More English Fairy Tales, More English Fairy Tales, part 14, sentence 16

Presently she orders a very large box to be brought in and to be opened, and out come some of the most costly uniforms that were ever worn on an emperor's back; and when he dressed himself up, the King could scarcely look upon him from the dazzling of the gold and diamonds on his coat.

Who acts: lady, man, King · What happens: order, bring in, open, come, wear, dress up · To what, where: large box, some, costly uniforms, back, man, dazzling

This is a sentence of «More English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, More English Fairy Tales, part 14. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (lady, man, 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	Presently	presently	ADV	_	3 orders	advmod
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 orders	nsubj
3	orders	order	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 box	det
5	very	very	ADV	_	6 large	advmod
6	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 box	amod
7	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 orders	obj
8	to	to	PART	_	10 brought	mark
9	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 brought	aux:pass
10	brought	bring	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 box	acl
11	in	in	ADV	_	10 brought	advmod
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 opened	cc
13	to	to	PART	_	15 opened	mark
14	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	15 opened	aux:pass
15	opened	open	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 brought	conj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 come	punct
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 come	cc
18	out	out	ADV	_	19 come	advmod
19	come	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres Typo=Yes VerbForm=Fin	3 orders	conj
20	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	19 come	obj
21	of	of	ADP	_	25 uniforms	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 uniforms	det
23	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	24 costly	advmod
24	costly	costly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 uniforms	amod
25	uniforms	uniform	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 some	nmod
26	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	29 worn	nsubj
27	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	29 worn	aux:pass
28	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	29 worn	advmod
29	worn	wear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	25 uniforms	acl:relcl
30	on	on	ADP	_	34 back	case
31	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	32 emperor	det
32	emperor	emperor	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 back	nmod:poss
33	's	's	PART	_	32 emperor	case
34	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 worn	obl
35	;	;	PUNCT	_	39 dressed	punct
36	and	and	CCONJ	_	39 dressed	cc
37	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	39 dressed	advmod
38	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	39 dressed	nsubj
39	dressed	dress	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 orders	advcl
40	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	39 dressed	obj
41	up	up	ADP	_	39 dressed	compound:prt
42	,	,	PUNCT	_	47 look	punct
43	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	44 King	det
44	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	47 look	nsubj
45	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	47 look	aux
46	scarcely	scarcely	ADV	_	47 look	advmod
47	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 orders	parataxis
48	upon	upon	ADP	_	49 him	case
49	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	47 look	obl
50	from	from	ADP	_	52 dazzling	case
51	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	52 dazzling	det
52	dazzling	dazzling	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 look	obl
53	of	of	ADP	_	55 gold	case
54	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	55 gold	det
55	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	52 dazzling	nmod
56	and	and	CCONJ	_	57 diamonds	cc
57	diamonds	diamond	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 orders	conj
58	on	on	ADP	_	60 coat	case
59	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	60 coat	nmod:poss
60	coat	coat	NOUN	Number=Sing	57 diamonds	obl
61	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 orders	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	order	present	lady	a large box			presently property	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent box=Theme
2	bring in	to-infinitive · passive	lady not said here	a large box not said here				vn earn-54.6 «NP V NP»
3	open	to-infinitive · passive	lady not said here					vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»
4	come	present	lady not said here	some			out property	vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location some=Theme
5	wear	past · passive		the costly uniforms	a emperor's back	ever		vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: subject=Source
6	dress up	past	man	man				vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Patient
7	look	could	the King		the dazzling of the gold		upon man; scarcely property	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent upon he=Theme
8	diamond	present	lady not said here		man's coat			tree rules

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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