The Blue Fairy Book, The Master-maid, part 2, sentence 46

He was greatly astonished when he saw the gold hut shining and glittering there in the copse, and he was still more astonished when he went in and caught sight of the beautiful young maiden who was sitting there; he fell in love with her at once, and straightway on the spot he begged her, both prettily and kindly, to marry him.

Who acts: sheriff, gold hut, beautiful young maiden · What happens: be, see, shine, glitter, go in, catch · To what, where: gold hut, copse, sight, straightway, love, spot

This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Master-maid, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (sheriff, gold hut, beautiful young maiden), 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	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 astonished	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 astonished	cop
3	greatly	greatly	ADV	_	4 astonished	advmod
4	astonished	astonished	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	7 saw	advmod
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 saw	nsubj
7	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 astonished	ccomp
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 hut	det
9	gold	gold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 hut	amod
10	hut	hut	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 saw	obj
11	shining	shine	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 hut	acl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 glittering	cc
13	glittering	glitter	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 shining	conj
14	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	13 glittering	advmod
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 copse	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 copse	det
17	copse	copse	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 glittering	obl
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 astonished	punct
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	24 astonished	cc
20	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 astonished	nsubj
21	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	24 astonished	cop
22	still	still	ADV	_	24 astonished	advmod
23	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	24 astonished	advmod
24	astonished	astonished	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 astonished	conj
25	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	27 went	advmod
26	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	27 went	nsubj
27	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	24 astonished	parataxis
28	in	in	ADV	_	27 went	advmod
29	and	and	CCONJ	_	30 caught	cc
30	caught	catch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	27 went	conj
31	sight	sight	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 caught	obj
32	of	of	ADP	_	36 maiden	case
33	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	36 maiden	det
34	beautiful	beautiful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	36 maiden	amod
35	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	36 maiden	amod
36	maiden	maiden	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 sight	nmod
37	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	39 sitting	nsubj
38	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	39 sitting	aux
39	sitting	sit	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	36 maiden	acl:relcl
40	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	39 sitting	advmod
41	;	;	PUNCT	_	43 fell	punct
42	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	43 fell	nsubj
43	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 astonished	parataxis
44	in	in	ADP	_	45 love	case
45	love	love	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 fell	obl
46	with	with	ADP	_	47 her	case
47	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	43 fell	obl
48	at	at	ADP	_	49 once	case
49	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	43 fell	obl
50	,	,	PUNCT	_	52 straightway	punct
51	and	and	CCONJ	_	52 straightway	cc
52	straightway	straightway	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 fell	obl
53	on	on	ADP	_	55 spot	case
54	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	55 spot	det
55	spot	spot	NOUN	Number=Sing	52 straightway	nmod
56	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	57 begged	nsubj
57	begged	beg	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	55 spot	acl:relcl
58	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	57 begged	obj
59	,	,	PUNCT	_	61 prettily	punct
60	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	61 prettily	advmod
61	prettily	prettily	ADJ	Degree=Pos	52 straightway	conj
62	and	and	CCONJ	_	63 kindly	cc
63	kindly	kindly	ADV	_	61 prettily	conj
64	,	,	PUNCT	_	66 marry	punct
65	to	to	PART	_	66 marry	mark
66	marry	marry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	43 fell	conj
67	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	66 marry	obj
68	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 astonished	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	sheriff					astonished, greatly property	tree rules
2	see	past	sheriff	the gold hut					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer hut=Stimulus
3	shine	gerund	the gold hut not said here						vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	glitter	gerund	the gold hut not said here			the copse; there			vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in copse=Location
5	is	past	sheriff				still	astonished property	tree rules
6	go in	past	sheriff						vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
7	catch	past	sheriff not said here	sight of the beautiful young maiden					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sight=Theme
8	sit	past · progressive	the beautiful young maiden			there			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
9	fall	past	sheriff	straightway on the spot		love		with hag	vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in love=Location
10	beg speech: request	past	sheriff	the spot not said here	hag				vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent she=Recipient
11	marry	to-infinitive	sheriff not said here	sheriff					vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient
12	sight			the beautiful young maiden					nom sight «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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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