The Blue Fairy Book, The Yellow Dwarf, part 3, sentence 72

So, without reply to the nymphs, he rushed forward instantly, breaking their garlands, and scattering them in all directions; and then went on without further hindrance to the little wood where he had seen Bellissima.

Who acts: King · What happens: rush, break, scatter, go on, see · To what, where: garlands, directions, Bellissima

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 (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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	So	so	ADV	_	10 rushed	advmod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 So	punct
3	without	without	ADP	_	4 reply	case
4	reply	reply	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 rushed	obl
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 nymphs	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 nymphs	det
7	nymphs	nymph	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 reply	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 reply	punct
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 rushed	nsubj
10	rushed	rush	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	forward	forward	ADV	_	10 rushed	advmod
12	instantly	instantly	ADV	_	10 rushed	advmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 breaking	punct
14	breaking	break	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 rushed	advcl
15	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 garlands	nmod:poss
16	garlands	garland	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 breaking	obj
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 scattering	punct
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 scattering	cc
19	scattering	scatter	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	14 breaking	advcl
20	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 scattering	obj
21	in	in	ADP	_	23 directions	case
22	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	23 directions	det
23	directions	direction	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 scattering	obl
24	;	;	PUNCT	_	27 went	punct
25	and	and	CCONJ	_	27 went	cc
26	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	27 went	advmod
27	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 rushed	conj
28	on	on	ADV	_	27 went	advmod
29	without	without	ADP	_	31 hindrance	case
30	further	further	ADJ	Degree=Pos	31 hindrance	amod
31	hindrance	hindrance	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 went	obl
32	to	to	ADP	_	35 wood	case
33	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	35 wood	det
34	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	35 wood	amod
35	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 went	obl
36	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	39 seen	advmod
37	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	39 seen	nsubj
38	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	39 seen	aux
39	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	35 wood	acl:relcl
40	Bellissima	Bellissima	PROPN	Number=Sing	39 seen	obj
41	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 rushed	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rush	past	King				without reply to the nymphs; forward, instantly property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	break	gerund	King not said here	Nymphs's garlands				vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer garland=Patient
3	scatter	gerund	King not said here	garlands = garland	all directions			vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme in direction=Destination
4	go on	past	King not said here			then	without further hindrance; to the little wood	vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	see	past · perfect	King	Bellissima				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bellissima=Stimulus

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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