The Blue Fairy Book, The History of Whittington, sentence 38

Here they were placed, according to the custom of the country, on rich carpets, flowered with gold and silver; and the King and Queen being seated at the upper end of the room, dinner was brought in, which consisted of many dishes; but no sooner were the dishes put down but an amazing number of rats and mice came from all quarters and devoured all the meat in an instant.

Who acts: amazing number · What happens: place, accord, flower, seat, bring in, consist · To what, where: people, rich carpets, King, upper end, dinner, dishes

This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The History of Whittington. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (amazing number), 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	Here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 placed	advmod
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 placed	nsubj:pass
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 placed	aux:pass
4	placed	place	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 custom	punct
6	according	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 custom	case
7	to	to	ADP	_	6 according	fixed
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 custom	det
9	custom	custom	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 placed	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 country	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 country	det
12	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 custom	nmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 carpets	punct
14	on	on	ADP	_	16 carpets	case
15	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 carpets	amod
16	carpets	carpet	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 placed	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 flowered	punct
18	flowered	flower	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 carpets	acl
19	with	with	ADP	_	20 gold	case
20	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 flowered	obl
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 silver	cc
22	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 gold	conj
23	;	;	PUNCT	_	30 seated	punct
24	and	and	CCONJ	_	26 King	cc
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 King	det
26	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	30 seated	nsubj:pass
27	and	and	CCONJ	_	28 Queen	cc
28	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	26 King	conj
29	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	30 seated	aux:pass
30	seated	seat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 placed	conj
31	at	at	ADP	_	34 end	case
32	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	34 end	det
33	upper	upper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	34 end	amod
34	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 seated	obl
35	of	of	ADP	_	37 room	case
36	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	37 room	det
37	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 end	nmod
38	,	,	PUNCT	_	41 brought	punct
39	dinner	dinner	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 brought	nsubj:pass
40	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	41 brought	aux:pass
41	brought	bring	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	30 seated	conj
42	in	in	ADP	_	41 brought	compound:prt
43	,	,	PUNCT	_	45 consisted	punct
44	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	45 consisted	nsubj
45	consisted	consist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	41 brought	conj
46	of	of	ADP	_	48 dishes	case
47	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	48 dishes	amod
48	dishes	dish	NOUN	Number=Plur	45 consisted	obl
49	;	;	PUNCT	_	56 put	punct
50	but	but	CCONJ	_	56 put	cc
51	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	52 sooner	det
52	sooner	soon	ADV	Degree=Cmp	56 put	advmod
53	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	56 put	aux:pass
54	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	55 dishes	det
55	dishes	dish	NOUN	Number=Plur	56 put	nsubj:pass
56	put	put	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 placed	conj
57	down	down	ADP	_	56 put	compound:prt
58	but	but	CCONJ	_	66 came	cc
59	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	61 number	det
60	amazing	amazing	ADJ	Degree=Pos	61 number	amod
61	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	66 came	nsubj
62	of	of	ADP	_	63 rats	case
63	rats	rat	NOUN	Number=Plur	61 number	nmod
64	and	and	CCONJ	_	65 mice	cc
65	mice	mouse	NOUN	Number=Plur	63 rats	conj
66	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	56 put	conj
67	from	from	ADP	_	69 quarters	case
68	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	69 quarters	det
69	quarters	quarter	NOUN	Number=Plur	66 came	obl
70	and	and	CCONJ	_	71 devoured	cc
71	devoured	devour	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	66 came	conj
72	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	74 meat	det:predet
73	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	74 meat	det
74	meat	meat	NOUN	Number=Sing	71 devoured	obj
75	in	in	ADP	_	77 instant	case
76	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	77 instant	det
77	instant	instant	NOUN	Number=Sing	71 devoured	obl
78	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 placed	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	place	past · passive		people	rich carpets; here		accord the custom of the country	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: subject=Theme on carpet=Destination
2	accord	gerund						vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
3	flower	participle		rich carpets not said here			with gold and silver	vn entity_specific_modes_being-47.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with gold=Theme
4	seat	gerund · passive		the King and Queen		at the upper end of the room		vn fit-54.3 «NP.location V NP»: subject=Value
5	bring in	past · passive		dinner				vn earn-54.6 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset
6	consist	past					of many dishes	tree rules
7	put down	past · passive		the dishes			soon property	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: subject=Goal
8	come	past	a amazing number of rats and mice		all quarters			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from quarter=Initial_Location
9	devour	past	a amazing number of rats and mice not said here	all meat	a instant			vn devour-39.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meat=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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