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The Lilac Fairy Book, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 27, sentence 72

Then, on tiptoe, the idiot crept back to the colt which he led over soft moss past the black man into the vale of pleasure, a delicious garden full of fruits that dangled before your mouth, fountains running with wine, and flowers chanting in soft little voices.

Who acts: idiot, colt, fruits, fountains, flowers · What happens: creep back, lead, dangle, run, chant · To what, where: flowers, tiptoe, soft moss, mouth, soft little voices

This is a sentence of «The Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 27. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (idiot, colt, fruits, fountains), 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

advmodpunctcaseoblpunctdetnsubjadvmodcasedetoblnsubjnsubjacl:relclcaseamodoblcasedetamodoblcasedetoblcasenmodpunctdetamodconjamodcaseoblnsubjacl:relclcasenmod:possoblpunctconjaclcaseoblpunctccoblaclcaseamodamodoblpunctrootThenADV,PUNCTonADPtiptoeNOUN,PUNCTtheDETidiotNOUNcreptVERBbackADVtoADPtheDETcoltNOUNwhichPRONhePRONledVERBoverADPsoftADJmossNOUNpastADPtheDETblackADJmanNOUNintoADPtheDETvaleNOUNofADPpleasureNOUN,PUNCTaDETdeliciousADJgardenNOUNfullADJofADPfruitsNOUNthatPRONdangledVERBbeforeADPyourPRONmouthNOUN,PUNCTfountainsNOUNrunningVERBwithADPwineNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJflowersNOUNchantingVERBinADPsoftADJlittleADJvoicesNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThenthenADVPronType=Dem8 creptadvmod
2,,PUNCT_1 Thenpunct
3ononADP_4 tiptoecase
4tiptoetiptoeNOUNNumber=Sing8 creptobl
5,,PUNCT_4 tiptoepunct
6thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art7 idiotdet
7idiotidiotNOUNNumber=Sing8 creptnsubj
8creptcreepVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
9backbackADV_8 creptadvmod
10totoADP_12 coltcase
11thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art12 coltdet
12coltcoltNOUNNumber=Sing8 creptobl
13whichwhichPRONPronType=Rel15 lednsubj
14hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs15 lednsubj
15ledleadVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin12 coltacl:relcl
16overoverADP_18 mosscase
17softsoftADJDegree=Pos18 mossamod
18mossmossNOUNNumber=Sing15 ledobl
19pastpastADP_22 mancase
20thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art22 mandet
21blackblackADJDegree=Pos22 manamod
22manmanNOUNNumber=Sing15 ledobl
23intointoADP_25 valecase
24thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art25 valedet
25valevaleNOUNNumber=Sing15 ledobl
26ofofADP_27 pleasurecase
27pleasurepleasureNOUNNumber=Sing25 valenmod
28,,PUNCT_31 gardenpunct
29aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art31 gardendet
30deliciousdeliciousADJDegree=Pos31 gardenamod
31gardengardenNOUNNumber=Sing25 valeconj
32fullfullADJDegree=Pos31 gardenamod
33ofofADP_34 fruitscase
34fruitsfruitNOUNNumber=Plur32 fullobl
35thatthatPRONPronType=Rel36 danglednsubj
36dangleddangleVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin34 fruitsacl:relcl
37beforebeforeADP_39 mouthcase
38youryourPRONCase=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs39 mouthnmod:poss
39mouthmouthNOUNNumber=Sing36 dangledobl
40,,PUNCT_41 fountainspunct
41fountainsfountainNOUNNumber=Plur34 fruitsconj
42runningrunVERBVerbForm=Ger41 fountainsacl
43withwithADP_44 winecase
44winewineNOUNNumber=Sing42 runningobl
45,,PUNCT_47 flowerspunct
46andandCCONJ_47 flowerscc
47flowersflowerNOUNNumber=Plur8 creptobl
48chantingchantVERBVerbForm=Ger47 flowersacl
49ininADP_52 voicescase
50softsoftADJDegree=Pos52 voicesamod
51littlelittleADJDegree=Pos52 voicesamod
52voicesvoiceNOUNNumber=Plur48 chantingobl
53..PUNCT_8 creptpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1creep backpastthe idiotflowerstiptoethento the coltvn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to colt=Destination
2leadpastthe coltsoft mosspast the black man; into the vale of pleasure and a delicious gardenvn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent over moss=Destination
3danglepastfruits and fountainsyour mouthvn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before mouth=Location
4rungerundfountains not said herewith winevn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent with wine=Material
5chantgerundflowers not said heresoft little voicesvn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: 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 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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