The Blue Fairy Book, The Princess on the Glass Hill, sentence 57

The King was just thinking that he would cause it to be proclaimed that the riding should begin afresh on the following day, when perhaps it might go better, when suddenly a knight came riding up on so fine a horse that no one had ever seen the like of it before, and the knight had armor of copper, and his bridle was of copper too, and all his accoutrements were so bright that they shone again.

Who acts: King, riding, knight, fine horse, bridle, accoutrements · What happens: think, cause, proclaim, begin, follow, go · To what, where: attempt, fine horse, armor · Speech: someone speaks here

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 (King, riding, knight, fine 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	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 King	det
2	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 thinking	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 thinking	aux
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 thinking	advmod
5	thinking	think	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 cause	mark
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 cause	nsubj
8	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 cause	aux
9	cause	cause	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 thinking	ccomp
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 cause	obj
11	to	to	PART	_	13 proclaimed	mark
12	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 proclaimed	aux:pass
13	proclaimed	proclaim	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 cause	advcl
14	that	that	SCONJ	_	18 begin	mark
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 riding	det
16	riding	riding	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 begin	nsubj
17	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	18 begin	aux
18	begin	begin	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 proclaimed	advcl
19	afresh	afresh	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 begin	xcomp
20	on	on	ADP	_	23 day	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 day	det
22	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	23 day	amod
23	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 afresh	obl
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	29 go	punct
25	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	29 go	advmod
26	perhaps	perhaps	ADV	_	29 go	advmod
27	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	29 go	nsubj
28	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	29 go	aux
29	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 thinking	conj
30	better	well	ADV	Degree=Cmp	29 go	advmod
31	,	,	PUNCT	_	36 came	punct
32	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	33 suddenly	advmod
33	suddenly	suddenly	ADV	_	36 came	advmod
34	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	35 knight	det
35	knight	knight	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 came	nsubj
36	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 thinking	conj
37	riding	ride	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	36 came	advcl
38	up	up	ADP	_	37 riding	compound:prt
39	on	on	ADP	_	41 fine	case
40	so	so	ADV	_	41 fine	advmod
41	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	43 horse	amod
42	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	43 horse	det
43	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 riding	obj
44	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	49 seen	nsubj
45	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	46 one	det
46	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 seen	nsubj
47	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	49 seen	aux
48	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	49 seen	advmod
49	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	43 horse	acl:relcl
50	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	53 it	det
51	like	like	ADP	_	53 it	case
52	of	of	ADP	_	53 it	case
53	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	49 seen	obj
54	before	before	ADV	_	49 seen	advmod
55	,	,	PUNCT	_	59 had	punct
56	and	and	CCONJ	_	59 had	cc
57	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	58 knight	det
58	knight	knight	NOUN	Number=Sing	59 had	nsubj
59	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	36 came	conj
60	armor	armor	NOUN	Number=Sing	59 had	obj
61	of	of	ADP	_	62 copper	case
62	copper	copper	NOUN	Number=Sing	60 armor	nmod
63	,	,	PUNCT	_	69 copper	punct
64	and	and	CCONJ	_	69 copper	cc
65	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	66 bridle	nmod:poss
66	bridle	bridle	NOUN	Number=Sing	69 copper	nsubj
67	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	69 copper	cop
68	of	of	ADP	_	69 copper	case
69	copper	copper	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 came	conj
70	too	too	ADV	_	69 copper	advmod
71	,	,	PUNCT	_	78 bright	punct
72	and	and	CCONJ	_	78 bright	cc
73	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	75 accoutrements	det:predet
74	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	75 accoutrements	nmod:poss
75	accoutrements	accoutrement	NOUN	Number=Plur	78 bright	nsubj
76	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	78 bright	cop
77	so	so	ADV	_	78 bright	advmod
78	bright	bright	ADJ	Degree=Pos	36 came	parataxis
79	that	that	SCONJ	_	81 shone	mark
80	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	81 shone	nsubj
81	shone	shine	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	78 bright	advcl
82	again	again	ADV	_	81 shone	advmod
83	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 thinking	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past · progressive	the King				vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	cause	would	King	attempt			vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition it=Patient
3	proclaim	to-infinitive · passive	King not said here				vn confess-37.10 «NP V how S»
4	begin	should	the riding			afresh property	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
5	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
6	go	might	riding			perhaps, well property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
7	come	past	a knight			suddenly property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
8	ride up	gerund	a knight not said here	a fine horse			vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Theme
9	see	past · perfect	a fine horse	attempt	ever	before property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus
10	have	past	the knight	armor of copper			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent armor=Patient
11	is	past	horse's bridle			of copper	tree rules
12	is	past	horse's accoutrements			bright property	tree rules
13	shine	past	accoutrements = accoutrement		again		vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=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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