The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 16, sentence 65

He stood still in sheer amazement, not knowing which to rejoice over most—this unexpected find, or the proof of the magic root’s real power; but at last he remembered that it was quite time to be starting on his journey.

Who acts: Peter, door · What happens: stand, not know, rejoice, remember, be, start · To what, where: sheer amazement, most, last, quite time, journey, real power · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 16. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Peter, door), 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	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 stood	nsubj
2	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	still	still	ADV	_	2 stood	advmod
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 amazement	case
5	sheer	sheer	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 amazement	amod
6	amazement	amazement	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stood	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 knowing	punct
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 knowing	advmod
9	knowing	know	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 stood	advcl
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 rejoice	nsubj
11	to	to	PART	_	12 rejoice	mark
12	rejoice	rejoice	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 knowing	ccomp
13	over	over	ADP	_	14 most	case
14	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	12 rejoice	obl
15	—	-	PUNCT	_	18 find	punct
16	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	18 find	det
17	unexpected	unexpected	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 find	amod
18	find	find	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 rejoice	parataxis
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 proof	punct
20	or	or	CCONJ	_	22 proof	cc
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 proof	det
22	proof	proof	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 find	conj
23	of	of	ADP	_	29 power	case
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 root	det
25	magic	magic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	26 root	amod
26	root	root	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 power	nmod:poss
27	’s	's	PART	_	26 root	case
28	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	29 power	amod
29	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 proof	nmod
30	;	;	PUNCT	_	35 remembered	punct
31	but	but	CCONJ	_	35 remembered	cc
32	at	at	ADP	_	33 last	case
33	last	last	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 remembered	obl
34	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	35 remembered	nsubj
35	remembered	remember	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 stood	conj
36	that	that	SCONJ	_	40 time	mark
37	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	40 time	nsubj
38	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	40 time	cop
39	quite	quite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	40 time	amod
40	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 remembered	obl
41	to	to	PART	_	43 starting	mark
42	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	43 starting	aux
43	starting	start	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	40 time	advcl
44	on	on	ADP	_	46 journey	case
45	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	46 journey	nmod:poss
46	journey	journey	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 starting	obl
47	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 stood	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	stand	past	Peter		sheer amazement	still	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in amazement=Location
2	not know	gerund	Peter not said here				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	rejoice	to-infinitive			most		vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
4	remember	past	Peter		last		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
5	is a	past	door	quite time			tree rules
6	start	to-infinitive · progressive	door not said here		Peter's journey		vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
7	proof			the magic root's real power			nom proof «cognition transitive»: of=patient
8	journey		Peter				nom journey «act transitive»: poss=agent

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 Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 2435 (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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