The Lilac Fairy Book, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 4, sentence 80

It happened that, as the next morning was dawning, the gallant young prince of Dilaram was hunting by the banks of the river, with a great following of wazirs, attendants, and huntsmen, and as he rode he saw floating on the river a large chest, which came slowly along, bobbing and turning in the tide.

Who acts: It, dawning, Dilaram, large chest · What happens: happen, dawn, hunt, follow, ride, see · To what, where: gallant young prince, river, tide

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 (It, dawning, Dilaram, large chest), 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	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 happened	nsubj
2	happened	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	ADV	_	2 happened	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 dawning	punct
5	as	as	SCONJ	_	10 dawning	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 morning	det
7	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 morning	amod
8	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 dawning	obl:unmarked
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 dawning	aux
10	dawning	dawn	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	19 hunting	csubj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 prince	punct
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 prince	det
13	gallant	gallant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 prince	amod
14	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 prince	amod
15	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 dawning	obl
16	of	of	ADP	_	17 Dilaram	case
17	Dilaram	Dilaram	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 prince	nmod
18	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 hunting	aux
19	hunting	hunt	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 happened	advcl
20	by	by	ADP	_	22 banks	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 banks	det
22	banks	bank	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 hunting	obl
23	of	of	ADP	_	25 river	case
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 river	det
25	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 banks	nmod
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	30 following	punct
27	with	with	SCONJ	_	30 following	mark
28	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	30 following	det
29	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	30 following	amod
30	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	19 hunting	conj
31	of	of	ADP	_	32 wazirs	case
32	wazirs	wazir	NOUN	Number=Plur	30 following	obl
33	,	,	PUNCT	_	34 attendants	punct
34	attendants	attendant	NOUN	Number=Plur	32 wazirs	conj
35	,	,	PUNCT	_	37 huntsmen	punct
36	and	and	CCONJ	_	37 huntsmen	cc
37	huntsmen	huntsman	NOUN	Number=Plur	32 wazirs	conj
38	,	,	PUNCT	_	42 rode	punct
39	and	and	CCONJ	_	42 rode	cc
40	as	as	SCONJ	_	42 rode	mark
41	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	42 rode	nsubj
42	rode	ride	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 happened	conj
43	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	44 saw	nsubj
44	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	42 rode	ccomp
45	floating	float	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	44 saw	xcomp
46	on	on	ADP	_	48 river	case
47	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	48 river	det
48	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 floating	obl
49	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	51 chest	det
50	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	51 chest	amod
51	chest	chest	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 river	conj
52	,	,	PUNCT	_	54 came	punct
53	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	54 came	nsubj
54	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	51 chest	acl:relcl
55	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	54 came	advmod
56	along	along	ADV	_	54 came	advmod
57	,	,	PUNCT	_	58 bobbing	punct
58	bobbing	bob	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	54 came	advcl
59	and	and	CCONJ	_	60 turning	cc
60	turning	turn	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	58 bobbing	conj
61	in	in	ADP	_	63 tide	case
62	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	63 tide	det
63	tide	tide	NOUN	Number=Sing	60 turning	obl
64	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 happened	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	past	It				that property	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	dawn	past · progressive		the gallant young prince of Dilaram		morning		vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	hunt	past · progressive	dawning				by the banks of the river	vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent by bank=Location
4	follow	gerund	dawning not said here				of wazirs and attendants and huntsmen	vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent of wazir=Trajectory
5	ride	past	Dilaram					tree rules
6	see	past	Dilaram					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
7	float	gerund	Dilaram not said here		the river and a large chest			vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on river=Trajectory
8	come	past	a large chest				along, slowly property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
9	bob	gerund	a large chest not said here					vn curtsey-40.3.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
10	turn	gerund	a large chest not said here		the tide			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme in tide=Trajectory

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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