The Blue Fairy Book, The Princess on the Glass Hill, sentence 30

Then everything became still as death again, and the boy heard something chewing outside the barn door, so he stole as softly as he could to the door, which was slightly ajar, and again there was a horse standing close by the wall of the house, eating and chewing, and it was far larger and fatter than the first horse, and it had a saddle on its back, and a bridle was on it too, and a full suit of armor for a knight, all of bright silver, and as beautiful as anyone could wish to see.

Who acts: everything, boy, door, horse, grass, bridle · What happens: become, hear, chew, steal, be, stand · To what, where: something, saddle, back, bridle

This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Princess on the Glass Hill. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (everything, boy, door, horse), 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	Then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 became	advmod
2	everything	everything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	3 became	nsubj
3	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	still	still	ADV	_	3 became	advmod
5	as	as	ADP	_	6 death	case
6	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 became	obl
7	again	again	ADV	_	3 became	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 heard	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 heard	cc
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 boy	det
11	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 heard	nsubj
12	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 became	parataxis
13	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	12 heard	obj
14	chewing	chew	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	13 something	acl
15	outside	outside	ADP	_	18 door	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 door	det
17	barn	barn	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 door	compound
18	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 chewing	obl
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 stole	punct
20	so	so	ADV	_	22 stole	advmod
21	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 stole	nsubj
22	stole	steal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 heard	conj
23	as	as	ADV	_	24 softly	advmod
24	softly	softly	ADV	_	22 stole	advmod
25	as	as	SCONJ	_	27 could	mark
26	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	27 could	nsubj
27	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	24 softly	advcl
28	to	to	ADP	_	30 door	case
29	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	30 door	det
30	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 could	obl
31	,	,	PUNCT	_	35 ajar	punct
32	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	35 ajar	nsubj
33	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	35 ajar	cop
34	slightly	slightly	ADV	_	35 ajar	advmod
35	ajar	ajar	ADJ	Degree=Pos	30 door	conj
36	,	,	PUNCT	_	40 was	punct
37	and	and	CCONJ	_	40 was	cc
38	again	again	ADV	_	40 was	advmod
39	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	40 was	expl
40	was	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 became	conj
41	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	42 horse	det
42	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 was	nsubj
43	standing	stand	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	42 horse	acl
44	close	close	ADV	Degree=Pos	43 standing	advmod
45	by	by	ADP	_	47 wall	case
46	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	47 wall	det
47	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 standing	obl
48	of	of	ADP	_	50 house	case
49	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	50 house	det
50	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 wall	nmod
51	,	,	PUNCT	_	52 eating	punct
52	eating	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	43 standing	conj
53	and	and	CCONJ	_	54 chewing	cc
54	chewing	chew	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	52 eating	conj
55	,	,	PUNCT	_	60 larger	punct
56	and	and	CCONJ	_	60 larger	cc
57	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	60 larger	nsubj
58	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	60 larger	cop
59	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	60 larger	advmod
60	larger	large	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	43 standing	parataxis
61	and	and	CCONJ	_	62 fatter	cc
62	fatter	fat	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	60 larger	conj
63	than	than	ADP	_	66 horse	case
64	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	66 horse	det
65	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	66 horse	amod
66	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	62 fatter	obl
67	,	,	PUNCT	_	70 had	punct
68	and	and	CCONJ	_	70 had	cc
69	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	70 had	nsubj
70	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 became	conj
71	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	72 saddle	det
72	saddle	saddle	NOUN	Number=Sing	70 had	obj
73	on	on	ADP	_	75 back	case
74	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	75 back	nmod:poss
75	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	70 had	obl
76	,	,	PUNCT	_	82 it	punct
77	and	and	CCONJ	_	82 it	cc
78	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	79 bridle	det
79	bridle	bridle	NOUN	Number=Sing	82 it	nsubj
80	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	82 it	cop
81	on	on	ADP	_	82 it	case
82	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	70 had	obl
83	too	too	ADV	_	70 had	advmod
84	,	,	PUNCT	_	88 suit	punct
85	and	and	CCONJ	_	88 suit	cc
86	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	88 suit	det
87	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	88 suit	amod
88	suit	suit	NOUN	Number=Sing	70 had	parataxis
89	of	of	ADP	_	90 armor	case
90	armor	armor	NOUN	Number=Sing	88 suit	nmod
91	for	for	ADP	_	93 knight	case
92	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	93 knight	det
93	knight	knight	NOUN	Number=Sing	88 suit	nmod
94	,	,	PUNCT	_	102 beautiful	punct
95	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	102 beautiful	nsubj
96	of	of	ADP	_	98 silver	case
97	bright	bright	ADJ	Degree=Pos	98 silver	amod
98	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	95 all	nmod
99	,	,	PUNCT	_	102 beautiful	punct
100	and	and	CCONJ	_	102 beautiful	cc
101	as	as	ADV	_	102 beautiful	advmod
102	beautiful	beautiful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	88 suit	parataxis
103	as	as	SCONJ	_	106 wish	mark
104	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	106 wish	nsubj
105	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	106 wish	aux
106	wish	wish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	102 beautiful	advcl
107	to	to	PART	_	108 see	mark
108	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	106 wish	xcomp
109	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 became	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	past	everything			then; still; again	as death	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
2	hear	past	the boy	something				vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer something=Stimulus
3	chew	gerund					outside the barn door	vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	steal	past	boy				softly property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	is	past	the door				ajar, slightly property	tree rules
6	be	past	a horse		there	again		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
7	stand	gerund	a horse not said here				by the wall of the house; close property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by wall=Location
8	eat	gerund	a horse not said here					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
9	chew	gerund	a horse not said here					vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
10	is	past	grass				far, large property	tree rules
11	be		grass not said here				than the first horse	tree rules
12	have	past	grass	a saddle	grass's back			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent saddle=Patient
13	is	past	a bridle		bridle			tree rules
14	wish	could	anyone					vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
15	see not said to happen	to-infinitive	anyone not said here					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

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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