The Lilac Fairy Book, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 11, sentence 91
When he came to the forge he saw the prince standing at the door, and beckoned him over to the coach.
Who acts: bridegroom, prince · What happens: come, see, stand, beckon over · To what, where: forge, prince, door, bridegroom, coach
This is a sentence of «The Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 11. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (bridegroom, prince), 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 | When | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 3 came | advmod |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 came | nsubj |
| 3 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 saw | advcl |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 forge | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 forge | det |
| 6 | forge | forge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 came | obl |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 saw | nsubj |
| 8 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 prince | det |
| 10 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 saw | obj |
| 11 | standing | stand | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 10 prince | acl |
| 12 | at | at | ADP | _ | 14 door | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 door | det |
| 14 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 standing | obl |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 beckoned | punct |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 beckoned | cc |
| 17 | beckoned | beckon | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 saw | conj |
| 18 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 beckoned | obj |
| 19 | over | over | ADP | _ | 17 beckoned | compound:prt |
| 20 | to | to | ADP | _ | 22 coach | case |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 coach | det |
| 22 | coach | coach | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 beckoned | obl |
| 23 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 saw | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | past | bridegroom | the forge | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to forge=Initial_Location | ||||
| 2 | see | past | bridegroom | the prince | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer prince=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | stand | gerund | the prince not said here | the door | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at door=Location | ||||
| 4 | beckon over | past | bridegroom not said here | bridegroom | the coach | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Theme to coach=Recipient |
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 Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3454 (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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