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The Green Fairy Book, The Biter Bit, part 4, sentence 28

Now it chanced that the way to the capital led right past the village where Helena was, and often when she was leading her cattle forth to the meadows Prince Fickle rode past her, without ever noticing the poor herd-girl, so engrossed was he in thoughts of his new bride.

Who acts: news, way, Helena, Prince · What happens: chance, lead, ride, notice, engross, be · To what, where: village, cattle, meadows, poor herd girl, thoughts

This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Biter Bit, part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (news, way, Helena, Prince), 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

advmodnsubjmarkdetnsubjcasedetnmodadvcladvmodcasedetobjadvmodnsubjacl:relclpunctccadvmodadvmodnsubjauxadvclnmod:possobjadvmodcasedetoblnsubjflatacl:relclcaseoblpunctmarkadvmodadvcldetamodcompoundpunctobjpunctadvmodconjcopnsubjcaseobjcasenmod:possamodnmodpunctrootNowADVitPRONchancedVERBthatSCONJtheDETwayNOUNtoADPtheDETcapitalNOUNledVERBrightADVpastADPtheDETvillageNOUNwhereADVHelenaPROPNwasAUX,PUNCTandCCONJoftenADVwhenADVshePRONwasAUXleadingVERBherPRONcattleNOUNforthADVtoADPtheDETmeadowsNOUNPrincePROPNFicklePROPNrodeVERBpastADPherPRON,PUNCTwithoutSCONJeverADVnoticingVERBtheDETpoorADJherdNOUN-PUNCTgirlNOUN,PUNCTsoADVengrossedVERBwasAUXhePRONinADPthoughtsNOUNofADPhisPRONnewADJbrideNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1NownowADVPronType=Dem3 chancedadvmod
2ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 chancednsubj
3chancedchanceVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
4thatthatSCONJ_10 ledmark
5thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 waydet
6waywayNOUNNumber=Sing10 lednsubj
7totoADP_9 capitalcase
8thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art9 capitaldet
9capitalcapitalNOUNNumber=Sing6 waynmod
10ledleadVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 chancedadvcl
11rightrightADV_14 villageadvmod
12pastpastADP_14 villagecase
13thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art14 villagedet
14villagevillageNOUNNumber=Sing10 ledobj
15wherewhereADVPronType=Rel17 wasadvmod
16HelenaHelenaPROPNNumber=Sing17 wasnsubj
17wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin14 villageacl:relcl
18,,PUNCT_24 leadingpunct
19andandCCONJ_24 leadingcc
20oftenoftenADV_24 leadingadvmod
21whenwhenADVPronType=Int24 leadingadvmod
22sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs24 leadingnsubj
23wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin24 leadingaux
24leadingleadVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part3 chancedadvcl
25herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs26 cattlenmod:poss
26cattlecattleNOUNNumber=Sing24 leadingobj
27forthforthADV_24 leadingadvmod
28totoADP_30 meadowscase
29thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art30 meadowsdet
30meadowsmeadowNOUNNumber=Plur24 leadingobl
31PrincePrincePROPNNumber=Sing33 rodensubj
32FickleFicklePROPNNumber=Sing31 Princeflat
33roderideVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin30 meadowsacl:relcl
34pastpastADP_35 hercase
35hershePRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs33 rodeobl
36,,PUNCT_39 noticingpunct
37withoutwithoutSCONJ_39 noticingmark
38evereverADVPronType=Ind39 noticingadvmod
39noticingnoticeVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part33 rodeadvcl
40thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art44 girldet
41poorpoorADJDegree=Pos44 girlamod
42herdherdNOUNNumber=Sing44 girlcompound
43--PUNCT_42 herdpunct
44girlgirlNOUNNumber=Sing39 noticingobj
45,,PUNCT_47 engrossedpunct
46sosoADV_47 engrossedadvmod
47engrossedengrossVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 chancedconj
48wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin51 thoughtscop
49hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs51 thoughtsnsubj
50ininADP_51 thoughtscase
51thoughtsthoughtNOUNNumber=Plur47 engrossedobj
52ofofADP_55 bridecase
53hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs55 bridenmod:poss
54newnewADJDegree=Pos55 brideamod
55bridebrideNOUNNumber=Sing51 thoughtsnmod
56..PUNCT_3 chancedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1chancepastnewsnowvn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2leadpastthe way to the capitalthe villagevn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent village=Theme
3leadpast · progressiveHelenaHelena's cattlethe meadowsforth, often propertyvn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent cattle=Theme to meadow=Destination
4ridepastPrincethe meadows not said herepast Helenavn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent meadow=Theme past she=Trajectory
5noticegerundPrince not said herethe poor herd girlevervn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer girl=Stimulus
6engrosspastnews not said herevn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
7ispastPrincethoughtsof Prince's new bridetree rules

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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