The Red Fairy Book, Bushy Bride, sentence 72

But when they arrived at the palace, and the King beheld the ugly bride with a nose that was four ells long, a jaw that was three ells, and a forehead that had a bush in the middle of it, he was quite terrified; but the wedding feast was all prepared, as regarded brewing and baking, and all the wedding guests were sitting waiting, so, ugly as she was, the King was forced to take her.

Who acts: brother, King, nose, that, forehead, wedding feast · What happens: arrive, behold, be, have, regard, sit · To what, where: palace, ugly bride, three ells, bush, middle, King

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 (brother, King, nose, that), 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	But	but	CCONJ	_	12 beheld	cc
2	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	4 arrived	advmod
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 arrived	nsubj
4	arrived	arrive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 beheld	advcl
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 palace	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 palace	det
7	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 arrived	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 beheld	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 beheld	cc
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 King	det
11	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 beheld	nsubj
12	beheld	behold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 bride	det
14	ugly	ugly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 bride	amod
15	bride	bride	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 beheld	obj
16	with	with	ADP	_	18 nose	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 nose	det
18	nose	nose	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 beheld	obl
19	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	23 long	nsubj
20	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	23 long	cop
21	four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	22 ells	nummod
22	ells	ell	NOUN	Number=Plur	23 long	obl:unmarked
23	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 nose	acl:relcl
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 jaw	punct
25	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	26 jaw	det
26	jaw	jaw	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 nose	conj
27	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	30 ells	nsubj
28	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	30 ells	cop
29	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	30 ells	nummod
30	ells	ell	NOUN	Number=Plur	26 jaw	conj
31	,	,	PUNCT	_	36 had	punct
32	and	and	CCONJ	_	36 had	cc
33	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	34 forehead	det
34	forehead	forehead	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 had	nsubj
35	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	36 had	nsubj
36	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 beheld	parataxis
37	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	38 bush	det
38	bush	bush	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 had	obj
39	in	in	ADP	_	41 middle	case
40	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	41 middle	det
41	middle	middle	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 bush	nmod
42	of	of	ADP	_	43 it	case
43	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	41 middle	nmod
44	,	,	PUNCT	_	48 terrified	punct
45	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	48 terrified	nsubj
46	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	48 terrified	cop
47	quite	quite	ADV	_	48 terrified	advmod
48	terrified	terrified	ADJ	Degree=Pos	36 had	conj
49	;	;	PUNCT	_	56 prepared	punct
50	but	but	CCONJ	_	56 prepared	cc
51	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	53 feast	det
52	wedding	wedding	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 feast	compound
53	feast	feast	NOUN	Number=Sing	56 prepared	nsubj
54	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	56 prepared	cop
55	all	all	ADV	_	56 prepared	advmod
56	prepared	prepared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 beheld	parataxis
57	,	,	PUNCT	_	60 brewing	punct
58	as	as	ADP	_	60 brewing	case
59	regarded	regard	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	60 brewing	amod
60	brewing	brewing	NOUN	Number=Sing	56 prepared	obl
61	and	and	CCONJ	_	62 baking	cc
62	baking	baking	NOUN	Number=Sing	60 brewing	conj
63	,	,	PUNCT	_	70 sitting	punct
64	and	and	CCONJ	_	70 sitting	cc
65	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	68 guests	det:predet
66	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	68 guests	det
67	wedding	wedding	NOUN	Number=Sing	68 guests	compound
68	guests	guest	NOUN	Number=Plur	70 sitting	nsubj
69	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	70 sitting	aux
70	sitting	sit	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 beheld	conj
71	waiting	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	70 sitting	xcomp
72	,	,	PUNCT	_	75 ugly	punct
73	so	so	ADV	_	75 ugly	advmod
74	,	,	PUNCT	_	75 ugly	punct
75	ugly	ugly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 beheld	parataxis
76	as	as	SCONJ	_	78 was	mark
77	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	78 was	nsubj
78	was	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	75 ugly	advcl
79	,	,	PUNCT	_	83 forced	punct
80	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	81 King	det
81	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	83 forced	nsubj:pass
82	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	83 forced	aux:pass
83	forced	force	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 beheld	parataxis
84	to	to	PART	_	85 take	mark
85	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	83 forced	xcomp
86	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	85 take	obj
87	.	.	PUNCT	_	12 beheld	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	arrive	past	brother			the palace		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	behold	past	the King	the ugly bride			with a nose and a jaw and three ells	vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bride=Stimulus
3	is	past	a nose and a jaw and three ells				four ells obl:unmarked; long property	tree rules
4	is a	past	that	three ells				tree rules
5	have	past	a forehead	a bush		the middle of middle		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bush=Patient
6	is	past	King				terrified property	tree rules
7	is	past	the wedding feast				as regarded brewing and baking; all, prepared property	tree rules
8	regard	participle						vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
9	sit	past · progressive	all wedding guests					tree rules
10	wait	gerund	all wedding guests not said here					vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
11	be	past	forehead					vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
12	force	past · passive		the King				vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
13	take	to-infinitive	the King not said here		forehead			vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument she=Destination

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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