The Lilac Fairy Book, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 38, sentence 79

But though it seemed so close it was not until the evening of the third day that they really drew near to it, and in front of it a flock of sheep was spread, so many in number that there seemed no end to them.

Who acts: it, seven, comrade · What happens: seem, not be, draw, spread · To what, where: third day, seven, flock, front, end, comrade

This is a sentence of «The Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 38. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (it, seven, comrade), 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	But	but	CCONJ	_	4 seemed	cc
2	though	though	SCONJ	_	4 seemed	mark
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 seemed	nsubj
4	seemed	seem	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	so	so	ADV	_	6 close	advmod
6	close	close	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 seemed	xcomp
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 evening	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 evening	cop
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 evening	advmod
10	until	until	ADP	_	12 evening	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 evening	det
12	evening	evening	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 seemed	obl:unmarked
13	of	of	ADP	_	16 day	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 day	det
15	third	third	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	16 day	amod
16	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 evening	nmod
17	that	that	SCONJ	_	20 drew	mark
18	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 drew	nsubj
19	really	really	ADV	_	20 drew	advmod
20	drew	draw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 day	acl:relcl
21	near	near	ADP	_	23 it	case
22	to	to	ADP	_	23 it	case
23	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 drew	obl
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	35 spread	punct
25	and	and	CCONJ	_	35 spread	cc
26	in	in	ADP	_	27 front	case
27	front	front	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 spread	obl
28	of	of	ADP	_	29 it	case
29	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	27 front	nmod
30	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	31 flock	det
31	flock	flock	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 spread	nsubj:pass
32	of	of	ADP	_	33 sheep	case
33	sheep	sheep	NOUN	Number=Plur	31 flock	nmod
34	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	35 spread	aux:pass
35	spread	spread	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	20 drew	conj
36	,	,	PUNCT	_	38 many	punct
37	so	so	ADV	_	38 many	advmod
38	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 seemed	conj
39	in	in	ADP	_	40 number	case
40	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 many	nmod
41	that	that	SCONJ	_	43 seemed	mark
42	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	43 seemed	expl
43	seemed	seem	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	38 many	advcl
44	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	45 end	det
45	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 seemed	obj
46	to	to	ADP	_	47 them	case
47	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	43 seemed	obl
48	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 seemed	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	seem	past	it					close property	vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme
2	not is	past	seven				until the evening; day		tree rules
3	draw	past	comrade	the third day not said here		seven			vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent day=Theme
4	spread	past · passive		a flock of sheep		front of seven			vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in front=Destination
5	seem	past		no end	comrade	there			vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme end=Attribute

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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