The Blue Fairy Book, The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood, sentence 53

Scarce had he advanced toward the wood when all the great trees, the bushes, and brambles gave way of themselves to let him pass through; he walked up to the castle which he saw at the end of a large avenue which he went into; and what a little surprised him was that he saw none of his people could follow him, because the trees closed again as soon as he had passed through them.

Who acts: Scarce, brambles, large avenue, none · What happens: advance, give, let, pass through, walk up, see · To what, where: great trees, wood, way, Scarce, castle, end · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Scarce, brambles, large avenue, none), 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	Scarce	Scarce	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 advanced	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 advanced	aux
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 advanced	nsubj
4	advanced	advance	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	toward	toward	ADP	_	7 wood	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 wood	det
7	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 advanced	obl
8	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	9 all	advmod
9	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	12 trees	det:predet
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 trees	det
11	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 trees	amod
12	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 advanced	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 bushes	punct
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 bushes	det
15	bushes	bush	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 trees	conj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 gave	punct
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 gave	cc
18	brambles	bramble	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 gave	nsubj
19	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 advanced	conj
20	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 gave	obj
21	of	of	ADP	_	22 themselves	case
22	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	20 way	nmod
23	to	to	PART	_	24 let	mark
24	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	19 gave	advcl
25	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 let	obj
26	pass	pass	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	24 let	xcomp
27	through	through	ADP	_	26 pass	compound:prt
28	;	;	PUNCT	_	30 walked	punct
29	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	30 walked	nsubj
30	walked	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 advanced	conj
31	up	up	ADP	_	30 walked	compound:prt
32	to	to	ADP	_	34 castle	case
33	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	34 castle	det
34	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 walked	obl
35	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	37 saw	obj
36	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	37 saw	nsubj
37	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	34 castle	acl:relcl
38	at	at	ADP	_	40 end	case
39	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	40 end	det
40	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 saw	obl
41	of	of	ADP	_	44 avenue	case
42	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	44 avenue	det
43	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	44 avenue	amod
44	avenue	avenue	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 end	nmod
45	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	47 went	nsubj
46	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	47 went	nsubj
47	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	44 avenue	acl:relcl
48	into	into	ADP	_	47 went	obl
49	;	;	PUNCT	_	54 surprised	punct
50	and	and	CCONJ	_	54 surprised	cc
51	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	54 surprised	nsubj
52	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	53 little	det
53	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	54 surprised	obl:unmarked
54	surprised	surprised	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 advanced	conj
55	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	54 surprised	nsubj
56	was	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	54 surprised	ccomp
57	that	that	SCONJ	_	59 saw	mark
58	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	59 saw	nsubj
59	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	56 was	ccomp
60	none	none	PRON	PronType=Neg	65 follow	nsubj
61	of	of	ADP	_	63 people	case
62	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	63 people	nmod:poss
63	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	60 none	nmod
64	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	65 follow	aux
65	follow	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	59 saw	ccomp
66	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	65 follow	obj
67	,	,	PUNCT	_	71 closed	punct
68	because	because	SCONJ	_	71 closed	mark
69	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	70 trees	det
70	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	71 closed	nsubj:pass
71	closed	close	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	65 follow	parataxis
72	again	again	ADV	_	71 closed	advmod
73	as	as	ADV	_	74 soon	advmod
74	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	71 closed	advmod
75	as	as	SCONJ	_	78 passed	mark
76	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	78 passed	nsubj
77	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	78 passed	aux
78	passed	pass	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	74 soon	advcl
79	through	through	ADP	_	80 them	case
80	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	78 passed	obl
81	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 advanced	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	advance	past · perfect	Scarce	all great trees and the bushes	the wood			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme toward wood=Initial_Location
2	give	past	brambles	way of brambles				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Theme
3	let	to-infinitive	brambles not said here	Scarce				tree rules
4	pass through	infinitive	Scarce not said here					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	walk up	past	Scarce				to the castle result	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to castle=Result
6	see	past	Scarce	the castle		at the end of a large avenue		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer which=Stimulus
7	go	past	a large avenue					vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
8	be	past	Scarce not said here					tree rules
9	see	past	Scarce					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
10	follow	could	none	Scarce				vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
11	close	participle · passive		the trees		again	soon property	vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
12	pass	past · perfect	Scarce				through brambles = bramble	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme through they=Location

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 Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 503 (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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