More English Fairy Tales, More English Fairy Tales, part 7, sentence 9

Before he had finished speaking, the herdboy put his pipe to his lips and played a few low notes that sounded like a bird singing far off in the woods; and as he played, Tattercoats' rags were changed to shining robes sewn with glittering jewels, a golden crown lay upon her golden hair, and the flock of geese behind her, became a crowd of dainty pages, bearing her long train.

Who acts: Father, herdboy, few low notes, bird, golden crown, flock · What happens: finish, speak, put, play, sound, sing · To what, where: pipe, few low notes, woods, rags, robes, golden hair · Speech: someone speaks here

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 (Father, herdboy, few low notes, bird), 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	Before	before	SCONJ	_	4 finished	mark
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 finished	nsubj
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 finished	aux
4	finished	finish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	9 put	advcl
5	speaking	speak	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 finished	xcomp
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 finished	punct
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 herdboy	det
8	herdboy	herdboy	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 put	nsubj
9	put	put	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 pipe	nmod:poss
11	pipe	pipe	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 put	obj
12	to	to	ADP	_	14 lips	case
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 lips	nmod:poss
14	lips	lip	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 put	obl
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 played	cc
16	played	play	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 put	conj
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 notes	det
18	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 notes	amod
19	low	low	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 notes	amod
20	notes	note	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 played	obj
21	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	22 sounded	nsubj
22	sounded	sound	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 notes	acl:relcl
23	like	like	ADP	_	25 bird	case
24	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	25 bird	det
25	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 sounded	obl
26	singing	sing	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	25 bird	acl
27	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	28 off	advmod
28	off	off	ADV	_	26 singing	advmod
29	in	in	ADP	_	31 woods	case
30	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	31 woods	det
31	woods	wood	NOUN	Number=Plur	26 singing	obl
32	;	;	PUNCT	_	42 changed	punct
33	and	and	CCONJ	_	42 changed	cc
34	as	as	SCONJ	_	36 played	mark
35	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	36 played	nsubj
36	played	play	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	42 changed	advcl
37	,	,	PUNCT	_	36 played	punct
38	Tattercoats	tattercoat	NOUN	Number=Plur	40 rags	nmod:poss
39	'	's	PART	_	38 Tattercoats	case
40	rags	rag	NOUN	Number=Plur	42 changed	nsubj
41	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	42 changed	aux:pass
42	changed	change	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 put	conj
43	to	to	SCONJ	_	44 shining	mark
44	shining	shine	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	42 changed	advcl
45	robes	robe	NOUN	Number=Plur	44 shining	obj
46	sewn	sew	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	45 robes	acl
47	with	with	ADP	_	49 jewels	case
48	glittering	glittering	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 jewels	compound
49	jewels	jewel	NOUN	Number=Plur	46 sewn	obl
50	,	,	PUNCT	_	54 lay	punct
51	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	53 crown	det
52	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	53 crown	amod
53	crown	crown	NOUN	Number=Sing	54 lay	nsubj
54	lay	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	42 changed	parataxis
55	upon	upon	ADP	_	58 hair	case
56	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	58 hair	nmod:poss
57	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	58 hair	amod
58	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	54 lay	obl
59	,	,	PUNCT	_	68 became	punct
60	and	and	CCONJ	_	68 became	cc
61	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	62 flock	det
62	flock	flock	NOUN	Number=Sing	68 became	nsubj
63	of	of	ADP	_	64 geese	case
64	geese	goose	NOUN	Number=Plur	62 flock	nmod
65	behind	behind	ADP	_	66 her	case
66	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	64 geese	nmod
67	,	,	PUNCT	_	62 flock	punct
68	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	54 lay	conj
69	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	70 crowd	det
70	crowd	crowd	NOUN	Number=Sing	68 became	xcomp
71	of	of	ADP	_	73 pages	case
72	dainty	dainty	NOUN	Number=Sing	73 pages	compound
73	pages	page	NOUN	Number=Plur	70 crowd	nmod
74	,	,	PUNCT	_	75 bearing	punct
75	bearing	bear	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	68 became	advcl
76	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	78 train	nmod:poss
77	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	78 train	amod
78	train	train	NOUN	Number=Sing	75 bearing	obj
79	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 put	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	finish	past · perfect	Father				vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
2	speak speech: other	gerund	Father not said here				vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	put	past	the herdboy	Father's pipe		to Father's lips	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent pipe=Goal
4	play	past	the herdboy not said here	a few low notes			vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent note=Theme
5	sound	past	a few low notes			like a bird	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
6	sing speech: express	gerund	a bird not said here		the woods	off property	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in wood=Location
7	play	past	Father				vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
8	change	past · passive		Tattercoats's rags			vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
9	shine	gerund		robes			vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent robe=Theme
10	sew	participle		robes not said here		with glittering jewels	vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent with jewel=Co-Patient
11	lie	past	a golden crown		bird's golden hair		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent upon hair=Location
12	become	past	the flock of geese behind bird	a crowd of dainty pages			vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
13	bear	gerund	the flock of geese behind bird not said here	flock's long train			vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent train=Patient

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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