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The Yellow Fairy Book, The Grateful Beasts(11), part 3, sentence 97

The farther he advanced in the labyrinth the more curious he became, till he was stopped by two corpses lying in the midst of a cypress alley, each with a scarlet cord round his neck and a bracelet on his arm on which were engraved their own names, and those of two Princesses.

Who acts: sight, two corpses, cord · What happens: advance, become, stop, lie, engrave, name · To what, where: curious, labyrinth, sight, midst, own names, arm

This is a sentence of «The Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Grateful Beasts(11), 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 (sight, two corpses, cord), 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

detadvmodnsubjcasedetobldetadvmodoblnsubjccomppunctmarknsubjaux:passconjcasenummodoblaclcasedetoblcasedetcompoundnmodpunctapposcasedetcompoundnmodcasenmod:possnmodccdetconjcasenmod:possnmodcaseoblaux:passacl:relclnmod:possamodobjpunctccoblcasenummodnmodpunctrootTheDETfartherADVhePRONadvancedVERBinADPtheDETlabyrinthNOUNtheDETmoreADVcuriousADJhePRONbecameVERB,PUNCTtillSCONJhePRONwasAUXstoppedVERBbyADPtwoNUMcorpsesNOUNlyingVERBinADPtheDETmidstNOUNofADPaDETcypressNOUNalleyNOUN,PUNCTeachDETwithADPaDETscarletNOUNcordNOUNroundADPhisPRONneckNOUNandCCONJaDETbraceletNOUNonADPhisPRONarmNOUNonADPwhichPRONwereAUXengravedVERBtheirPRONownADJnamesNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJthosePRONofADPtwoNUMPrincessesNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 fartherdet
2fartherfarADVDegree=Cmp4 advancedadvmod
3hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs4 advancednsubj
4advancedadvanceVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
5ininADP_7 labyrinthcase
6thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art7 labyrinthdet
7labyrinthlabyrinthNOUNNumber=Sing4 advancedobl
8thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art10 curiousdet
9moremoreADVDegree=Cmp10 curiousadvmod
10curiouscuriousADJDegree=Pos4 advancedobl
11hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs12 becamensubj
12becamebecomeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin10 curiousccomp
13,,PUNCT_17 stoppedpunct
14tilltillSCONJ_17 stoppedmark
15hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs17 stoppednsubj
16wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin17 stoppedaux:pass
17stoppedstopVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass4 advancedconj
18bybyADP_20 corpsescase
19twotwoNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card20 corpsesnummod
20corpsescorpseNOUNNumber=Plur17 stoppedobl
21lyinglieVERBVerbForm=Ger20 corpsesacl
22ininADP_24 midstcase
23thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art24 midstdet
24midstmidstNOUNNumber=Sing21 lyingobl
25ofofADP_28 alleycase
26aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art28 alleydet
27cypresscypressNOUNNumber=Sing28 alleycompound
28alleyalleyNOUNNumber=Sing24 midstnmod
29,,PUNCT_30 eachpunct
30eacheachDETPronType=Tot20 corpsesappos
31withwithADP_34 cordcase
32aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art34 corddet
33scarletscarletNOUNNumber=Sing34 cordcompound
34cordcordNOUNNumber=Sing30 eachnmod
35roundroundADP_37 neckcase
36hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs37 necknmod:poss
37neckneckNOUNNumber=Sing34 cordnmod
38andandCCONJ_40 braceletcc
39aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art40 braceletdet
40braceletbraceletNOUNNumber=Sing34 cordconj
41ononADP_43 armcase
42hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs43 armnmod:poss
43armarmNOUNNumber=Sing40 braceletnmod
44ononADP_45 whichcase
45whichwhichPRONPronType=Rel47 engravedobl
46werebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin47 engravedaux:pass
47engravedengraveVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass43 armacl:relcl
48theirtheirPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs50 namesnmod:poss
49ownownADJDegree=Pos50 namesamod
50namesnameNOUNNumber=Plur47 engravedobj
51,,PUNCT_53 thosepunct
52andandCCONJ_53 thosecc
53thosethatPRONNumber=Plur PronType=Dem4 advancedobl
54ofofADP_56 Princessescase
55twotwoNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card56 Princessesnummod
56PrincessesprincessNOUNNumber=Plur53 thosenmod
57..PUNCT_4 advancedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1advancepastsightthe curiousthe labyrinththose obl; far propertyvn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
2becomepastsightvn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
3stoppast · passivetwo corpsessightvn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality subject=Eventuality
4liegerundtwo corpses not said herethe midst of a cypress alleyvn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in midst=Location
5engravepast · passivecord's own namessight's armvn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: name=Theme on which=Destination
6namecordnom name «communication 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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