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The Violet Fairy Book, The Nine Pea-hens and the Golden Apples, sentence 23

When he had recovered from his surprise at the unexpected disappearance of the maiden, the prince exclaimed, ‘What can be the matter?’ and, looking about him, discovered the old witch hidden under the bed.

Who acts: prince, maiden · What happens: recover, exclaim, be, look, discover, hide · To what, where: surprise, matter, old witch, bed · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Nine Pea-hens and the Golden Apples. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (prince, maiden), 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

advmodnsubjauxcasenmod:possoblcasedetamodoblcasedetnmodpunctdetnsubjadvclpunctpunctnsubjauxcopdetccomppunctpunctccpunctconjcaseoblpunctconjdetamodobjaclcasedetoblpunctrootWhenADVhePRONhadAUXrecoveredVERBfromADPhisPRONsurpriseNOUNatADPtheDETunexpectedADJdisappearanceNOUNofADPtheDETmaidenNOUN,PUNCTtheDETprinceNOUNexclaimedVERB,PUNCT‘PUNCTWhatPRONcanAUXbeAUXtheDETmatterNOUN?PUNCT’PUNCTandCCONJ,PUNCTlookingVERBaboutADPhimPRON,PUNCTdiscoveredVERBtheDEToldADJwitchNOUNhiddenVERBunderADPtheDETbedNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhenwhenADVPronType=Int4 recoveredadvmod
2hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs4 recoverednsubj
3hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 recoveredaux
4recoveredrecoverVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Partrootroot
5fromfromADP_7 surprisecase
6hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs7 surprisenmod:poss
7surprisesurpriseNOUNNumber=Sing4 recoveredobl
8atatADP_11 disappearancecase
9thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art11 disappearancedet
10unexpectedunexpectedADJDegree=Pos11 disappearanceamod
11disappearancedisappearanceNOUNNumber=Sing4 recoveredobl
12ofofADP_14 maidencase
13thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art14 maidendet
14maidenmaidenNOUNNumber=Sing11 disappearancenmod
15,,PUNCT_18 exclaimedpunct
16thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art17 princedet
17princeprinceNOUNNumber=Sing18 exclaimednsubj
18exclaimedexclaimVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 recoveredadvcl
19,,PUNCT_25 matterpunct
20‘'PUNCT_25 matterpunct
21WhatwhatPRONPronType=Int25 matternsubj
22cancanAUXVerbForm=Fin25 matteraux
23bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf25 mattercop
24thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art25 matterdet
25mattermatterNOUNNumber=Sing18 exclaimedccomp
26??PUNCT_25 matterpunct
27’'PUNCT_25 matterpunct
28andandCCONJ_30 lookingcc
29,,PUNCT_30 lookingpunct
30lookinglookVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part18 exclaimedconj
31aboutaboutADP_32 himcase
32himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs30 lookingobl
33,,PUNCT_34 discoveredpunct
34discovereddiscoverVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin18 exclaimedconj
35thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art37 witchdet
36oldoldADJDegree=Pos37 witchamod
37witchwitchNOUNNumber=Sing34 discoveredobj
38hiddenhideVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass37 witchacl
39underunderADP_41 bedcase
40thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art41 beddet
41bedbedNOUNNumber=Sing38 hiddenobl
42..PUNCT_4 recoveredpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1recoverpast · perfectprinceprince's surpriseat the unexpected disappearance of the maidenvn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from surprise=Source
2exclaim speech: expresspastthe princevn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
3is acanthe mattertree rules
4lookgerundthe prince not said hereabout princevn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent about he=Theme
5discoverpastthe prince not said herethe old witchvn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent witch=Topic
6hideparticiplethe old witch not said herethe bedvn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under bed=Location
7surpriseprincenom surprise «feeling transitive»: poss=agent
8disappearthe maidennom disappearance «act intransitive»: of=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 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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