The Blue Fairy Book, The Yellow Dwarf, part 3, sentence 21

Seeing that the waves were rolling in higher than ever, he looked all round, and presently saw a lovely lady floating gently toward him upon the crest of a huge billow, her long hair spread all about her; in one hand she held a mirror, and in the other a comb, and instead of feet she had a beautiful tail like a fish, with which she swam.

Who acts: Love, waves, lovely lady, long hair, hair · What happens: see, roll, look, float, spread, hold · To what, where: higher, lovely lady, crest, mirror, one hand, beautiful tail

This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Yellow Dwarf, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Love, waves, lovely lady, long hair), 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	Seeing	see	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	13 looked	advcl
2	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 rolling	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 waves	det
4	waves	wave	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 rolling	nsubj
5	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 rolling	aux
6	rolling	roll	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Seeing	advcl
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 higher	case
8	higher	high	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 rolling	obl
9	than	than	ADP	_	10 ever	case
10	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	8 higher	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Seeing	punct
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 looked	nsubj
13	looked	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	all	all	ADV	_	15 round	advmod
15	round	round	ADV	_	13 looked	advmod
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 saw	punct
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 saw	cc
18	presently	presently	ADV	_	19 saw	advmod
19	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 looked	parataxis
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 lady	det
21	lovely	lovely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 lady	amod
22	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 saw	obj
23	floating	float	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	22 lady	acl
24	gently	gently	ADV	_	23 floating	advmod
25	toward	toward	ADP	_	26 him	case
26	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 floating	obl
27	upon	upon	ADP	_	29 crest	case
28	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	29 crest	det
29	crest	crest	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 floating	obl
30	of	of	ADP	_	33 billow	case
31	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	33 billow	det
32	huge	huge	ADJ	Degree=Pos	33 billow	amod
33	billow	billow	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 crest	nmod
34	,	,	PUNCT	_	38 spread	punct
35	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	37 hair	nmod:poss
36	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	37 hair	amod
37	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 spread	nsubj
38	spread	spread	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 saw	conj
39	all	all	ADV	_	38 spread	advmod
40	about	about	ADP	_	41 her	case
41	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	38 spread	obl
42	;	;	PUNCT	_	47 held	punct
43	in	in	ADP	_	45 hand	case
44	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	45 hand	nummod
45	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 held	obl
46	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	47 held	nsubj
47	held	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 looked	conj
48	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	49 mirror	det
49	mirror	mirror	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 held	obj
50	,	,	PUNCT	_	56 comb	punct
51	and	and	CCONJ	_	56 comb	cc
52	in	in	ADP	_	54 other	case
53	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	54 other	det
54	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	56 comb	amod
55	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	56 comb	det
56	comb	comb	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 held	obl
57	,	,	PUNCT	_	63 had	punct
58	and	and	CCONJ	_	63 had	cc
59	instead	instead	ADV	ExtPos=ADP	61 feet	case
60	of	of	ADP	_	59 instead	fixed
61	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	63 had	obl
62	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	63 had	nsubj
63	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 looked	parataxis
64	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	66 tail	det
65	beautiful	beautiful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	66 tail	amod
66	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	63 had	obj
67	like	like	ADP	_	69 fish	case
68	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	69 fish	det
69	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	63 had	obl
70	,	,	PUNCT	_	74 swam	punct
71	with	with	ADP	_	72 which	case
72	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	74 swam	obl
73	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	74 swam	nsubj
74	swam	swim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	63 had	conj
75	.	.	PUNCT	_	13 looked	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	see	gerund	Love not said here				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	roll	past · progressive	the waves		higher		vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in high=Trajectory
3	look	past	Love			round property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
4	see	past		a lovely lady		presently property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer lady=Stimulus
5	float	gerund	a lovely lady not said here		the crest of a huge billow	toward Love; gently property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V PP.source PP.trajectory PP.destination»: agent=Theme toward he=Source upon crest=Trajectory
6	spread	past	voice's long hair			about voice; all property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme about she=Location
7	hold	past	hair	a mirror	one hand	a other comb obl	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent mirror=Theme in hand=Location
8	have	past	hair	a beautiful tail		instead feet; like a fish	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tail=Patient
9	swim	past	hair				vn swarm-47.5.1-1 «PP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with which=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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