The Green Fairy Book, The Biter Bit, part 5, sentence 31
But what was his joy and surprise when suddenly, round the same corner, but coming towards him, there appeared a beautiful coach drawn by six splendid horses, with outriders, coachmen, footmen and other servants all in the most gorgeous liveries, and seated in the carriage was the most beautiful woman the Prince had ever seen, and in whom he at once recognised the beautiful Parsley, for whom his heart had formerly burned.
Who acts: joy, Prince · What happens: be, round, come, appear, draw, seat · To what, where: joy, same corner, beautiful coach, beautiful woman, carriage, beautiful Parsley
This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Biter Bit, part 5. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (joy, 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 11 round | cc |
| 2 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 joy | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 joy | cop |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 joy | nmod:poss |
| 5 | joy | joy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 round | nsubj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 surprise | cc |
| 7 | surprise | surprise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 joy | conj |
| 8 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 9 suddenly | advmod |
| 9 | suddenly | suddenly | ADV | _ | 11 round | advmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 suddenly | punct |
| 11 | round | round | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 corner | det |
| 13 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 corner | amod |
| 14 | corner | corner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 round | obj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 appeared | punct |
| 16 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 22 appeared | cc |
| 17 | coming | come | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 22 appeared | advcl |
| 18 | towards | towards | ADP | _ | 19 him | case |
| 19 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 coming | obl |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 coming | punct |
| 21 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 22 appeared | expl |
| 22 | appeared | appear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 round | parataxis |
| 23 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 25 coach | det |
| 24 | beautiful | beautiful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 25 coach | amod |
| 25 | coach | coach | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 appeared | obj |
| 26 | drawn | draw | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 25 coach | acl |
| 27 | by | by | ADP | _ | 30 horses | case |
| 28 | six | six | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 30 horses | nummod |
| 29 | splendid | splendid | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 30 horses | amod |
| 30 | horses | horse | NOUN | Number=Plur | 26 drawn | obl |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 outriders | punct |
| 32 | with | with | ADP | _ | 33 outriders | case |
| 33 | outriders | outrider | NOUN | Number=Plur | 22 appeared | obl |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 coachmen | punct |
| 35 | coachmen | coachman | NOUN | Number=Plur | 33 outriders | conj |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 footmen | punct |
| 37 | footmen | footman | NOUN | Number=Plur | 33 outriders | conj |
| 38 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 40 servants | cc |
| 39 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 40 servants | amod |
| 40 | servants | servant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 33 outriders | conj |
| 41 | all | all | ADV | _ | 46 liveries | advmod |
| 42 | in | in | ADP | _ | 46 liveries | case |
| 43 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 46 liveries | det |
| 44 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 45 gorgeous | advmod |
| 45 | gorgeous | gorgeous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 46 liveries | amod |
| 46 | liveries | livery | NOUN | Number=Plur | 33 outriders | conj |
| 47 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 49 seated | punct |
| 48 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 49 seated | cc |
| 49 | seated | seat | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 22 appeared | advcl |
| 50 | in | in | ADP | _ | 52 carriage | case |
| 51 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 52 carriage | det |
| 52 | carriage | carriage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 57 woman | obl |
| 53 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 57 woman | cop |
| 54 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 57 woman | det |
| 55 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 56 beautiful | advmod |
| 56 | beautiful | beautiful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 57 woman | amod |
| 57 | woman | woman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 seated | obl:agent |
| 58 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 59 Prince | det |
| 59 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 62 seen | nsubj |
| 60 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 62 seen | aux |
| 61 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 62 seen | advmod |
| 62 | seen | see | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 57 woman | acl:relcl |
| 63 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 66 whom | punct |
| 64 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 66 whom | cc |
| 65 | in | in | ADP | _ | 66 whom | case |
| 66 | whom | whom | PRON | PronType=Rel | 11 round | conj |
| 67 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 70 recognised | nsubj |
| 68 | at | at | ADP | _ | 69 once | case |
| 69 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 70 recognised | obl |
| 70 | recognised | recognise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 66 whom | acl:relcl |
| 71 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 73 Parsley | det |
| 72 | beautiful | beautiful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 73 Parsley | amod |
| 73 | Parsley | Parsley | PROPN | Number=Sing | 70 recognised | obj |
| 74 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 76 whom | punct |
| 75 | for | for | ADP | _ | 76 whom | case |
| 76 | whom | whom | PRON | PronType=Rel | 70 recognised | advcl |
| 77 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 78 heart | nmod:poss |
| 78 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 81 burned | nsubj:pass |
| 79 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 81 burned | aux |
| 80 | formerly | formerly | ADV | _ | 81 burned | advmod |
| 81 | burned | burn | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 76 whom | acl:relcl |
| 82 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 round | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | Prince's joy and surprise | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | round | infinitive | Prince's joy and surprise | the same corner | suddenly property | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent corner=Patient | |||
| 3 | come | gerund | towards Prince | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme towards he=Initial_Location | |||||
| 4 | appear | past | a beautiful coach | there | with outriders and coachmen and footmen and other servants and the gorgeous liveries | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location coach=Theme | |||
| 5 | draw | participle | a beautiful coach not said here | by six splendid horses | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 6 | seat | participle | vn fit-54.3 «NP.location V NP»: agent=Location | ||||||
| 7 | is a | past | the beautiful woman | the carriage | tree rules | ||||
| 8 | see | past · perfect | the Prince | the beautiful woman not said here | ever | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer woman=Stimulus | |||
| 9 | recognise | past | Prince | the beautiful Parsley | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer parsley=Stimulus | ||||
| 10 | burn | past · perfect · passive | Prince's heart | formerly property | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=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 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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