The Red Fairy Book, The Black Thief and Knight of the Glen., sentence 95

Perceiving he still retained the figure of a mortal man, I began to imagine that it could not be the bishop’s ghost; recovering myself therefore from the fear I was in, I ventured to the upper end of the vault, where I found a large bundle, and upon further examination I found that the corpse was already rifled, and that which I had taken to be a ghost was no more than one of his own clergy.

Who acts: I, figure, ghost · What happens: perceive, retain, begin, imagine, not be, recover · To what, where: figure, ghost, myself, fear, upper end, large bundle

This is a sentence of «The Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Black Thief and Knight of the Glen.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, figure, ghost), 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	Perceiving	perceive	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 retained	nsubj
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 retained	nsubj
3	still	still	ADV	_	4 retained	advmod
4	retained	retain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 figure	det
6	figure	figure	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 retained	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	10 man	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 man	det
9	mortal	mortal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 man	amod
10	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 figure	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 began	punct
12	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	13 began	nsubj
13	began	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 retained	conj
14	to	to	PART	_	15 imagine	mark
15	imagine	imagine	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 began	xcomp
16	that	that	SCONJ	_	24 ghost	mark
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 ghost	nsubj
18	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	24 ghost	aux
19	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	24 ghost	advmod
20	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	24 ghost	cop
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 bishop	det
22	bishop	bishop	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 ghost	nmod:poss
23	’s	's	PART	_	22 bishop	case
24	ghost	ghost	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 imagine	ccomp
25	;	;	PUNCT	_	26 recovering	punct
26	recovering	recover	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	13 began	advcl
27	myself	myself	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	26 recovering	obj
28	therefore	therefore	ADV	_	26 recovering	advmod
29	from	from	ADP	_	31 fear	case
30	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	31 fear	det
31	fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 recovering	obl
32	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	34 in	nsubj
33	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	34 in	cop
34	in	in	ADV	_	31 fear	acl:relcl
35	,	,	PUNCT	_	37 ventured	punct
36	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	37 ventured	nsubj
37	ventured	venture	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 retained	conj
38	to	to	ADP	_	41 end	case
39	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	41 end	det
40	upper	upper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	41 end	amod
41	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 ventured	obl
42	of	of	ADP	_	44 vault	case
43	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	44 vault	det
44	vault	vault	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 end	nmod
45	,	,	PUNCT	_	48 found	punct
46	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	48 found	advmod
47	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	48 found	nsubj
48	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	37 ventured	conj
49	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	51 bundle	det
50	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	51 bundle	amod
51	bundle	bundle	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 found	obj
52	,	,	PUNCT	_	58 found	punct
53	and	and	CCONJ	_	58 found	cc
54	upon	upon	ADP	_	56 examination	case
55	further	further	ADJ	Degree=Pos	56 examination	amod
56	examination	examination	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 found	obl
57	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	58 found	nsubj
58	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	48 found	conj
59	that	that	SCONJ	_	64 rifled	mark
60	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	61 corpse	det
61	corpse	corpse	NOUN	Number=Sing	64 rifled	nsubj:pass
62	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	64 rifled	aux:pass
63	already	already	ADV	_	64 rifled	advmod
64	rifled	rifle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	58 found	advcl
65	,	,	PUNCT	_	71 taken	punct
66	and	and	CCONJ	_	71 taken	cc
67	that	that	SCONJ	_	68 which	mark
68	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	71 taken	nsubj:pass
69	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	71 taken	nsubj
70	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	71 taken	aux
71	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 retained	conj
72	to	to	PART	_	73 be	mark
73	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	80 one	cop
74	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	75 ghost	det
75	ghost	ghost	NOUN	Number=Sing	80 one	nsubj
76	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	80 one	cop
77	no	no	ADV	_	80 one	advmod
78	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp ExtPos=ADV	80 one	advmod
79	than	than	ADP	_	78 more	fixed
80	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	71 taken	parataxis
81	of	of	ADP	_	84 clergy	case
82	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	84 clergy	nmod:poss
83	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	84 clergy	amod
84	clergy	clergy	NOUN	Number=Sing	80 one	nmod
85	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 retained	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	perceive	gerund							vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
2	retain	past		the figure of a mortal man			still		tree rules
3	begin	past	I						vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
4	imagine	to-infinitive	I not said here						vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot
5	not is a	could	figure	the bishop's ghost					tree rules
6	recover	gerund	I not said here	myself		the fear		therefore property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent myself=Theme from fear=Source
7	is	past	I	the fear not said here				in property	tree rules
8	venture	past	I		the upper end of the vault				vn say-37.7-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to end=Recipient
9	find	past	I	a large bundle					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bundle=Topic
10	find	past	I					upon further examination	vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent
11	rifle	past · passive		the corpse					vn rummage-35.5-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Location
12	take	past · perfect · passive							vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
13	not is a	infinitive	a ghost	one				of man's own clergy	tree rules
14	figure			a mortal man					nom figure «communication 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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