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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | So | so | ADV | _ | 3 stole | advmod |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 stole | nsubj |
| 3 | stole | steal | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | into | into | ADP | _ | 6 valley | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 valley | det |
| 6 | valley | valley | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 stole | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 keeping | punct |
| 8 | keeping | keep | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 stole | advcl |
| 9 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 8 keeping | obj |
| 10 | carefully | carefully | ADV | _ | 11 hidden | advmod |
| 11 | hidden | hide | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 keeping | xcomp |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 copse | case |
| 13 | copse | copse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 hidden | obl |
| 14 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 15 hedgerow | cc |
| 15 | hedgerow | hedgerow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 copse | conj |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 met | punct |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 met | cc |
| 18 | very | very | ADV | _ | 19 soon | advmod |
| 19 | soon | soon | ADV | Degree=Pos | 20 met | advmod |
| 20 | met | meet | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 stole | conj |
| 21 | with | with | ADP | _ | 23 adventure | case |
| 22 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 23 adventure | det |
| 23 | adventure | adventure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 met | obl |
| 24 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 27 peeping | punct |
| 25 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 27 peeping | mark |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 peeping | punct |
| 27 | peeping | peep | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 stole | advcl |
| 28 | through | through | ADP | _ | 30 screen | case |
| 29 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 30 screen | det |
| 30 | screen | screen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 peeping | obl |
| 31 | of | of | ADP | _ | 32 leaves | case |
| 32 | leaves | leaf | NOUN | Number=Plur | 30 screen | nmod |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 saw | punct |
| 34 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 35 saw | nsubj |
| 35 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 stole | parataxis |
| 36 | before | before | ADP | _ | 37 him | case |
| 37 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 35 saw | obl |
| 38 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 40 lawn | det |
| 39 | green | green | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 40 lawn | amod |
| 40 | lawn | lawn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 saw | obj |
| 41 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 42 stood | advmod |
| 42 | stood | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 40 lawn | acl:relcl |
| 43 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 45 maiden | det |
| 44 | charming | charming | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 45 maiden | amod |
| 45 | maiden | maiden | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 stood | obj |
| 46 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 47 fresh | punct |
| 47 | fresh | fresh | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 45 maiden | amod |
| 48 | as | as | ADP | _ | 50 spring | case |
| 49 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 50 spring | det |
| 50 | spring | spring | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 fresh | obl |
| 51 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 53 beautiful | punct |
| 52 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 53 beautiful | cc |
| 53 | beautiful | beautiful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 35 saw | conj |
| 54 | to | to | PART | _ | 55 look | mark |
| 55 | look | look | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 53 beautiful | xcomp |
| 56 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 55 look | obl |
| 57 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 stole | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | steal | past | he | the valley | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | keep | gerund | he not said here | himself = he | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | hide | participle | himself = he not said here | copse or hedgerow | carefully property | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in copse=Location | |||
| 4 | meet | participle | he not said here | with a adventure; soon property | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with adventure=Co-Agent | ||||
| 5 | peep | gerund | he not said here | through a screen of leaves | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent through screen=Theme | ||||
| 6 | see | past | he | a green lawn | before him = he | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer lawn=Stimulus | |||
| 7 | stand | past | a charming maiden | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer maiden=Stimulus | |||||
| 8 | look | to-infinitive | a green lawn not said here | vn 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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