The Yellow Fairy Book, Hermod and Hadvor (32), sentence 12

Then he heard sweet music from a harp, and went in the direction of the sound until he came to a clearing, and there he saw three women, one of whom sat on a golden chair, and was beautifully and grandly dressed; she held a harp in her hands, and was very sorrowful.

Who acts: Hermod, mist · What happens: hear, go, come, see, sit, be · To what, where: sweet music, harp, direction, clearing, three women, golden chair

This is a sentence of «The Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Hermod and Hadvor (32). The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Hermod, mist), 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	Then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 heard	advmod
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 heard	nsubj
3	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	sweet	sweet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 music	amod
5	music	music	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 heard	obj
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 harp	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 harp	det
8	harp	harp	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 heard	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 went	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 went	cc
11	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 heard	conj
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 direction	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 direction	det
14	direction	direction	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 went	obl
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 sound	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 sound	det
17	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 direction	nmod
18	until	until	SCONJ	_	20 came	mark
19	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 came	nsubj
20	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 went	advcl
21	to	to	ADP	_	23 clearing	case
22	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	23 clearing	det
23	clearing	clearing	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 came	obl
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 saw	punct
25	and	and	CCONJ	_	28 saw	cc
26	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	28 saw	expl
27	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	28 saw	nsubj
28	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 heard	conj
29	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	30 women	nummod
30	women	woman	NOUN	Number=Plur	28 saw	obj
31	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 one	punct
32	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	30 women	appos
33	of	of	ADP	_	34 whom	case
34	whom	whom	PRON	PronType=Rel	32 one	nmod
35	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	34 whom	acl:relcl
36	on	on	ADP	_	39 chair	case
37	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	39 chair	det
38	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	39 chair	amod
39	chair	chair	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 sat	obl
40	,	,	PUNCT	_	43 beautifully	punct
41	and	and	CCONJ	_	43 beautifully	cc
42	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	43 beautifully	cop
43	beautifully	beautifully	ADV	_	46 dressed	advmod
44	and	and	CCONJ	_	45 grandly	cc
45	grandly	grandly	ADV	_	43 beautifully	conj
46	dressed	dress	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 heard	advcl
47	;	;	PUNCT	_	49 held	punct
48	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	49 held	nsubj
49	held	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 heard	conj
50	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	51 harp	det
51	harp	harp	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 held	obj
52	in	in	ADP	_	54 hands	case
53	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	54 hands	nmod:poss
54	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	49 held	obl
55	,	,	PUNCT	_	59 sorrowful	punct
56	and	and	CCONJ	_	59 sorrowful	cc
57	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	59 sorrowful	cop
58	very	very	ADV	_	59 sorrowful	advmod
59	sorrowful	sorrowful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 heard	parataxis
60	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 heard	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hear	past	Hermod	sweet music	a harp	then		vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent music=Topic from harp=Source
2	go	past	Hermod not said here		the direction of the sound			vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in direction=Location
3	come	past	Hermod		a clearing			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to clearing=Initial_Location
4	see	past	Hermod	three women	there			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer woman=Stimulus
5	sit	past			a golden chair			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on chair=Location
6	is	past					beautifully property	tree rules
7	dress	participle	Hermod not said here					vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
8	hold	past	mist	a harp	mist's hands			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent harp=Theme in hand=Location
9	is	past					sorrowful property	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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