The Blue Fairy Book, The Princess on the Glass Hill, sentence 39

When he had lain quietly a short time, he heard something chewing outside the barn door; then he once more stole to the door, which was slightly ajar, and behold, a horse was standing just outside it, which was much larger and fatter than the two others he had caught.

Who acts: last, stole, horse, two others · What happens: lie, hear, chew, be, stand, catch · To what, where: something, stole, last

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 (last, stole, horse, two others), 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	When	when	ADV	PronType=Int	4 lain	advmod
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 lain	nsubj
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 lain	aux
4	lain	lie	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	4 lain	advmod
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 time	det
7	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 time	amod
8	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lain	obl:unmarked
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 heard	punct
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 heard	nsubj
11	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 lain	conj
12	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	11 heard	obj
13	chewing	chew	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 something	acl
14	outside	outside	ADP	_	17 door	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 door	det
16	barn	barn	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 door	compound
17	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 chewing	obl
18	;	;	PUNCT	_	22 more	punct
19	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	22 more	advmod
20	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 more	nsubj
21	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	22 more	advmod
22	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	4 lain	advmod
23	stole	stole	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 more	nsubj
24	to	to	ADP	_	26 door	case
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 door	det
26	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 stole	nmod
27	,	,	PUNCT	_	31 ajar	punct
28	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	31 ajar	nsubj
29	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	31 ajar	cop
30	slightly	slightly	ADV	_	31 ajar	advmod
31	ajar	ajar	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 stole	conj
32	,	,	PUNCT	_	34 behold	punct
33	and	and	CCONJ	_	34 behold	cc
34	behold	behold	INTJ	_	39 standing	discourse
35	,	,	PUNCT	_	34 behold	punct
36	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	37 horse	det
37	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 standing	nsubj
38	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	39 standing	aux
39	standing	stand	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	31 ajar	csubj
40	just	just	ADV	_	41 outside	advmod
41	outside	outside	ADV	_	39 standing	advmod
42	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	39 standing	obj
43	,	,	PUNCT	_	47 larger	punct
44	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	47 larger	nsubj
45	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	47 larger	cop
46	much	much	ADV	_	47 larger	advmod
47	larger	large	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	39 standing	conj
48	and	and	CCONJ	_	49 fatter	cc
49	fatter	fat	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	47 larger	conj
50	than	than	ADP	_	53 others	case
51	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	53 others	det
52	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	53 others	nummod
53	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	49 fatter	obl
54	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	56 caught	nsubj:pass
55	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	56 caught	aux
56	caught	catch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	53 others	acl:relcl
57	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 lain	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	lie	past · perfect	last		time	quietly property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	hear	past	last	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	is	past	stole to the door			ajar, slightly property	tree rules
5	stand	past · progressive	a horse	stole		outside property	vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus
6	is	past				large property	tree rules
7	be					than the two others	tree rules
8	catch	past · perfect · passive	the two others not said here	last			vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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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