The Brown Fairy Book, The Brown Fairy Book, part 31, sentence 11

Stepping out of his hiding-place he stood in the midst of the little lawn, weaving his magic spells, till slowly all about him changed, and when the maidens returned at noon to their favourite resting-place they stood lost in amazement, and almost fancied that they must be dreaming.

Who acts: Master, Stepping, maidens, flowers · What happens: step out, stand, weave, spell, change, return · To what, where: hiding place, midst, magic, flowers, amazement

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 (Master, Stepping, maidens, flowers), 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	Stepping	step	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	21 spells	csubj
2	out	out	ADP	_	7 place	case
3	of	of	ADP	_	7 place	case
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 place	nmod:poss
5	hiding	hiding	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 place	compound
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 hiding	punct
7	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Stepping	obl
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 stood	nsubj
9	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 place	acl:relcl
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 midst	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 midst	det
12	midst	midst	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 stood	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	16 lawn	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 lawn	det
15	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 lawn	amod
16	lawn	lawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 midst	nmod
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 weaving	punct
18	weaving	weave	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Stepping	conj
19	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 magic	nmod:poss
20	magic	magic	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 weaving	obj
21	spells	spell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 spells	punct
23	till	till	ADP	_	24 slowly	case
24	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	21 spells	obl
25	all	all	ADV	_	28 changed	advmod
26	about	about	SCONJ	_	28 changed	mark
27	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	28 changed	nsubj
28	changed	change	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	21 spells	advcl
29	,	,	PUNCT	_	34 returned	punct
30	and	and	CCONJ	_	34 returned	cc
31	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	34 returned	advmod
32	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	33 maidens	det
33	maidens	maiden	NOUN	Number=Plur	34 returned	nsubj
34	returned	return	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	28 changed	conj
35	at	at	ADP	_	36 noon	case
36	noon	noon	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 returned	obl
37	to	to	ADP	_	42 place	case
38	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	42 place	nmod:poss
39	favourite	favourite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	42 place	amod
40	resting	resting	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 place	compound
41	-	-	PUNCT	_	40 resting	punct
42	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 returned	obl
43	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	45 lost	nsubj
44	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	45 lost	aux:pass
45	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	42 place	acl:relcl
46	in	in	ADP	_	47 amazement	case
47	amazement	amazement	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 lost	obl
48	,	,	PUNCT	_	51 fancied	punct
49	and	and	CCONJ	_	51 fancied	cc
50	almost	almost	ADV	_	51 fancied	advmod
51	fancied	fancy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	28 changed	conj
52	that	that	SCONJ	_	56 dreaming	mark
53	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	56 dreaming	nsubj
54	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	56 dreaming	aux
55	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	56 dreaming	aux
56	dreaming	dream	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	51 fancied	advcl
57	.	.	PUNCT	_	21 spells	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	step out	gerund		Master's hiding place				vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location place=Theme
2	stand	past	Master	Master's hiding place not said here	the midst of the little lawn			vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent place=Theme in midst=Destination
3	weave	gerund		Master's magic				vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent magic=Product
4	spell	present	Stepping					vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent
5	change	past	Master				all property	vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
6	return	past	the maidens			noon	to flowers's favourite resting place result	vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to place=Result
7	lose	past · passive		flowers = flower	amazement			vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality
8	fancy	past	Master not said here				almost property	vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer
9	dream	must · progressive	flowers = flower					vn cognize-85 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=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 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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