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The Orange Fairy Book, Opening, part 38, sentence 28

He waited in front of the gates till a magnificent horse was led up to him, and vaulting into the saddle with an ease which rather surprised the attendant, rode quickly out of the town amidst the jests of the assembled crowd, who had heard of his audacious proposal.

Who acts: Gilguerillo, assembled crowd · What happens: wait, lead up, vault, surprise, ride, assemble · To what, where: front, magnificent horse, Gilguerillo, saddle, ease, town

This is a sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 38. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Gilguerillo, assembled crowd), 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

nsubjcaseoblcasedetnmodmarkdetamodnsubj:passaux:passadvclcompound:prtcaseoblpunctccadvclcasedetoblcasedetoblobjadvmodacl:relcldetobjpunctconjadvmodcasecasedetoblcasedetoblcasedetamodnmodpunctnsubjauxacl:relclcasenmod:possamodoblpunctrootHePRONwaitedVERBinADPfrontNOUNofADPtheDETgatesNOUNtillSCONJaDETmagnificentADJhorseNOUNwasAUXledVERBupADPtoADPhimPRON,PUNCTandCCONJvaultingVERBintoADPtheDETsaddleNOUNwithADPanDETeaseNOUNwhichPRONratherADVsurprisedVERBtheDETattendantNOUN,PUNCTrodeVERBquicklyADVoutADPofADPtheDETtownNOUNamidstADPtheDETjestsNOUNofADPtheDETassembledVERBcrowdNOUN,PUNCTwhoPRONhadAUXheardVERBofADPhisPRONaudaciousADJproposalNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 waitednsubj
2waitedwaitVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
3ininADP_4 frontcase
4frontfrontNOUNNumber=Sing2 waitedobl
5ofofADP_7 gatescase
6thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art7 gatesdet
7gatesgateNOUNNumber=Plur4 frontnmod
8tilltillSCONJ_13 ledmark
9aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art11 horsedet
10magnificentmagnificentADJDegree=Pos11 horseamod
11horsehorseNOUNNumber=Sing13 lednsubj:pass
12wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin13 ledaux:pass
13ledleadVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass2 waitedadvcl
14upupADP_13 ledcompound:prt
15totoADP_16 himcase
16himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs13 ledobl
17,,PUNCT_19 vaultingpunct
18andandCCONJ_19 vaultingcc
19vaultingvaultVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part2 waitedadvcl
20intointoADP_22 saddlecase
21thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art22 saddledet
22saddlesaddleNOUNNumber=Sing19 vaultingobl
23withwithADP_25 easecase
24anaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art25 easedet
25easeeaseNOUNNumber=Sing19 vaultingobl
26whichwhichPRONPronType=Rel28 surprisedobj
27ratherratherADV_28 surprisedadvmod
28surprisedsurpriseVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin25 easeacl:relcl
29thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art30 attendantdet
30attendantattendantNOUNNumber=Sing28 surprisedobj
31,,PUNCT_32 rodepunct
32roderideVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin2 waitedconj
33quicklyquicklyADV_32 rodeadvmod
34outoutADP_37 towncase
35ofofADP_37 towncase
36thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art37 towndet
37towntownNOUNNumber=Sing32 rodeobl
38amidstamidstADP_40 jestscase
39thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art40 jestsdet
40jestsjestNOUNNumber=Plur32 rodeobl
41ofofADP_44 crowdcase
42thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art44 crowddet
43assembledassembleVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass44 crowdamod
44crowdcrowdNOUNNumber=Sing40 jestsnmod
45,,PUNCT_48 heardpunct
46whowhoPRONPronType=Rel48 heardnsubj
47hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin48 heardaux
48heardhearVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part44 crowdacl:relcl
49ofofADP_52 proposalcase
50hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs52 proposalnmod:poss
51audaciousaudaciousADJDegree=Pos52 proposalamod
52proposalproposalNOUNNumber=Sing48 heardobl
53..PUNCT_2 waitedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1waitpastGilguerillofront of the gatesvn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in front=Location
2lead uppast · passivea magnificent horseGilguerillotree rules
3vaultgerundGilguerillo not said herethe saddlewith a easevn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into saddle=Destination
4surprisepasta easevn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Stimulus which=Experiencer attendant=Result
5ridepastGilguerillo not said herethe townamidst the jests of the assembled crowd; quickly propertyvn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent out town=Trajectory
6assembleparticiplevn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
7hearpast · perfectthe assembled crowdof Gilguerillo's audacious proposalvn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer of proposal=Stimulus
8jestthe assembled crowdnom jest «communication intransitive»: of=agent
9proposeGilguerillonom proposal «communication intransitive»: poss=agent

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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