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The Red Fairy Book, Bushy Bride, sentence 40

At first the King would not believe this, but after a long, long time, they prevailed with him, and he crept on tip-toe to the door, peeped through, and saw the youth on his knees, with his hands clasped together before a picture which was hanging on the wall.

Who acts: King, brother, hands, picture · What happens: not believe, prevail, creep, peep, see, clasp · To what, where: this, tip toe, door, youth, knees, wall

This is a sentence of «The Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Bushy Bride. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (King, brother, hands, picture), 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

caseobldetnsubjauxadvmodobjpunctcccasedetamodpunctamodoblpunctnsubjparataxiscaseoblpunctccnsubjconjcasecompoundpunctoblcasedetoblpunctacladvmodpunctccparataxisdetobjcasenmod:possoblpunctmarknmod:possnsubjconjadvmodcasedetoblnsubjauxacl:relclcasedetoblpunctrootAtADPfirstADVtheDETKingPROPNwouldAUXnotPARTbelieveVERBthisPRON,PUNCTbutCCONJafterADPaDETlongADJ,PUNCTlongADJtimeNOUN,PUNCTtheyPRONprevailedVERBwithADPhimPRON,PUNCTandCCONJhePRONcreptVERBonADPtipNOUN-PUNCTtoeNOUNtoADPtheDETdoorNOUN,PUNCTpeepedVERBthroughADV,PUNCTandCCONJsawVERBtheDETyouthNOUNonADPhisPRONkneesNOUN,PUNCTwithSCONJhisPRONhandsNOUNclaspedVERBtogetherADVbeforeADPaDETpictureNOUNwhichPRONwasAUXhangingVERBonADPtheDETwallNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AtatADP_2 firstcase
2firstfirstADVNumForm=Word NumType=Ord7 believeobl
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art4 Kingdet
4KingKingPROPNNumber=Sing7 believensubj
5wouldwouldAUXVerbForm=Fin7 believeaux
6notnotPARTPolarity=Neg7 believeadvmod
7believebelieveVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
8thisthisPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Dem7 believeobj
9,,PUNCT_19 prevailedpunct
10butbutCCONJ_19 prevailedcc
11afterafterADP_16 timecase
12aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art16 timedet
13longlongADJDegree=Pos16 timeamod
14,,PUNCT_13 longpunct
15longlongADJDegree=Pos16 timeamod
16timetimeNOUNNumber=Sing19 prevailedobl
17,,PUNCT_16 timepunct
18theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs19 prevailednsubj
19prevailedprevailVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin7 believeparataxis
20withwithADP_21 himcase
21himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs19 prevailedobl
22,,PUNCT_25 creptpunct
23andandCCONJ_25 creptcc
24hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs25 creptnsubj
25creptcreepVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin19 prevailedconj
26ononADP_29 toecase
27tiptipNOUNNumber=Sing29 toecompound
28--PUNCT_27 tippunct
29toetoeNOUNNumber=Sing25 creptobl
30totoADP_32 doorcase
31thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art32 doordet
32doordoorNOUNNumber=Sing25 creptobl
33,,PUNCT_34 peepedpunct
34peepedpeepVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass32 dooracl
35throughthroughADV_34 peepedadvmod
36,,PUNCT_38 sawpunct
37andandCCONJ_38 sawcc
38sawseeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin25 creptparataxis
39thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art40 youthdet
40youthyouthNOUNNumber=Sing38 sawobj
41ononADP_43 kneescase
42hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs43 kneesnmod:poss
43kneeskneeNOUNNumber=Plur38 sawobl
44,,PUNCT_48 claspedpunct
45withwithSCONJ_48 claspedmark
46hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs47 handsnmod:poss
47handshandNOUNNumber=Plur48 claspednsubj
48claspedclaspVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin38 sawconj
49togethertogetherADV_48 claspedadvmod
50beforebeforeADP_52 picturecase
51aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art52 picturedet
52picturepictureNOUNNumber=Sing48 claspedobl
53whichwhichPRONPronType=Rel55 hangingnsubj
54wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin55 hangingaux
55hanginghangVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part52 pictureacl:relcl
56ononADP_58 wallcase
57thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art58 walldet
58wallwallNOUNNumber=Sing55 hangingobl
59..PUNCT_7 believepunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1not believewouldthe Kingthisvn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer this=Stimulus
2prevailpastbrothertimewith Kingvn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3creeppastKingtip toeto the doorvn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to door=Destination
4peepparticiplethe door not said herethrough propertyvn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5seepastthe youthKing's kneesvn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer youth=Stimulus
6clasppastKing's handsbefore a picturetogether propertyvn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
7hangpast · progressivea picturethe wallvn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on wall=Location

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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