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The Brown Fairy Book, The Brown Fairy Book, part 31, sentence 1

So he stole into the valley, keeping himself carefully hidden in copse or hedgerow, and very soon met with an adventure; for, peeping through a screen of leaves, he saw before him a green lawn where stood a charming maiden, fresh as the spring, and beautiful to look upon.

Who acts: he, himself, green lawn · What happens: steal, keep, hide, meet, peep, see · To what, where: valley, himself, copse, green lawn, charming maiden

This is a sentence of «The Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Brown Fairy Book, part 31. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (he, himself, green lawn), 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

advmodnsubjcasedetoblpunctadvclobjadvmodxcompcaseoblccconjpunctccadvmodadvmodconjcasedetoblpunctmarkpunctadvclcasedetoblcasenmodpunctnsubjparataxiscaseobldetamodobjadvmodacl:relcldetamodobjpunctamodcasedetoblpunctccconjmarkxcompoblpunctrootSoADVhePRONstoleVERBintoADPtheDETvalleyNOUN,PUNCTkeepingVERBhimselfPRONcarefullyADVhiddenVERBinADPcopseNOUNorCCONJhedgerowNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJveryADVsoonADVmetVERBwithADPanDETadventureNOUN;PUNCTforSCONJ,PUNCTpeepingVERBthroughADPaDETscreenNOUNofADPleavesNOUN,PUNCThePRONsawVERBbeforeADPhimPRONaDETgreenADJlawnNOUNwhereADVstoodVERBaDETcharmingADJmaidenNOUN,PUNCTfreshADJasADPtheDETspringNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJbeautifulADJtoPARTlookVERBuponADP.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SosoADV_3 stoleadvmod
2hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 stolensubj
3stolestealVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
4intointoADP_6 valleycase
5thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 valleydet
6valleyvalleyNOUNNumber=Sing3 stoleobl
7,,PUNCT_8 keepingpunct
8keepingkeepVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part3 stoleadvcl
9himselfhimselfPRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes8 keepingobj
10carefullycarefullyADV_11 hiddenadvmod
11hiddenhideVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass8 keepingxcomp
12ininADP_13 copsecase
13copsecopseNOUNNumber=Sing11 hiddenobl
14ororCCONJ_15 hedgerowcc
15hedgerowhedgerowNOUNNumber=Sing13 copseconj
16,,PUNCT_20 metpunct
17andandCCONJ_20 metcc
18veryveryADV_19 soonadvmod
19soonsoonADVDegree=Pos20 metadvmod
20metmeetVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass3 stoleconj
21withwithADP_23 adventurecase
22anaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art23 adventuredet
23adventureadventureNOUNNumber=Sing20 metobl
24;;PUNCT_27 peepingpunct
25forforSCONJ_27 peepingmark
26,,PUNCT_27 peepingpunct
27peepingpeepVERBVerbForm=Ger3 stoleadvcl
28throughthroughADP_30 screencase
29aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art30 screendet
30screenscreenNOUNNumber=Sing27 peepingobl
31ofofADP_32 leavescase
32leavesleafNOUNNumber=Plur30 screennmod
33,,PUNCT_35 sawpunct
34hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs35 sawnsubj
35sawseeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 stoleparataxis
36beforebeforeADP_37 himcase
37himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs35 sawobl
38aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art40 lawndet
39greengreenADJDegree=Pos40 lawnamod
40lawnlawnNOUNNumber=Sing35 sawobj
41wherewhereADVPronType=Rel42 stoodadvmod
42stoodstandVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin40 lawnacl:relcl
43aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art45 maidendet
44charmingcharmingADJDegree=Pos45 maidenamod
45maidenmaidenNOUNNumber=Sing42 stoodobj
46,,PUNCT_47 freshpunct
47freshfreshADJDegree=Pos45 maidenamod
48asasADP_50 springcase
49thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art50 springdet
50springspringNOUNNumber=Sing47 freshobl
51,,PUNCT_53 beautifulpunct
52andandCCONJ_53 beautifulcc
53beautifulbeautifulADJDegree=Pos35 sawconj
54totoPART_55 lookmark
55looklookVERBVerbForm=Inf53 beautifulxcomp
56uponuponADP_55 lookobl
57..PUNCT_3 stolepunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1stealpasthethe valleyvn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2keepgerundhe not said herehimself = hetree rules
3hideparticiplehimself = he not said herecopse or hedgerowcarefully propertyvn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in copse=Location
4meetparticiplehe not said herewith a adventure; soon propertyvn meet-36.3-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with adventure=Co-Agent
5peepgerundhe not said herethrough a screen of leavesvn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent through screen=Theme
6seepasthea green lawnbefore him = hevn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer lawn=Stimulus
7standpasta charming maidenvn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer maiden=Stimulus
8lookto-infinitivea green lawn not said herevn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

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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