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The Blue Fairy Book, The White Cat, part 2, sentence 23

His father and brothers were quite astonished at his magnificence, and after he had greeted them he took the walnut from his pocket and opened it, fully expecting to find the piece of muslin, but instead there was only a hazel-nut.

Who acts: King · What happens: astonish, greet, take, open, expect, find · To what, where: father, magnificence, King, walnut, pocket, piece

This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The White Cat, 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 (King), 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

nmod:possnsubjccconjaux:passadvmodcasenmod:possoblpunctccmarknsubj:passauxadvclobjnsubjconjdetobjcasenmod:possoblccconjobjpunctadvmodadvclmarkxcompdetobjcasenmodpunctccadvmodexplcopadvmoddetcompoundpunctparataxispunctrootHisPRONfatherNOUNandCCONJbrothersNOUNwereAUXquiteADVastonishedVERBatADPhisPRONmagnificenceNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJafterSCONJhePRONhadAUXgreetedVERBthemPRONhePRONtookVERBtheDETwalnutNOUNfromADPhisPRONpocketNOUNandCCONJopenedVERBitPRON,PUNCTfullyADVexpectingVERBtoPARTfindVERBtheDETpieceNOUNofADPmuslinNOUN,PUNCTbutCCONJinsteadADVtherePRONwasAUXonlyADVaDEThazelNOUN-PUNCTnutNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs2 fathernmod:poss
2fatherfatherNOUNNumber=Sing7 astonishednsubj
3andandCCONJ_4 brotherscc
4brothersbrotherNOUNNumber=Plur2 fatherconj
5werebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin7 astonishedaux:pass
6quitequiteADV_7 astonishedadvmod
7astonishedastonishVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
8atatADP_10 magnificencecase
9hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs10 magnificencenmod:poss
10magnificencemagnificenceNOUNNumber=Sing7 astonishedobl
11,,PUNCT_19 tookpunct
12andandCCONJ_19 tookcc
13afterafterSCONJ_16 greetedmark
14hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs16 greetednsubj:pass
15hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin16 greetedaux
16greetedgreetVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass19 tookadvcl
17themtheyPRONCase=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs16 greetedobj
18hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs19 tooknsubj
19tooktakeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin7 astonishedconj
20thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art21 walnutdet
21walnutwalnutNOUNNumber=Sing19 tookobj
22fromfromADP_24 pocketcase
23hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs24 pocketnmod:poss
24pocketpocketNOUNNumber=Sing19 tookobl
25andandCCONJ_26 openedcc
26openedopenVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin19 tookconj
27ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs26 openedobj
28,,PUNCT_30 expectingpunct
29fullyfullyADV_30 expectingadvmod
30expectingexpectVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part26 openedadvcl
31totoPART_32 findmark
32findfindVERBVerbForm=Inf30 expectingxcomp
33thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art34 piecedet
34piecepieceNOUNNumber=Sing32 findobj
35ofofADP_36 muslincase
36muslinmuslinNOUNNumber=Sing34 piecenmod
37,,PUNCT_46 nutpunct
38butbutCCONJ_41 wascc
39insteadinsteadADV_41 wasadvmod
40theretherePRONPronType=Dem41 wasexpl
41wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin46 nutcop
42onlyonlyADV_46 nutadvmod
43aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art46 nutdet
44hazelhazelNOUNNumber=Sing46 nutcompound
45--PUNCT_44 hazelpunct
46nutnutNOUNNumber=Sing19 tookparataxis
47..PUNCT_7 astonishedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1astonishpast · passiveKing's father and brothersKing's magnificencevn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer
2greet speech: greetpast · perfect · passiveKingfathertree rules
3takepastKingthe walnutKing's pocketvn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent walnut=Theme from pocket=Initial_Location
4openpastKing not said herewalnutvn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme
5expectgerundKing not said herefully propertyvn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
6find not said to happento-infinitiveKing not said herethe piece of muslinvn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent piece=Topic
7is apasta hazel nuttree rules

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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