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The Blue Fairy Book, The Wonderful Sheep, part 1, sentence 91

The Princess stepped into it, much amused at such a new kind of carriage, the King of the Sheep took his place beside her, and the goats ran away with them at full speed, and only stopped when they reached a cavern, the entrance to which was blocked by a great stone.

Who acts: Princess, Sheep, goats, great stone · What happens: step, amuse, take, run away, stop, reach · To what, where: chariot, new kind, King, full speed, cavern

This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Wonderful Sheep, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Princess, Sheep, goats, great stone), 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

detnsubjcaseoblpunctadvmodconjcasedet:predetdetamodoblcasenmodpunctdetoblcasedetnsubjparataxisnmod:possobjcaseoblpunctccdetnsubjconjadvmodcaseoblcaseamodoblpunctccadvmodconjmarknsubjadvcldetobjpunctdetapposcaseoblaux:passacl:relclcasedetamodoblpunctrootTheDETPrincessPROPNsteppedVERBintoADPitPRON,PUNCTmuchADVamusedVERBatADPsuchDETaDETnewADJkindNOUNofADPcarriageNOUN,PUNCTtheDETKingPROPNofADPtheDETSheepNOUNtookVERBhisPRONplaceNOUNbesideADPherPRON,PUNCTandCCONJtheDETgoatsNOUNranVERBawayADVwithADPthemPRONatADPfullADJspeedNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJonlyADVstoppedVERBwhenSCONJtheyPRONreachedVERBaDETcavernNOUN,PUNCTtheDETentranceNOUNtoADPwhichPRONwasAUXblockedVERBbyADPaDETgreatADJstoneNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 Princessdet
2PrincessPrincessPROPNNumber=Sing3 steppednsubj
3steppedstepVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
4intointoADP_5 itcase
5ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 steppedobl
6,,PUNCT_8 amusedpunct
7muchmuchADV_8 amusedadvmod
8amusedamuseVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass3 steppedconj
9atatADP_13 kindcase
10suchsuchDETPronType=Ind13 kinddet:predet
11aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art13 kinddet
12newnewADJDegree=Pos13 kindamod
13kindkindNOUNNumber=Sing8 amusedobl
14ofofADP_15 carriagecase
15carriagecarriageNOUNNumber=Sing13 kindnmod
16,,PUNCT_18 Kingpunct
17thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art18 Kingdet
18KingKingPROPNNumber=Sing22 tookobl
19ofofADP_21 Sheepcase
20thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art21 Sheepdet
21SheepsheepNOUNNumber=Plur22 tooknsubj
22tooktakeVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 steppedparataxis
23hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs24 placenmod:poss
24placeplaceNOUNNumber=Sing22 tookobj
25besidebesideADP_26 hercase
26hershePRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs22 tookobl
27,,PUNCT_31 ranpunct
28andandCCONJ_31 rancc
29thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art30 goatsdet
30goatsgoatNOUNNumber=Plur31 rannsubj
31ranrunVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin22 tookconj
32awayawayADV_31 ranadvmod
33withwithADP_34 themcase
34themtheyPRONCase=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs31 ranobl
35atatADP_37 speedcase
36fullfullADJDegree=Pos37 speedamod
37speedspeedNOUNNumber=Sing31 ranobl
38,,PUNCT_41 stoppedpunct
39andandCCONJ_41 stoppedcc
40onlyonlyADV_41 stoppedadvmod
41stoppedstopVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin22 tookconj
42whenwhenSCONJ_44 reachedmark
43theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs44 reachednsubj
44reachedreachVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin41 stoppedadvcl
45aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art46 caverndet
46caverncavernNOUNNumber=Sing44 reachedobj
47,,PUNCT_49 entrancepunct
48thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art49 entrancedet
49entranceentranceNOUNNumber=Sing46 cavernappos
50totoADP_51 whichcase
51whichwhichPRONPronType=Rel53 blockedobl
52wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin53 blockedaux:pass
53blockedblockVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass49 entranceacl:relcl
54bybyADP_57 stonecase
55aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art57 stonedet
56greatgreatADJDegree=Pos57 stoneamod
57stonestoneNOUNNumber=Sing53 blockedobl
58..PUNCT_3 steppedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1steppastthe Princesschariotvn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into it=Destination
2amuseparticiplethe Princess not said heresuch new kind of carriagevn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
3takepastthe Sheepthe Kingbeside Mirandavn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Theme
4run awaypastthe goatsfull speedwith Princesses = princess; away propertyvn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at speed=Trajectory
5stoppastthe Sheep not said herevn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
6reachpastgoats = goata cavernvn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent cavern=Theme
7blockpast · passivea great stoneto the entrancevn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Causer

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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