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The Brown Fairy Book, The Brown Fairy Book, part 31, sentence 4

The sight of the maiden so pleased the gnome that, for the first time, he wished himself a mortal; and, longing for a better view of the gay company, he changed himself into a raven and perched upon an oaktree which overhung the brook.

Who acts: sight, oaktree · What happens: wish, long, change, perch, overhang, sight · To what, where: pleased gnome, sight, raven, oaktree, brook, 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 (sight, oaktree), 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

detnsubjcasedetnmodadvmodamoddetobl:unmarkedpunctcasedetamodoblpunctnsubjacl:relclobjdetobjpunctccpunctadvclcasedetamodoblcasedetamodnmodpunctnsubjparataxisobjcasedetoblccconjcasedetoblnsubjacl:relcldetobjpunctrootTheDETsightNOUNofADPtheDETmaidenNOUNsoADVpleasedADJtheDETgnomeNOUNthatPRON,PUNCTforADPtheDETfirstADJtimeNOUN,PUNCThePRONwishedVERBhimselfPRONaDETmortalNOUN;PUNCTandCCONJ,PUNCTlongingVERBforADPaDETbetterADJviewNOUNofADPtheDETgayADJcompanyNOUN,PUNCThePRONchangedVERBhimselfPRONintoADPaDETravenNOUNandCCONJperchedVERBuponADPanDEToaktreeNOUNwhichPRONoverhungVERBtheDETbrookNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 sightdet
2sightsightNOUNNumber=Sing9 gnomensubj
3ofofADP_5 maidencase
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 maidendet
5maidenmaidenNOUNNumber=Sing2 sightnmod
6sosoADV_7 pleasedadvmod
7pleasedpleasedADJDegree=Pos9 gnomeamod
8thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art9 gnomedet
9gnomegnomeNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
10thatthatPRONPronType=Rel18 wishedobl:unmarked
11,,PUNCT_10 thatpunct
12forforADP_15 timecase
13thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art15 timedet
14firstfirstADJDegree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord15 timeamod
15timetimeNOUNNumber=Sing18 wishedobl
16,,PUNCT_15 timepunct
17hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs18 wishednsubj
18wishedwishVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin9 gnomeacl:relcl
19himselfhimselfPRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes18 wishedobj
20aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art21 mortaldet
21mortalmortalNOUNNumber=Sing18 wishedobj
22;;PUNCT_36 changedpunct
23andandCCONJ_36 changedcc
24,,PUNCT_25 longingpunct
25longinglongVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part36 changedadvcl
26forforADP_29 viewcase
27aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art29 viewdet
28bettergoodADJDegree=Cmp29 viewamod
29viewviewNOUNNumber=Sing25 longingobl
30ofofADP_33 companycase
31thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art33 companydet
32gaygayADJDegree=Pos33 companyamod
33companycompanyNOUNNumber=Sing29 viewnmod
34,,PUNCT_25 longingpunct
35hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs36 changednsubj
36changedchangeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin9 gnomeparataxis
37himselfhimselfPRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes36 changedobj
38intointoADP_40 ravencase
39aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art40 ravendet
40ravenravenNOUNNumber=Sing36 changedobl
41andandCCONJ_42 perchedcc
42perchedperchVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass36 changedconj
43uponuponADP_45 oaktreecase
44anaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art45 oaktreedet
45oaktreeoaktreeNOUNNumber=Sing42 perchedobl
46whichwhichPRONPronType=Rel47 overhungnsubj
47overhungoverhangVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin45 oaktreeacl:relcl
48thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art49 brookdet
49brookbrookNOUNNumber=Sing47 overhungobj
50..PUNCT_9 gnomepunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1wishpastsightthe pleased gnometimetree rules
2longgerundsight not said herefor a better view of the gay companyvn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for view=Theme
3changepastsightsightinto a raven resultvn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: agent=Agent himself=Patient into raven=Result
4perchparticiplesight not said herea oaktreevn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent upon oaktree=Location
5overhangpasta oaktreethe brookvn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme brook=Co-Theme
6sightthe maidennom sight «cognition transitive»: of=patient
7viewthe gay companynom view «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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