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The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 30, sentence 66

He could scarcely believe his eyes when he saw the three headless giants lying in a heap in the courtyard, and could not imagine what had taken place.

Who acts: Niels, three headless giants · What happens: believe, see, lie, not imagine, take · To what, where: eyes, three headless giants, heap, place

This is a sentence of «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 30. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Niels, three headless giants), 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

nsubjauxadvmodnmod:possobjadvmodnsubjadvcldetnummodamodobjaclcasedetoblcasedetoblpunctccauxadvmodconjnsubj:passauxccompobjpunctrootHePRONcouldAUXscarcelyADVbelieveVERBhisPRONeyesNOUNwhenADVhePRONsawVERBtheDETthreeNUMheadlessADJgiantsNOUNlyingVERBinADPaDETheapNOUNinADPtheDETcourtyardNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJcouldAUXnotPARTimagineVERBwhatPRONhadAUXtakenVERBplaceNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs4 believensubj
2couldcouldAUXVerbForm=Fin4 believeaux
3scarcelyscarcelyADV_4 believeadvmod
4believebelieveVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
5hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs6 eyesnmod:poss
6eyeseyeNOUNNumber=Plur4 believeobj
7whenwhenADVPronType=Int9 sawadvmod
8hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs9 sawnsubj
9sawseeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 believeadvcl
10thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art13 giantsdet
11threethreeNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card13 giantsnummod
12headlessheadlessADJDegree=Pos13 giantsamod
13giantsgiantNOUNNumber=Plur9 sawobj
14lyinglieVERBVerbForm=Ger13 giantsacl
15ininADP_17 heapcase
16aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art17 heapdet
17heapheapNOUNNumber=Sing14 lyingobl
18ininADP_20 courtyardcase
19thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art20 courtyarddet
20courtyardcourtyardNOUNNumber=Sing14 lyingobl
21,,PUNCT_25 imaginepunct
22andandCCONJ_25 imaginecc
23couldcouldAUXVerbForm=Fin25 imagineaux
24notnotPARTPolarity=Neg25 imagineadvmod
25imagineimagineVERBVerbForm=Inf4 believeconj
26whatwhatPRONPronType=Int28 takennsubj:pass
27hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin28 takenaux
28takentakeVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass25 imagineccomp
29placeplaceNOUNNumber=Sing28 takenobj
30..PUNCT_4 believepunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1believecouldNielsNiels's eyesscarcely propertyvn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer eye=Stimulus
2seepastNielsthe three headless giantsvn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer giant=Stimulus
3liegerundthe three headless giants not said herea heapin the courtyardvn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in heap=Location
4not imaginecouldNiels not said herevn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
5takepast · perfect · passiveplacevn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme place=Destination

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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