The Brown Fairy Book, The Brown Fairy Book, part 20, sentence 25

At first he could hardly stand for joy, the chance of speaking to another man was so delightful; but as the boat drew near there was something, he could not tell what, that was different from the boats which he had been used to all his life, and when it touched the shore he saw that the people that filled it were beings of another world than ours.

Who acts: dance, chance, man, boat, something, that · What happens: stand, speak, be, draw, not tell, use · To what, where: boats, shore, boat, beings · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Brown Fairy Book, part 20. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (dance, chance, man, boat), 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	At	at	ADP	_	2 first	case
2	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	6 stand	obl
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 stand	nsubj
4	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 stand	aux
5	hardly	hardly	ADV	_	6 stand	advmod
6	stand	stand	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 joy	case
8	joy	joy	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 stand	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 chance	punct
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 chance	det
11	chance	chance	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 joy	appos
12	of	of	SCONJ	_	13 speaking	mark
13	speaking	speak	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 chance	acl
14	to	to	SCONJ	_	19 delightful	mark
15	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	16 man	det
16	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 delightful	nsubj
17	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 delightful	cop
18	so	so	ADV	_	19 delightful	advmod
19	delightful	delightful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 speaking	xcomp
20	;	;	PUNCT	_	34 tell	punct
21	but	but	CCONJ	_	34 tell	cc
22	as	as	SCONJ	_	25 drew	mark
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 boat	det
24	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 drew	nsubj
25	drew	draw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	34 tell	advcl
26	near	near	ADP	_	28 was	mark
27	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	28 was	expl
28	was	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	25 drew	ccomp
29	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	28 was	nsubj
30	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 drew	punct
31	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	34 tell	nsubj
32	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	34 tell	aux
33	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	34 tell	advmod
34	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 stand	conj
35	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	34 tell	obj
36	,	,	PUNCT	_	39 different	punct
37	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	39 different	nsubj
38	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	39 different	cop
39	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	35 what	parataxis
40	from	from	ADP	_	42 boats	case
41	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	42 boats	det
42	boats	boat	NOUN	Number=Plur	39 different	obl
43	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	47 used	nsubj:pass
44	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	47 used	nsubj
45	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	47 used	aux
46	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	47 used	aux:pass
47	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	42 boats	acl:relcl
48	to	to	ADP	_	51 life	case
49	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	51 life	det:predet
50	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	51 life	nmod:poss
51	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 used	obl
52	,	,	PUNCT	_	56 touched	punct
53	and	and	CCONJ	_	56 touched	cc
54	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	56 touched	advmod
55	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	56 touched	nsubj
56	touched	touch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 stand	advcl
57	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	58 shore	det
58	shore	shore	NOUN	Number=Sing	56 touched	obj
59	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	60 saw	nsubj
60	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	58 shore	acl:relcl
61	that	that	SCONJ	_	68 beings	mark
62	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	63 people	det
63	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	68 beings	nsubj
64	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	65 filled	nsubj
65	filled	fill	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	63 people	acl:relcl
66	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	65 filled	obj
67	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	68 beings	cop
68	beings	being	NOUN	Number=Plur	60 saw	obj
69	of	of	ADP	_	71 world	case
70	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	71 world	det
71	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	68 beings	nmod
72	than	than	ADP	_	73 ours	case
73	ours	our	PRON	Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	60 saw	obl
74	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 stand	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	stand	could	dance			for joy; hardly property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at first=Location
2	speak speech: other	gerund	the chance not said here				vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is	past	another man			delightful property	tree rules
4	draw	past	the boat				tree rules
5	be	past	something		there		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
6	not tell speech: assert	could	dance				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient
7	is	past	that		the boats	different property	tree rules
8	use	past · perfect · passive		the boats		to dance's life	vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
9	touch	past	boat	the shore			vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme shore=Co-Theme
10	see	past	dance	the shore not said here		than ours	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer shore=Stimulus
11	fill	past	the people	boat			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient
12	is a	past	the people	beings		of another world	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 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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