The Orange Fairy Book, Opening, part 37, sentence 56

When these were over the barge proceeded up the river to the field where the dancing and concerts were to take place, and after the prizes had been given away to the winners, and the loaves and the dresses had been distributed by the princess, they bade farewell to their guests, and turned to step into the barge which was to carry them back to the palace.

Who acts: these, barge, dancing, princess, loaf · What happens: be, proceed up, take, give away, distribute, bade · To what, where: barge, river, place, loaves

This is a sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 37. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (these, barge, dancing, princess), 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	When	when	ADV	PronType=Int	7 proceeded	advmod
2	these	this	PRON	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	6 barge	nsubj
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 barge	cop
4	over	over	ADP	_	6 barge	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 barge	det
6	barge	barge	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 proceeded	nsubj
7	proceeded	proceed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	up	up	ADP	_	7 proceeded	compound:prt
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 river	det
10	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 proceeded	obj
11	to	to	ADP	_	13 field	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 field	det
13	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 proceeded	obl
14	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	13 field	advmod
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 dancing	det
16	dancing	dancing	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 where	nsubj
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 concerts	cc
18	concerts	concert	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 dancing	conj
19	were	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 dancing	acl
20	to	to	PART	_	21 take	mark
21	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	19 were	xcomp
22	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 take	obj
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	30 given	punct
24	and	and	CCONJ	_	30 given	cc
25	after	after	ADP	_	27 prizes	case
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 prizes	det
27	prizes	prize	NOUN	Number=Plur	30 given	obl
28	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	30 given	aux
29	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	30 given	aux:pass
30	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	21 take	advcl
31	away	away	ADV	_	30 given	advmod
32	to	to	ADP	_	34 winners	case
33	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	34 winners	det
34	winners	winner	NOUN	Number=Plur	31 away	obl
35	,	,	PUNCT	_	44 distributed	punct
36	and	and	CCONJ	_	44 distributed	cc
37	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	38 loaves	det
38	loaves	loaf	NOUN	Number=Plur	44 distributed	nsubj:pass
39	and	and	CCONJ	_	41 dresses	cc
40	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	41 dresses	det
41	dresses	dress	NOUN	Number=Plur	38 loaves	conj
42	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	44 distributed	aux
43	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	44 distributed	aux:pass
44	distributed	distribute	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	30 given	parataxis
45	by	by	ADP	_	47 princess	case
46	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	47 princess	det
47	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 distributed	obl
48	,	,	PUNCT	_	50 bade	punct
49	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	50 bade	nsubj
50	bade	bade	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 distributed	parataxis
51	farewell	farewell	ADV	_	44 distributed	advmod
52	to	to	ADP	_	54 guests	case
53	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	54 guests	nmod:poss
54	guests	guest	NOUN	Number=Plur	51 farewell	obl
55	,	,	PUNCT	_	57 turned	punct
56	and	and	CCONJ	_	57 turned	cc
57	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	44 distributed	conj
58	to	to	PART	_	59 step	mark
59	step	step	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	57 turned	xcomp
60	into	into	ADP	_	62 barge	case
61	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	62 barge	det
62	barge	barge	NOUN	Number=Sing	59 step	obl
63	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	66 carry	nsubj
64	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	66 carry	cop
65	to	to	PART	_	66 carry	mark
66	carry	carry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	62 barge	acl:relcl
67	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	66 carry	obj
68	back	back	ADV	_	66 carry	advmod
69	to	to	ADP	_	71 palace	case
70	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	71 palace	det
71	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	68 back	obl
72	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 proceeded	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	these		the barge			tree rules
2	proceed up	past	the barge	the river			to the field	tree rules
3	be	past	the dancing and concerts not said here					tree rules
4	take	to-infinitive	the dancing and concerts not said here	place				vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Theme
5	give away	past · perfect · passive	the dancing and concerts not said here			after the prizes	away property	vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»
6	distribute	past · perfect · passive	the princess	the loaves and the dresses			farewell property	vn contribute-13.2-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
7	bade		loaf					tree rules
8	turn	past	the princess not said here					tree rules
9	step	to-infinitive	the princess not said here		the barge			vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into barge=Destination
10	is	past	the barge				carry property	tree rules

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 Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3027 (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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