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
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 | 4 gone | nsubj |
| 2 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 gone | aux |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 gone | advmod |
| 4 | gone | go | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 4 gone | advmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 heard | punct |
| 7 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 9 heard | advmod |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 heard | nsubj |
| 9 | heard | hear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 gone | parataxis |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 sound | det |
| 11 | sound | sound | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 heard | obj |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 music | case |
| 13 | music | music | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 sound | nmod |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 saw | punct |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 23 saw | cc |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 turning | punct |
| 17 | turning | turn | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 23 saw | ccomp |
| 18 | in | in | ADP | _ | 20 direction | case |
| 19 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 20 direction | nmod:poss |
| 20 | direction | direction | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 turning | obl |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 turning | punct |
| 22 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 23 saw | nsubj |
| 23 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 heard | conj |
| 24 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 25 woman | det |
| 25 | woman | woman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 saw | obj |
| 26 | of | of | ADP | _ | 28 beauty | case |
| 27 | marvellous | marvellous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 28 beauty | amod |
| 28 | beauty | beauty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 woman | nmod |
| 29 | sitting | sit | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 28 beauty | acl |
| 30 | on | on | ADP | _ | 33 stool | case |
| 31 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 33 stool | det |
| 32 | low | low | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 33 stool | amod |
| 33 | stool | stool | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 sitting | obl |
| 34 | playing | play | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 29 sitting | advcl |
| 35 | on | on | ADP | _ | 37 harp | case |
| 36 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 37 harp | det |
| 37 | harp | harp | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 playing | obl |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 sang | punct |
| 39 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 44 sang | mark |
| 40 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 41 girl | det |
| 41 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 sang | nsubj |
| 42 | beside | beside | ADP | _ | 43 her | case |
| 43 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 41 girl | acl |
| 44 | sang | sing | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 23 saw | conj |
| 45 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 gone | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not go | past · perfect | He | far property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | hear | past | he | the sound of music | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer sound=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | turn | gerund | music's direction | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme in direction=Trajectory | |||||
| 4 | see | past | he | a woman of marvellous beauty | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | sit | gerund | marvellous beauty not said here | a low stool | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on stool=Location | ||||
| 6 | play | gerund | marvellous beauty not said here | a harp | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 7 | sing speech: express | past | a girl | vn 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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