The Brown Fairy Book, The Brown Fairy Book, part 14, sentence 31

It was very early in the morning when the party set out, and Helga’s two sisters grew green with envy as they passed the flocks of sheep, and cows, and horses, and heard that the best of each was given to Helga herself; but when they caught sight of the poor little house which was to be her home their hearts grew light again.

Who acts: wedding, two sisters, sisters, hearts · What happens: be, set out, grow, pass, hear, give · To what, where: party, cows, flocks, best, Helga, sight · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Brown Fairy Book, part 14. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (wedding, two sisters, sisters, hearts), 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	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 morning	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 morning	cop
3	very	very	ADV	_	4 early	advmod
4	early	early	ADV	Degree=Pos	7 morning	advmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 morning	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 morning	det
7	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	11 set	advmod
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 party	det
10	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 set	nsubj:pass
11	set	set	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 morning	acl:relcl
12	out	out	ADP	_	11 set	compound:prt
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 grew	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 grew	cc
15	Helga	Helga	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 sisters	nmod:poss
16	’s	's	PART	_	15 Helga	case
17	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	18 sisters	nummod
18	sisters	sister	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 grew	nsubj
19	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 set	parataxis
20	green	green	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 grew	xcomp
21	with	with	ADP	_	22 envy	case
22	envy	envy	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 grew	obl
23	as	as	SCONJ	_	25 passed	mark
24	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 passed	nsubj
25	passed	pass	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 grew	advcl
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 flocks	det
27	flocks	flock	NOUN	Number=Plur	25 passed	obj
28	of	of	ADP	_	29 sheep	case
29	sheep	sheep	NOUN	Number=Plur	27 flocks	nmod
30	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 cows	punct
31	and	and	CCONJ	_	32 cows	cc
32	cows	cow	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 grew	obl
33	,	,	PUNCT	_	35 horses	punct
34	and	and	CCONJ	_	35 horses	cc
35	horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 grew	obl
36	,	,	PUNCT	_	38 heard	punct
37	and	and	CCONJ	_	38 heard	cc
38	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 grew	conj
39	that	that	SCONJ	_	45 given	mark
40	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	41 best	det
41	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	45 given	nsubj:pass
42	of	of	ADP	_	43 each	case
43	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	41 best	obl
44	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	45 given	aux:pass
45	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	38 heard	ccomp
46	to	to	ADP	_	47 Helga	case
47	Helga	Helga	PROPN	Number=Sing	45 given	obl
48	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	45 given	obl
49	;	;	PUNCT	_	53 caught	punct
50	but	but	CCONJ	_	53 caught	cc
51	when	when	SCONJ	_	53 caught	mark
52	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	53 caught	nsubj
53	caught	catch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 grew	conj
54	sight	sight	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 caught	obj
55	of	of	ADP	_	59 house	case
56	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	59 house	det
57	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	59 house	amod
58	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	59 house	amod
59	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	54 sight	nmod
60	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	65 home	nsubj
61	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	65 home	cop
62	to	to	PART	_	65 home	mark
63	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	65 home	cop
64	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	65 home	nmod:poss
65	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 caught	obl
66	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	67 hearts	nmod:poss
67	hearts	heart	NOUN	Number=Plur	68 grew	nsubj
68	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	65 home	acl:relcl
69	light	light	ADJ	Degree=Pos	68 grew	xcomp
70	again	again	ADV	_	69 light	advmod
71	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 morning	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	wedding			in the morning	early property	tree rules
2	set out	participle · passive		the party				tree rules
3	grow	past	Helga's two sisters	cows			with envy; horses obl; green property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	pass	past	sisters = sister	the flocks of sheep				vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme flock=Trajectory
5	hear	past	Helga's two sisters not said here					vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
6	give	past · passive		the best	Helga		Helga obl	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to helga=Recipient
7	catch	past	sisters = sister	sight of the poor little house				vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sight=Theme
8	is a	past		Helga's home				tree rules
9	grow	past	sisters's hearts	Helga's home not said here			light property	vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location home=Theme
10	sight			the poor little house				nom sight «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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 Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3282 (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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