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The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 23, sentence 1

He had not gone far, when he heard the sound of music, and, turning in its direction, he saw a woman of marvellous beauty sitting on a low stool playing on a harp, while a girl beside her sang.

Who acts: He, marvellous beauty, girl · What happens: not go, hear, turn, see, sit, play · To what, where: sound, direction, woman, low stool, harp · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 23. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (He, marvellous beauty, girl), 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

nsubjauxadvmodadvmodpunctadvmodnsubjparataxisdetobjcasenmodpunctccpunctccompcasenmod:possoblpunctnsubjconjdetobjcaseamodnmodaclcasedetamodobladvclcasedetoblpunctmarkdetnsubjcaseaclconjpunctrootHePRONhadAUXnotPARTgoneVERBfarADV,PUNCTwhenADVhePRONheardVERBtheDETsoundNOUNofADPmusicNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJ,PUNCTturningVERBinADPitsPRONdirectionNOUN,PUNCThePRONsawVERBaDETwomanNOUNofADPmarvellousADJbeautyNOUNsittingVERBonADPaDETlowADJstoolNOUNplayingVERBonADPaDETharpNOUN,PUNCTwhileSCONJaDETgirlNOUNbesideADPherPRONsangVERB.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs4 gonensubj
2hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 goneaux
3notnotPARTPolarity=Neg4 goneadvmod
4gonegoVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Partrootroot
5farfarADVDegree=Pos4 goneadvmod
6,,PUNCT_9 heardpunct
7whenwhenADVPronType=Int9 heardadvmod
8hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs9 heardnsubj
9heardhearVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 goneparataxis
10thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art11 sounddet
11soundsoundNOUNNumber=Sing9 heardobj
12ofofADP_13 musiccase
13musicmusicNOUNNumber=Sing11 soundnmod
14,,PUNCT_23 sawpunct
15andandCCONJ_23 sawcc
16,,PUNCT_17 turningpunct
17turningturnVERBVerbForm=Ger23 sawccomp
18ininADP_20 directioncase
19itsitsPRONCase=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs20 directionnmod:poss
20directiondirectionNOUNNumber=Sing17 turningobl
21,,PUNCT_17 turningpunct
22hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs23 sawnsubj
23sawseeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin9 heardconj
24aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art25 womandet
25womanwomanNOUNNumber=Sing23 sawobj
26ofofADP_28 beautycase
27marvellousmarvellousADJDegree=Pos28 beautyamod
28beautybeautyNOUNNumber=Sing25 womannmod
29sittingsitVERBVerbForm=Ger28 beautyacl
30ononADP_33 stoolcase
31aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art33 stooldet
32lowlowADJDegree=Pos33 stoolamod
33stoolstoolNOUNNumber=Sing29 sittingobl
34playingplayVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part29 sittingadvcl
35ononADP_37 harpcase
36aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art37 harpdet
37harpharpNOUNNumber=Sing34 playingobl
38,,PUNCT_44 sangpunct
39whilewhileSCONJ_44 sangmark
40aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art41 girldet
41girlgirlNOUNNumber=Sing44 sangnsubj
42besidebesideADP_43 hercase
43herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs41 girlacl
44sangsingVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin23 sawconj
45..PUNCT_4 gonepunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1not gopast · perfectHefar propertyvn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2hearpasthethe sound of musicvn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer sound=Stimulus
3turngerundmusic's directionvn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme in direction=Trajectory
4seepasthea woman of marvellous beautytree rules
5sitgerundmarvellous beauty not said herea low stoolvn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on stool=Location
6playgerundmarvellous beauty not said herea harpvn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
7sing speech: expresspasta girlvn sound_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location

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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