whispered, the lords laughed, and the King seated at the far end stared in amazement.

Who acts: night, hall, lords, clock, King · What happens: come, be, dance, strike, follow, enter · To what, where: twelve, Tattercoats, noisy geese, great doors, ball room, side

This is a sentence of «More English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, More English Fairy Tales, part 7. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (night, hall, lords, clock), 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	So	so	ADV	_	4 came	advmod
2	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	4 came	advmod
3	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 came	nsubj
4	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 full	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 full	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 hall	det
8	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 full	nsubj
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 castle	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 castle	det
11	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 hall	nmod
12	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 full	cop
13	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 came	conj
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 light	case
15	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 full	obl
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 music	cc
17	music	music	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 light	conj
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 dancing	punct
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	25 dancing	cc
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 lords	det
21	lords	lord	NOUN	Number=Plur	25 dancing	nsubj
22	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 ladies	cc
23	ladies	lady	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 lords	conj
24	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	25 dancing	aux
25	dancing	dance	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 came	advcl
26	before	before	ADP	_	28 King	case
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 King	det
28	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	25 dancing	obl
29	,	,	PUNCT	_	34 struck	punct
30	just	just	ADV	_	34 struck	advmod
31	as	as	SCONJ	_	34 struck	mark
32	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	33 clock	det
33	clock	clock	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 struck	nsubj
34	struck	strike	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 came	conj
35	twelve	twelve	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	34 struck	obj
36	,	,	PUNCT	_	37 Tattercoats	punct
37	Tattercoats	tattercoat	NOUN	Number=Plur	34 struck	obj
38	and	and	CCONJ	_	40 herdboy	cc
39	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	40 herdboy	det
40	herdboy	herdboy	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 Tattercoats	conj
41	,	,	PUNCT	_	42 followed	punct
42	followed	follow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	37 Tattercoats	acl
43	by	by	ADP	_	45 flock	case
44	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	45 flock	nmod:poss
45	flock	flock	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 followed	obl
46	of	of	ADP	_	48 geese	case
47	noisy	noisy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	48 geese	amod
48	geese	goose	NOUN	Number=Plur	45 flock	nmod
49	,	,	PUNCT	_	50 entered	punct
50	entered	enter	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	48 geese	acl
51	at	at	ADP	_	54 doors	case
52	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	54 doors	det
53	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	54 doors	amod
54	doors	door	NOUN	Number=Plur	50 entered	obl
55	,	,	PUNCT	_	57 walked	punct
56	and	and	CCONJ	_	57 walked	cc
57	walked	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 came	parataxis
58	straight	straight	ADV	_	63 room	advmod
59	up	up	ADP	_	63 room	case
60	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	63 room	det
61	ball	ball	NOUN	Number=Sing	63 room	compound
62	-	-	PUNCT	_	61 ball	punct
63	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	57 walked	obl
64	,	,	PUNCT	_	71 whispered	punct
65	while	while	SCONJ	_	71 whispered	mark
66	on	on	ADP	_	68 side	case
67	either	either	DET	PronType=Ind	68 side	det
68	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	71 whispered	obl
69	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	70 ladies	det
70	ladies	lady	NOUN	Number=Plur	68 side	nmod
71	whispered	whisper	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	57 walked	conj
72	,	,	PUNCT	_	75 laughed	punct
73	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	74 lords	det
74	lords	lord	NOUN	Number=Plur	75 laughed	nsubj
75	laughed	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	71 whispered	parataxis
76	,	,	PUNCT	_	80 seated	punct
77	and	and	CCONJ	_	80 seated	cc
78	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	79 King	det
79	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	80 seated	nsubj
80	seated	seat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	75 laughed	conj
81	at	at	ADP	_	84 end	case
82	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	84 end	det
83	far	far	ADJ	Degree=Pos	84 end	amod
84	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	85 stared	obl
85	stared	stare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	80 seated	parataxis
86	in	in	ADP	_	87 amazement	case
87	amazement	amazement	NOUN	Number=Sing	85 stared	obl
88	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 came	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	past	night					vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	past	the hall in the castle				of light and music; full property	tree rules
3	dance	past · progressive	the lords and ladies			before the King		vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before king=Location
4	strike	past	the clock	twelve				vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP ADJP»: agent=Agent twelve=Patient tattercoat=Result
5	follow	participle		Tattercoats and the herdboy not said here			by King's flock of noisy geese	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by flock=Location
6	enter	participle		noisy geese not said here	the great doors			vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
7	walk	past			the ball room			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme up room=Trajectory
8	whisper speech: assert	past			either side the ladies			vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on side=Location
9	laugh	past	the lords					vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
10	seat	past	the King					vn fit-54.3 «NP.location V NP»: agent=Location
11	stare	past				at the far end	in amazement	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at end=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: «More English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 14241 (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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