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The Red Fairy Book, The Golden Branch, part 2, sentence 74

The moment he caught sight of the Princess he recognised her as the charming shepherdess whose picture he had seen so often in the tower, and as she was far prettier than he had remembered her, he was delighted that chance had led him that way.

Who acts: moment, Prince, Princess · What happens: catch, recognise, see, be, remember, lead · To what, where: sight, Princess, picture, tower, chance

This is a sentence of «The Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Golden Branch, 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 (moment, Prince, Princess), 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

detnsubjnsubjobjcasedetnmodnsubjconjobjcasedetamodoblnmod:possapposnsubjauxacl:relcladvmodadvmodcasedetoblpunctccmarknsubjcopadvmodparataxismarknsubjauxadvclobjpunctnsubjcopconjmarknsubj:passauxadvclobjdetobl:unmarkedpunctrootTheDETmomentNOUNhePRONcaughtVERBsightNOUNofADPtheDETPrincessNOUNhePRONrecognisedVERBherPRONasADPtheDETcharmingADJshepherdessNOUNwhosePRONpictureNOUNhePRONhadAUXseenVERBsoADVoftenADVinADPtheDETtowerNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJasSCONJshePRONwasAUXfarADVprettierADJthanSCONJhePRONhadAUXrememberedVERBherPRON,PUNCThePRONwasAUXdelightedADJthatSCONJchanceNOUNhadAUXledVERBhimPRONthatDETwayNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 momentdet
2momentmomentNOUNNumber=Sing4 caughtnsubj
3hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs4 caughtnsubj
4caughtcatchVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
5sightsightNOUNNumber=Sing4 caughtobj
6ofofADP_8 Princesscase
7thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art8 Princessdet
8PrincessprincessNOUNNumber=Sing5 sightnmod
9hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs10 recognisednsubj
10recognisedrecogniseVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 caughtconj
11hershePRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs10 recognisedobj
12asasADP_15 shepherdesscase
13thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art15 shepherdessdet
14charmingcharmingADJDegree=Pos15 shepherdessamod
15shepherdessshepherdessNOUNNumber=Sing10 recognisedobl
16whosewhosePRONPoss=Yes PronType=Rel17 picturenmod:poss
17picturepictureNOUNNumber=Sing15 shepherdessappos
18hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs20 seennsubj
19hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin20 seenaux
20seenseeVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part17 pictureacl:relcl
21sosoADV_22 oftenadvmod
22oftenoftenADV_20 seenadvmod
23ininADP_25 towercase
24thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art25 towerdet
25towertowerNOUNNumber=Sing20 seenobl
26,,PUNCT_32 prettierpunct
27andandCCONJ_32 prettiercc
28asasSCONJ_32 prettiermark
29sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs32 prettiernsubj
30wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin32 prettiercop
31farfarADVDegree=Pos32 prettieradvmod
32prettierprettyADJDegree=Cmp4 caughtparataxis
33thanthanSCONJ_36 rememberedmark
34hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs36 rememberednsubj
35hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin36 rememberedaux
36rememberedrememberVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part41 delightedadvcl
37hershePRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs36 rememberedobj
38,,PUNCT_36 rememberedpunct
39hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs41 delightednsubj
40wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin41 delightedcop
41delighteddelightedADJDegree=Pos32 prettierconj
42thatthatSCONJ_45 ledmark
43chancechanceNOUNNumber=Sing45 lednsubj:pass
44hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin45 ledaux
45ledleadVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass41 delightedadvcl
46himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs45 ledobj
47thatthatDETNumber=Sing PronType=Dem48 waydet
48waywayNOUNNumber=Sing41 delightedobl:unmarked
49..PUNCT_4 caughtpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1catchpastthe momentsight of the Princessvn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sight=Theme
2recognisepastPrincePrincessas the charming shepherdessvn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus as shepherdess=Attribute
3seepast · perfectPrincethe charming shepherdess's picture not said herethe toweroften propertyvn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer picture=Stimulus
4ispastPrincessfar, pretty propertytree rules
5rememberpast · perfectPrincePrincessvn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent she=Theme
6ispastPrincethat way obl:unmarked; delighted propertytree rules
7leadpast · perfect · passivechancetree rules
8sightthe Princessnom sight «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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 Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 540 (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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