The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 12, sentence 38

At first he thought he was going into a dark place, but presently he was surrounded by light, and beheld a splendid palace, the admirable structure of which he had not time to look at; for at the same instant a lady of majestic air, and of a beauty heightened by the richness of the jewels which adorned her person, advanced, attended by a troop of ladies, who were scarcely less magnificently dressed than their mistress.

Who acts: Prince, light, jewels · What happens: think, go, surround, behold, have, look · To what, where: dark place, Prince, splendid palace, person, ladies · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens, Opening, part 12. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Prince, light, jewels), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

Mova's own parse. This tree may be wrong.

The tree

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	At	at	ADP	_	2 first	case
2	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	4 thought	obl
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 thought	nsubj
4	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 going	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 going	aux
7	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 thought	ccomp
8	into	into	ADP	_	11 place	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 place	det
10	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 place	amod
11	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 going	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 surrounded	punct
13	but	but	CCONJ	_	17 surrounded	cc
14	presently	presently	ADV	_	17 surrounded	advmod
15	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 surrounded	nsubj:pass
16	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 surrounded	aux:pass
17	surrounded	surround	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 thought	conj
18	by	by	ADP	_	19 light	case
19	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 surrounded	obl
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 beheld	punct
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 beheld	cc
22	beheld	behold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 thought	conj
23	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	25 palace	det
24	splendid	splendid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 palace	amod
25	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 beheld	obj
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	29 structure	punct
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	29 structure	det
28	admirable	admirable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	29 structure	amod
29	structure	structure	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 palace	appos
30	of	of	ADP	_	31 which	case
31	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	33 had	obl
32	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	33 had	nsubj
33	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	29 structure	acl:relcl
34	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	35 time	advmod
35	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 had	obj
36	to	to	PART	_	37 look	mark
37	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	35 time	acl
38	at	at	ADP	_	37 look	obl
39	;	;	PUNCT	_	44 instant	punct
40	for	for	ADP	_	44 instant	case
41	at	at	ADP	_	44 instant	case
42	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	44 instant	det
43	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	44 instant	amod
44	instant	instant	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 beheld	obl
45	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	46 lady	det
46	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 beheld	obj
47	of	of	ADP	_	49 air	case
48	majestic	majestic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	49 air	amod
49	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 lady	nmod
50	,	,	PUNCT	_	55 heightened	punct
51	and	and	CCONJ	_	55 heightened	cc
52	of	of	ADP	_	54 beauty	case
53	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	54 beauty	det
54	beauty	beauty	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 heightened	obl
55	heightened	heighten	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 thought	parataxis
56	by	by	ADP	_	58 richness	case
57	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	58 richness	det
58	richness	richness	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 heightened	obl
59	of	of	ADP	_	61 jewels	case
60	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	61 jewels	det
61	jewels	jewel	NOUN	Number=Plur	58 richness	nmod
62	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	63 adorned	nsubj
63	adorned	adorn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	61 jewels	acl:relcl
64	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	65 person	nmod:poss
65	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	63 adorned	obj
66	,	,	PUNCT	_	67 advanced	punct
67	advanced	advanced	ADJ	Degree=Pos	65 person	amod
68	,	,	PUNCT	_	69 attended	punct
69	attended	attend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	55 heightened	conj
70	by	by	ADP	_	72 troop	case
71	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	72 troop	det
72	troop	troop	NOUN	Number=Sing	69 attended	obl
73	of	of	ADP	_	74 ladies	case
74	ladies	lady	NOUN	Number=Plur	72 troop	nmod
75	,	,	PUNCT	_	81 dressed	punct
76	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	81 dressed	nsubj
77	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	81 dressed	aux:pass
78	scarcely	scarcely	ADV	_	79 less	advmod
79	less	less	ADV	Degree=Cmp	81 dressed	advmod
80	magnificently	magnificently	ADV	_	81 dressed	advmod
81	dressed	dress	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	74 ladies	acl
82	than	than	ADP	_	84 mistress	case
83	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	84 mistress	nmod:poss
84	mistress	mistress	NOUN	Number=Sing	81 dressed	obl
85	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 thought	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	Prince						vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	go	past · progressive	Prince			a dark place			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into place=Initial_Location
3	surround	past · passive	light	Prince				presently property	vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme subject=Co-Theme
4	behold	past	Prince not said here	a splendid palace				for the same instant; a lady of majestic air obj	tree rules
5	have	past	Prince				time	of the admirable structure	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
6	look	to-infinitive	Prince not said here						vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
7	heighten	participle						of a beauty; by the richness of the jewels	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
8	adorn	past	the jewels		staircase's person				vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme person=Destination
9	attend	participle						by a troop of ladies	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent by troop=Theme
10	dress	past · passive		ladies				than jewels's mistress; less, magnificently property	vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

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 Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens, Project Gutenberg book 65965 (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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The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 12, sentence 38