The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault, _thomas Bodkin_, part 3, sentence 12

Scarce had he advanced towards the wood, when all the great trees, the bushes and brambles, gave way of themselves to let him pass thro'; he walked up to the castle which he saw at the end of a large avenue which he went into; and what a little surprised him was, that he saw none of his people could follow him, because the trees closed again, as soon as he had pass'd thro' them.

Who acts: Scarce, great trees, large avenue, none · What happens: advance, give, let, pass, walk up, see · To what, where: wood, way, Scarce, thro, castle, end · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault» by Charles Perrault, _thomas Bodkin_, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Scarce, great trees, large avenue, none), 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	Scarce	Scarce	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 advanced	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 advanced	aux
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 advanced	nsubj
4	advanced	advance	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	towards	towards	ADP	_	7 wood	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 wood	det
7	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 advanced	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 gave	punct
9	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	20 gave	advmod
10	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	13 trees	det:predet
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 trees	det
12	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 trees	amod
13	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 gave	nsubj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 bushes	punct
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 bushes	det
16	bushes	bush	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 trees	conj
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 brambles	cc
18	brambles	bramble	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 trees	conj
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 gave	punct
20	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 advanced	conj
21	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 gave	obj
22	of	of	ADP	_	23 themselves	case
23	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	21 way	nmod
24	to	to	PART	_	25 let	mark
25	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	20 gave	advcl
26	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 let	obj
27	pass	pass	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	25 let	xcomp
28	thro	thro	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 pass	obj
29	'	'	PUNCT	_	28 thro	punct
30	;	;	PUNCT	_	32 walked	punct
31	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	32 walked	nsubj
32	walked	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 gave	conj
33	up	up	ADP	_	32 walked	compound:prt
34	to	to	ADP	_	36 castle	case
35	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	36 castle	det
36	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 walked	obl
37	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	39 saw	obj
38	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	39 saw	nsubj
39	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	36 castle	acl:relcl
40	at	at	ADP	_	42 end	case
41	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	42 end	det
42	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 saw	obl
43	of	of	ADP	_	46 avenue	case
44	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	46 avenue	det
45	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	46 avenue	amod
46	avenue	avenue	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 end	nmod
47	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	49 went	nsubj
48	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	49 went	nsubj
49	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	46 avenue	acl:relcl
50	into	into	ADP	_	49 went	obl
51	;	;	PUNCT	_	56 surprised	punct
52	and	and	CCONJ	_	56 surprised	cc
53	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	56 surprised	nsubj
54	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	55 little	det
55	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	56 surprised	obl:unmarked
56	surprised	surprised	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 advanced	conj
57	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	56 surprised	nsubj
58	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	56 surprised	cop
59	,	,	PUNCT	_	62 saw	punct
60	that	that	SCONJ	_	62 saw	mark
61	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	62 saw	nsubj
62	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	56 surprised	conj
63	none	none	PRON	PronType=Neg	68 follow	nsubj
64	of	of	ADP	_	66 people	case
65	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	66 people	nmod:poss
66	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	63 none	nmod
67	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	68 follow	aux
68	follow	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	62 saw	ccomp
69	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	68 follow	obj
70	,	,	PUNCT	_	74 closed	punct
71	because	because	SCONJ	_	74 closed	mark
72	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	73 trees	det
73	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	74 closed	nsubj:pass
74	closed	close	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	68 follow	parataxis
75	again	again	ADV	_	74 closed	advmod
76	,	,	PUNCT	_	78 soon	punct
77	as	as	ADV	_	78 soon	advmod
78	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	74 closed	advmod
79	as	as	SCONJ	_	82 pass	mark
80	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	82 pass	nsubj
81	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	82 pass	aux
82	pass	pass	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	78 soon	advcl
83	'd	'd	PUNCT	_	84 thro	punct
84	thro	thro	NOUN	Number=Sing	82 pass	obj
85	'	'	PUNCT	_	84 thro	punct
86	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	82 pass	obj
87	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 advanced	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	advance	past · perfect	Scarce		the wood			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme towards wood=Initial_Location
2	give	past	all great trees and the bushes and brambles	way of trees				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Theme
3	let	to-infinitive	all great trees and the bushes and brambles not said here	Scarce				tree rules
4	pass	infinitive	Scarce not said here	thro				vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme thro=Trajectory
5	walk up	past	Scarce				to the castle result	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to castle=Result
6	see	past	Scarce	the castle		at the end of a large avenue		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer which=Stimulus
7	go	past	a large avenue					vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
8	is	past					a little obl:unmarked; surprised property	tree rules
9	see	past	Scarce					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
10	follow	could	none	Scarce				vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
11	close	participle · passive		the trees		again	soon property	vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
12	pass	past	Scarce	thro				vn give-13.1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent thro=Recipient they=Theme

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 Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault» by Charles Perrault, Project Gutenberg book 29021 (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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