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The Lilac Fairy Book, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 4, sentence 10

The guards looked at each other with astonished eyes, as the wizened creature, bowed with age, passed between their lines; but they were more amazed still at the lightness of her step as she skipped up the steps to the great door before which the king was standing, with the prince at his side.

Who acts: guards, woman · What happens: look, wizen, bow, pass, skip up, stand · To what, where: wizened creature, lines, steps, great door

This is a sentence of «The Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (guards, woman), 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

detnsubjcaseoblfixedcaseamodoblpunctcasedetamodparataxispunctaclcaseoblpunctconjcasenmod:possoblpunctccnsubjaux:passadvmodparataxisadvmodcasedetoblcasenmod:possnmodmarknsubjadvclcompound:prtdetobjcasedetamodoblmarknsubjdetnsubjauxadvclpunctcasedetoblcasenmod:possnmodpunctrootTheDETguardsNOUNlookedVERBatADPeachDETotherADJwithADPastonishedADJeyesNOUN,PUNCTasADPtheDETwizenedVERBcreatureNOUN,PUNCTbowedVERBwithADPageNOUN,PUNCTpassedVERBbetweenADPtheirPRONlinesNOUN;PUNCTbutCCONJtheyPRONwereAUXmoreADVamazedADJstillADVatADPtheDETlightnessNOUNofADPherPRONstepNOUNasSCONJshePRONskippedVERBupADPtheDETstepsNOUNtoADPtheDETgreatADJdoorNOUNbeforeSCONJwhichPRONtheDETkingNOUNwasAUXstandingVERB,PUNCTwithADPtheDETprinceNOUNatADPhisPRONsideNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 guardsdet
2guardsguardNOUNNumber=Plur3 lookednsubj
3lookedlookVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
4atatADP_5 eachcase
5eacheachDETExtPos=PRON PronType=Rcp3 lookedobl
6otherotherADJDegree=Pos5 eachfixed
7withwithADP_9 eyescase
8astonishedastonishedADJDegree=Pos9 eyesamod
9eyeseyeNOUNNumber=Plur3 lookedobl
10,,PUNCT_14 creaturepunct
11asasADP_14 creaturecase
12thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art14 creaturedet
13wizenedwizenVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass14 creatureamod
14creaturecreatureNOUNNumber=Sing3 lookedparataxis
15,,PUNCT_16 bowedpunct
16bowedbowVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass14 creatureacl
17withwithADP_18 agecase
18ageageNOUNNumber=Sing16 bowedobl
19,,PUNCT_20 passedpunct
20passedpassVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass16 bowedconj
21betweenbetweenADP_23 linescase
22theirtheirPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs23 linesnmod:poss
23lineslineNOUNNumber=Plur20 passedobl
24;;PUNCT_29 amazedpunct
25butbutCCONJ_29 amazedcc
26theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs29 amazednsubj
27werebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin29 amazedaux:pass
28moremoreADVDegree=Cmp29 amazedadvmod
29amazedamazedADJDegree=Pos3 lookedparataxis
30stillstillADV_29 amazedadvmod
31atatADP_33 lightnesscase
32thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art33 lightnessdet
33lightnesslightnessNOUNNumber=Sing3 lookedobl
34ofofADP_36 stepcase
35herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs36 stepnmod:poss
36stepstepNOUNNumber=Sing33 lightnessnmod
37asasSCONJ_39 skippedmark
38sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs39 skippednsubj
39skippedskipVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 lookedadvcl
40upupADP_39 skippedcompound:prt
41thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art42 stepsdet
42stepsstepNOUNNumber=Plur39 skippedobj
43totoADP_46 doorcase
44thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art46 doordet
45greatgreatADJDegree=Pos46 dooramod
46doordoorNOUNNumber=Sing39 skippedobl
47beforebeforeSCONJ_52 standingmark
48whichwhichPRONPronType=Rel52 standingnsubj
49thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art50 kingdet
50kingkingNOUNNumber=Sing52 standingnsubj
51wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin52 standingaux
52standingstandVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part39 skippedadvcl
53,,PUNCT_56 princepunct
54withwithADP_56 princecase
55thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art56 princedet
56princeprinceNOUNNumber=Sing52 standingobl
57atatADP_59 sidecase
58hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs59 sidenmod:poss
59sidesideNOUNNumber=Sing56 princenmod
60..PUNCT_3 lookedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1lookpastthe guardswith astonished eyes; at the lightness of woman's step; at eachvn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at each=Theme
2wizenparticiplevn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
3bowparticiplethe wizened creature not said herewith agevn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4passparticipleguards's linesvn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme between line=Location
5skip uppastwomanthe stepsthe great doorvn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent step=Theme to door=Trajectory
6standpast · progressivewith the prince at king's sidevn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
7stepwomannom step «act transitive»: poss=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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