The Yellow Fairy Book, The Magic Ring, sentence 92

Upon this some of the courtiers seized her by the arms, and held her back by sheer force, at which she set up such a yell that the King himself heard it, and stepped out on to the balcony to see what was the matter.

Who acts: some, woman, King · What happens: seize, hold back, set up, hear, step out, see · To what, where: woman, yell, sheer force, balcony, matter · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Magic Ring. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (some, woman, King), 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	Upon	upon	ADP	_	3 some	case
2	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 some	nsubj
3	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	7 seized	nsubj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 courtiers	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 courtiers	det
6	courtiers	courtier	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 some	nmod
7	seized	seize	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 seized	obj
9	by	by	ADP	_	11 arms	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 arms	det
11	arms	arm	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 seized	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 held	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 held	cc
14	held	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 seized	conj
15	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 held	obj
16	back	back	ADV	_	14 held	advmod
17	by	by	ADP	_	19 force	case
18	sheer	sheer	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 force	amod
19	force	force	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 held	obl
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 set	punct
21	at	at	ADP	_	22 which	case
22	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	24 set	obl
23	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 set	nsubj
24	set	set	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 force	acl:relcl
25	up	up	ADP	_	24 set	compound:prt
26	such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	28 yell	det:predet
27	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	28 yell	det
28	yell	yell	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 set	obj
29	that	that	SCONJ	_	33 heard	mark
30	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	31 King	det
31	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	33 heard	nsubj
32	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	31 King	nmod
33	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	28 yell	acl
34	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	33 heard	obj
35	,	,	PUNCT	_	37 stepped	punct
36	and	and	CCONJ	_	37 stepped	cc
37	stepped	step	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 seized	conj
38	out	out	ADP	_	37 stepped	compound:prt
39	on	on	ADP	_	42 balcony	case
40	to	to	ADP	_	42 balcony	case
41	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	42 balcony	det
42	balcony	balcony	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 stepped	obl
43	to	to	PART	_	44 see	mark
44	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	37 stepped	advcl
45	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	48 matter	nsubj
46	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	48 matter	cop
47	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	48 matter	det
48	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 see	ccomp
49	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 seized	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	seize	past	some	woman		by the arms	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme
2	hold back	past	some not said here	woman		by sheer force	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent she=Theme by force=Location
3	set up	past	woman	such yell	sheer force		vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent yell=Theme at which=Destination
4	hear	past	the King King	yell			vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus
5	step out	past	some not said here		the balcony		vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on balcony=Trajectory
6	see	to-infinitive	some not said here				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
7	is a	past		the matter			tree rules

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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