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The Yellow Fairy Book, The Donkey Cabbage, part 3, sentence 18

But what was his surprise, when instead of finding the fountain in the spot where he had left it, he saw in its place a little rustic palace built in the best taste, and standing in the doorway a charming maiden, at whose sight his mind seemed to give way.

Who acts: Prince, mind · What happens: be, find, leave, see, build, stand · To what, where: surprise, fountain, spot, place, little rustic palace, charming maiden

This is a sentence of «The Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Donkey Cabbage, 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 (Prince, mind), 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

ccnsubjcopnmod:posspunctadvmodmarkfixedacldetobjcasedetobladvmodnsubjauxacl:relclobjpunctnsubjacl:relclcasenmod:possobldetamodamodapposaclcasedetamodoblpunctccadvclcasedetobldetcompoundobl:unmarkedpunctcasenmod:possoblnmod:possnsubjacl:relclmarkxcompobjpunctrootButCCONJwhatPRONwasAUXhisPRONsurpriseNOUN,PUNCTwhenADVinsteadADVofADPfindingVERBtheDETfountainNOUNinADPtheDETspotNOUNwhereADVhePRONhadAUXleftVERBitPRON,PUNCThePRONsawVERBinADPitsPRONplaceNOUNaDETlittleADJrusticADJpalaceNOUNbuiltVERBinADPtheDETbestADJtasteNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJstandingVERBinADPtheDETdoorwayNOUNaDETcharmingNOUNmaidenNOUN,PUNCTatADPwhosePRONsightNOUNhisPRONmindNOUNseemedVERBtoPARTgiveVERBwayNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ButbutCCONJ_5 surprisecc
2whatwhatPRONPronType=Int5 surprisensubj
3wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin5 surprisecop
4hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs5 surprisenmod:poss
5surprisesurpriseNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
6,,PUNCT_10 findingpunct
7whenwhenADVPronType=Int10 findingadvmod
8insteadinsteadADVExtPos=SCONJ10 findingmark
9ofofADP_8 insteadfixed
10findingfindVERBVerbForm=Ger5 surpriseacl
11thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art12 fountaindet
12fountainfountainNOUNNumber=Sing10 findingobj
13ininADP_15 spotcase
14thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art15 spotdet
15spotspotNOUNNumber=Sing10 findingobl
16wherewhereADVPronType=Rel19 leftadvmod
17hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs19 leftnsubj
18hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin19 leftaux
19leftleaveVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part15 spotacl:relcl
20ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs19 leftobj
21,,PUNCT_23 sawpunct
22hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs23 sawnsubj
23sawseeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin5 surpriseacl:relcl
24ininADP_26 placecase
25itsitsPRONCase=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs26 placenmod:poss
26placeplaceNOUNNumber=Sing23 sawobl
27aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art30 palacedet
28littlelittleADJDegree=Pos30 palaceamod
29rusticrusticADJDegree=Pos30 palaceamod
30palacepalaceNOUNNumber=Sing26 placeappos
31builtbuildVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass30 palaceacl
32ininADP_35 tastecase
33thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art35 tastedet
34bestgoodADJDegree=Sup35 tasteamod
35tastetasteNOUNNumber=Sing31 builtobl
36,,PUNCT_38 standingpunct
37andandCCONJ_38 standingcc
38standingstandVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part23 sawadvcl
39ininADP_41 doorwaycase
40thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art41 doorwaydet
41doorwaydoorwayNOUNNumber=Sing38 standingobl
42aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art44 maidendet
43charmingcharmingNOUNNumber=Sing44 maidencompound
44maidenmaidenNOUNNumber=Sing38 standingobl:unmarked
45,,PUNCT_48 sightpunct
46atatADP_48 sightcase
47whosewhosePRONPoss=Yes PronType=Rel48 sightnmod:poss
48sightsightNOUNNumber=Sing38 standingobl
49hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs50 mindnmod:poss
50mindmindNOUNNumber=Sing51 seemednsubj
51seemedseemVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin48 sightacl:relcl
52totoPART_53 givemark
53givegiveVERBVerbForm=Inf51 seemedxcomp
54waywayNOUNNumber=Sing53 giveobj
55..PUNCT_5 surprisepunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apastPrince's surprisetree rules
2findgerundthe fountainthe spotvn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fountain=Topic
3leavepast · perfectPrincefountainvn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
4seepastPrincePrince's surprise not said herefountain's placevn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer surprise=Stimulus
5buildparticiplea little rustic palace not said herein the best tastevn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in taste=Attribute
6standgerundPrince not said herea charming maidenthe doorwayat sightvn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in doorway=Location
7seempastPrince's mindsight not said heretree rules
8giveto-infinitivePrince's mind not said herewayvn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Theme
9mindPrincenom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

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 Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 640 (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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