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The Blue Fairy Book, The Yellow Dwarf, part 2, sentence 61

The King, motionless with horror, looked on despairingly at this dreadful occurrence, which he was quite powerless to prevent, and to make matters worse his sight failed him, everything became dark, and he felt himself carried along through the air by a strong hand.

Who acts: dreadful occurrence, sight, everything, King · What happens: look, be, prevent, make, fail, become · To what, where: matters, King, air

This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Yellow Dwarf, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (dreadful occurrence, sight, everything, King), 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

detnsubjpunctcaseoblpunctconjcaseadvmodcasedetamodoblpunctnsubjnsubjcopadvmodconjmarkadvclpunctccmarkconjobjadvmodnmod:possnsubjparataxisobjpunctnsubjconjxcomppunctccnsubjconjobjxcompadvmodcasedetoblcasedetamodoblpunctrootTheDETKingPROPN,PUNCTmotionlessADJwithADPhorrorNOUN,PUNCTlookedVERBonADPdespairinglyADVatADPthisDETdreadfulADJoccurrenceNOUN,PUNCTwhichPRONhePRONwasAUXquiteADVpowerlessADJtoPARTpreventVERB,PUNCTandCCONJtoPARTmakeVERBmattersNOUNworseADJhisPRONsightNOUNfailedVERBhimPRON,PUNCTeverythingPRONbecameVERBdarkADJ,PUNCTandCCONJhePRONfeltVERBhimselfPRONcarriedVERBalongADVthroughADPtheDETairNOUNbyADPaDETstrongADJhandNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 Kingdet
2KingKingPROPNNumber=Sing4 motionlessnsubj
3,,PUNCT_4 motionlesspunct
4motionlessmotionlessADJDegree=Posrootroot
5withwithADP_6 horrorcase
6horrorhorrorNOUNNumber=Sing4 motionlessobl
7,,PUNCT_8 lookedpunct
8lookedlookVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass4 motionlessconj
9ononADP_14 occurrencecase
10despairinglydespairinglyADV_14 occurrenceadvmod
11atatADP_14 occurrencecase
12thisthisDETNumber=Sing PronType=Dem14 occurrencedet
13dreadfuldreadfulADJDegree=Pos14 occurrenceamod
14occurrenceoccurrenceNOUNNumber=Sing8 lookedobl
15,,PUNCT_20 powerlesspunct
16whichwhichPRONPronType=Rel20 powerlessnsubj
17hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs20 powerlessnsubj
18wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin20 powerlesscop
19quitequiteADV_20 powerlessadvmod
20powerlesspowerlessADJDegree=Pos14 occurrenceconj
21totoPART_22 preventmark
22preventpreventVERBVerbForm=Inf20 powerlessadvcl
23,,PUNCT_26 makepunct
24andandCCONJ_26 makecc
25totoPART_26 makemark
26makemakeVERBVerbForm=Inf4 motionlessconj
27mattersmatterNOUNNumber=Plur26 makeobj
28worsebadADJDegree=Cmp31 failedadvmod
29hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs30 sightnmod:poss
30sightsightNOUNNumber=Sing31 failednsubj
31failedfailVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin26 makeparataxis
32himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs31 failedobj
33,,PUNCT_35 becamepunct
34everythingeverythingPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Tot35 becamensubj
35becamebecomeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin31 failedconj
36darkdarkADJDegree=Pos35 becamexcomp
37,,PUNCT_40 feltpunct
38andandCCONJ_40 feltcc
39hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs40 feltnsubj
40feltfeelVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin31 failedconj
41himselfhimselfPRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes40 feltobj
42carriedcarryVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass40 feltxcomp
43alongalongADV_42 carriedadvmod
44throughthroughADP_46 aircase
45thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art46 airdet
46airairNOUNNumber=Sing42 carriedobl
47bybyADP_50 handcase
48aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art50 handdet
49strongstrongADJDegree=Pos50 handamod
50handhandNOUNNumber=Sing42 carriedobl
51..PUNCT_4 motionlesspunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1lookparticipleon this dreadful occurrencevn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on occurrence=Theme
2ispastthis dreadful occurrencepowerless propertytree rules
3preventto-infinitivethis dreadful occurrence not said herevn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Causer
4maketo-infinitivemattersvn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset matter=Product
5failpastKing's sightKingvn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Eventuality
6becomepasteverythingdark propertyvn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
7feelpastsightKingtree rules
8carryparticipleKing not said herethe airby a strong hand; along propertyvn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
9sightKingnom sight «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

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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