The Green Fairy Book, Heart of Ice, part 3, sentence 69

In the last of these sat the Ambassador with the haughty and scornful air which he considered becoming in the representative of so powerful a monarch: for this was the crowning point of the absurdity of the whole procession, that all who took part in it wore the expression of vanity and self-satisfaction and pride in their own appearance and all their surroundings which they believed their splendour amply justified.

Who acts: these, Ambassador, this, part, surroundings · What happens: sit, consider, become, be, take, wear · To what, where: Ambassador, haughty air, representative, part, expression, own appearance

This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Heart of Ice, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (these, Ambassador, this, part), 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	In	in	ADP	_	3 last	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 last	det
3	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	of	of	SCONJ	_	6 sat	mark
5	these	this	PRON	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	6 sat	nsubj
6	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 last	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Ambassador	det
8	Ambassador	Ambassador	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 sat	obj
9	with	with	ADP	_	14 air	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 air	det
11	haughty	haughty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 air	amod
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 scornful	cc
13	scornful	scornful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 haughty	conj
14	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sat	obl
15	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	17 considered	obj
16	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 considered	nsubj
17	considered	consider	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 air	acl:relcl
18	becoming	become	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	17 considered	xcomp
19	in	in	ADP	_	21 representative	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 representative	det
21	representative	representative	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 becoming	obl
22	of	of	ADP	_	26 monarch	case
23	so	so	ADV	_	24 powerful	advmod
24	powerful	powerful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	26 monarch	amod
25	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	26 monarch	det
26	monarch	monarch	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 representative	nmod
27	:	:	PUNCT	_	33 point	punct
28	for	for	ADP	_	33 point	case
29	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	33 point	nsubj
30	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	33 point	cop
31	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	33 point	det
32	crowning	crowning	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 point	compound
33	point	point	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 last	conj
34	of	of	ADP	_	36 absurdity	case
35	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	36 absurdity	det
36	absurdity	absurdity	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 point	nmod
37	of	of	ADP	_	40 procession	case
38	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	40 procession	det
39	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	40 procession	amod
40	procession	procession	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 absurdity	nmod
41	,	,	PUNCT	_	43 all	punct
42	that	that	SCONJ	_	43 all	mark
43	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	33 point	appos
44	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	45 took	nsubj
45	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	43 all	acl:relcl
46	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 took	obj
47	in	in	SCONJ	_	49 wore	mark
48	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	49 wore	nsubj
49	wore	wear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	45 took	advcl
50	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	51 expression	det
51	expression	expression	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 wore	obj
52	of	of	ADP	_	53 vanity	case
53	vanity	vanity	NOUN	Number=Sing	51 expression	nmod
54	and	and	CCONJ	_	57 satisfaction	cc
55	self	self	NOUN	Number=Sing	57 satisfaction	compound
56	-	-	PUNCT	_	55 self	punct
57	satisfaction	satisfaction	NOUN	Number=Sing	51 expression	conj
58	and	and	CCONJ	_	59 pride	cc
59	pride	pride	NOUN	Number=Sing	51 expression	conj
60	in	in	ADP	_	63 appearance	case
61	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	63 appearance	nmod:poss
62	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	63 appearance	amod
63	appearance	appearance	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 wore	obl
64	and	and	CCONJ	_	67 surroundings	cc
65	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	67 surroundings	det:predet
66	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	67 surroundings	nmod:poss
67	surroundings	surroundings	NOUN	Number=Ptan	63 appearance	conj
68	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	70 believed	nsubj
69	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	70 believed	nsubj
70	believed	believe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	67 surroundings	acl:relcl
71	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	72 splendour	nmod:poss
72	splendour	splendour	NOUN	Number=Sing	70 believed	obj
73	amply	amply	ADV	_	74 justified	advmod
74	justified	justified	ADJ	Degree=Pos	70 believed	xcomp
75	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 last	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	sit	past	these	the Ambassador		with the haughty air	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location ambassador=Theme
2	consider	past	Ambassador	the haughty air			vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent which=Attribute clause=Theme
3	become	gerund	Ambassador not said here			in the representative of a powerful monarch result	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in representative=Result
4	is	past	this			for the crowning point; of the absurdity of the whole procession	tree rules
5	take	past		part			vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent part=Theme
6	wear	past	part	the expression of vanity and self satisfaction and pride	expression's own appearance and expression's surroundings		vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent expression=Source
7	believe	past	expression's surroundings	expression's splendour		justified property	vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer splendour=Stimulus

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 Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 7277 (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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