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The Violet Fairy Book, A Tale of the Tontlawald, sentence 178

As she was wondering what she should do next the king’s son came riding by, and, seeing Elsa, sprang from his horse, and took her by the hand, sawing, ‘Ah! it was a happy chance that brought me here this morning.

Who acts: Elsa, wondering, hand, happy chance · What happens: wonder, do, come, ride by, see, spring · To what, where: Elsa, happy chance, me · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, A Tale of the Tontlawald. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Elsa, wondering, hand, happy chance), 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

marknsubjauxcsubjobjnsubjauxccompadvmoddetnmod:posscasevocativeadvclfixedpunctccpunctadvclobjpunctconjcasenmod:possoblpunctccconjobjcasedetoblpunctadvclpunctpunctdiscoursepunctnsubjcopdetamodobjnsubjacl:relclobjadvmoddetobl:unmarkedpunctrootAsSCONJshePRONwasAUXwonderingVERBwhatPRONshePRONshouldAUXdoVERBnextADVtheDETkingNOUN’sPARTsonNOUNcameVERBridingVERBbyADP,PUNCTandCCONJ,PUNCTseeingVERBElsaPROPN,PUNCTsprangVERBfromADPhisPRONhorseNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJtookVERBherPRONbyADPtheDEThandNOUN,PUNCTsawingVERB,PUNCT‘PUNCTAhINTJ!PUNCTitPRONwasAUXaDEThappyADJchanceNOUNthatPRONbroughtVERBmePRONhereADVthisDETmorningNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AsasSCONJ_4 wonderingmark
2sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs4 wonderingnsubj
3wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 wonderingaux
4wonderingwonderVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part14 camecsubj
5whatwhatPRONPronType=Int8 doobj
6sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs8 donsubj
7shouldshouldAUXVerbForm=Fin8 doaux
8dodoVERBVerbForm=Inf4 wonderingccomp
9nextnextADV_8 doadvmod
10thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art11 kingdet
11kingkingNOUNNumber=Sing13 sonnmod:poss
12’s'sPART_11 kingcase
13sonsonNOUNNumber=Sing8 dovocative
14camecomeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
15ridingrideVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part14 cameadvcl
16bybyADP_15 ridingfixed
17,,PUNCT_20 seeingpunct
18andandCCONJ_20 seeingcc
19,,PUNCT_20 seeingpunct
20seeingseeVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part14 cameadvcl
21ElsaElsaPROPNNumber=Sing20 seeingobj
22,,PUNCT_23 sprangpunct
23sprangspringVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part20 seeingconj
24fromfromADP_26 horsecase
25hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs26 horsenmod:poss
26horsehorseNOUNNumber=Sing23 sprangobl
27,,PUNCT_29 tookpunct
28andandCCONJ_29 tookcc
29tooktakeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin14 cameconj
30hershePRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs29 tookobj
31bybyADP_33 handcase
32thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art33 handdet
33handhandNOUNNumber=Sing29 tookobl
34,,PUNCT_35 sawingpunct
35sawingsawVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part29 tookadvcl
36,,PUNCT_44 chancepunct
37‘'PUNCT_44 chancepunct
38AhahINTJ_44 chancediscourse
39!!PUNCT_38 Ahpunct
40ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs44 chancensubj
41wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin44 chancecop
42aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art44 chancedet
43happyhappyADJDegree=Pos44 chanceamod
44chancechanceNOUNNumber=Sing35 sawingobj
45thatthatPRONPronType=Rel46 broughtnsubj
46broughtbringVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin44 chanceacl:relcl
47meIPRONCase=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs46 broughtobj
48herehereADVPronType=Dem46 broughtadvmod
49thisthisDETNumber=Sing PronType=Dem50 morningdet
50morningmorningNOUNNumber=Sing46 broughtobl:unmarked
51..PUNCT_14 camepunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1wonder speech: askpast · progressiveElsavn care-88.1-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2doshouldElsathe king's son vocative; next propertyvn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality
3comepastwonderingvn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4ride bygerundwondering not said herevn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent
5seegerundwondering not said hereElsavn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer elsa=Stimulus
6springgerundwondering not said herefrom King's horsevn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from horse=Trajectory
7takepastwondering not said hereElsaby the handvn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument she=Destination
8sawgerundwondering not said herevn cut-21.1-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient
9is apasthanda happy chancetree rules
10bringpasta happy chancemeheremorningvn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument i=Destination

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 Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 641 (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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