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The Violet Fairy Book, Mogarzea and His Son, sentence 37

He jumped up, still playing on his flute, and went after the sheep, meaning to drive them back to their own side of the border, when suddenly he saw before him three beautiful maidens who stopped in front of him, and began to dance.

Who acts: boy, three beautiful maidens · What happens: jump up, play, go, mean, drive back, see · To what, where: flute, sheep, own side, three beautiful maidens, front

This is a sentence of «The Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Mogarzea and His Son. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (boy, three beautiful maidens), 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

nsubjcompound:prtpunctadvmodadvclcasenmod:possoblpunctccparataxiscasedetoblpunctadvclmarkxcompobjadvmodcasenmod:possamodoblcasedetnmodpunctadvmodadvmodnsubjparataxiscaseoblnummodamodobjnsubjacl:relclcaseoblcasenmodpunctccparataxismarkxcomppunctrootHePRONjumpedVERBupADP,PUNCTstillADVplayingVERBonADPhisPRONfluteNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJwentVERBafterADPtheDETsheepNOUN,PUNCTmeaningVERBtoPARTdriveVERBthemPRONbackADVtoADPtheirPRONownADJsideNOUNofADPtheDETborderNOUN,PUNCTwhenADVsuddenlyADVhePRONsawVERBbeforeADPhimPRONthreeNUMbeautifulADJmaidensNOUNwhoPRONstoppedVERBinADPfrontNOUNofADPhimPRON,PUNCTandCCONJbeganVERBtoPARTdanceVERB.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 jumpednsubj
2jumpedjumpVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
3upupADP_2 jumpedcompound:prt
4,,PUNCT_6 playingpunct
5stillstillADV_6 playingadvmod
6playingplayVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part2 jumpedadvcl
7ononADP_9 flutecase
8hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs9 flutenmod:poss
9flutefluteNOUNNumber=Sing6 playingobl
10,,PUNCT_12 wentpunct
11andandCCONJ_12 wentcc
12wentgoVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin2 jumpedparataxis
13afterafterADP_15 sheepcase
14thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art15 sheepdet
15sheepsheepNOUNNumber=Plur12 wentobl
16,,PUNCT_17 meaningpunct
17meaningmeanVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part12 wentadvcl
18totoPART_19 drivemark
19drivedriveVERBVerbForm=Inf17 meaningxcomp
20themtheyPRONCase=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs19 driveobj
21backbackADV_19 driveadvmod
22totoADP_25 sidecase
23theirtheirPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs25 sidenmod:poss
24ownownADJDegree=Pos25 sideamod
25sidesideNOUNNumber=Sing19 driveobl
26ofofADP_28 bordercase
27thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art28 borderdet
28borderborderNOUNNumber=Sing25 sidenmod
29,,PUNCT_33 sawpunct
30whenwhenADVPronType=Int31 suddenlyadvmod
31suddenlysuddenlyADV_33 sawadvmod
32hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs33 sawnsubj
33sawseeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin2 jumpedparataxis
34beforebeforeADP_35 himcase
35himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs33 sawobl
36threethreeNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card38 maidensnummod
37beautifulbeautifulADJDegree=Pos38 maidensamod
38maidensmaidenNOUNNumber=Plur33 sawobj
39whowhoPRONPronType=Rel40 stoppednsubj
40stoppedstopVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin38 maidensacl:relcl
41ininADP_42 frontcase
42frontfrontNOUNNumber=Sing40 stoppedobl
43ofofADP_44 himcase
44himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs42 frontnmod
45,,PUNCT_47 beganpunct
46andandCCONJ_47 begancc
47beganbeginVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin2 jumpedparataxis
48totoPART_49 dancemark
49dancedanceVERBVerbForm=Inf47 beganxcomp
50..PUNCT_2 jumpedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1jump uppastboyvn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2playgerundboy not said hereboy's flutestillvn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3gopastafter the sheepvn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4meangerundvn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
5drive back not said to happento-infinitivesheepsheep's own side of the bordervn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent they=Theme to side=Trajectory
6seepastboythree beautiful maidensbefore bordersuddenly propertyvn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer maiden=Stimulus
7stoppastthree beautiful maidensfront of boyvn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in front=Location
8beginpastvn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
9danceto-infinitivevn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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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