The Green Fairy Book, Prince Vivien and the Princess Placida, part 1, sentence 65

He took the first path that presented itself and followed it at the top of his speed, often losing his way, or stumbling over some stone, or running up against a tree, and leaving behind him without regret the cottage which had been as little to his taste as the character of its possessor.

Who acts: Prince, first path, cottage · What happens: take, present, follow, lose, stumble, run up · To what, where: first path, path, top, way, stone, tree

This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Prince Vivien and the Princess Placida, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Prince, first path, cottage), 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	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 took	nsubj
2	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 path	det
4	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	5 path	amod
5	path	path	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 took	obj
6	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 presented	nsubj
7	presented	present	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 path	acl:relcl
8	itself	itself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	7 presented	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 followed	cc
10	followed	follow	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 presented	conj
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 followed	obj
12	at	at	ADP	_	14 top	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 top	det
14	top	top	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 followed	obl
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 speed	case
16	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 speed	nmod:poss
17	speed	speed	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 top	nmod
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 losing	punct
19	often	often	ADV	_	20 losing	advmod
20	losing	lose	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 took	advcl
21	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	22 way	nmod:poss
22	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 losing	obj
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 stumbling	punct
24	or	or	CCONJ	_	25 stumbling	cc
25	stumbling	stumble	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 took	advcl
26	over	over	ADP	_	28 stone	case
27	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	28 stone	det
28	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 stumbling	obl
29	,	,	PUNCT	_	31 running	punct
30	or	or	CCONJ	_	31 running	cc
31	running	run	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	25 stumbling	conj
32	up	up	ADP	_	31 running	compound:prt
33	against	against	ADP	_	35 tree	case
34	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	35 tree	det
35	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 running	obl
36	,	,	PUNCT	_	38 leaving	punct
37	and	and	CCONJ	_	38 leaving	cc
38	leaving	leave	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 took	advcl
39	behind	behind	ADP	_	40 him	case
40	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	38 leaving	obl
41	without	without	SCONJ	_	42 regret	mark
42	regret	regret	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	38 leaving	advcl
43	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	44 cottage	det
44	cottage	cottage	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 regret	obj
45	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	49 little	nsubj
46	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	49 little	aux
47	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	49 little	cop
48	as	as	ADP	_	49 little	case
49	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	44 cottage	acl:relcl
50	to	to	ADP	_	52 taste	case
51	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	52 taste	nmod:poss
52	taste	taste	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 little	obl
53	as	as	ADP	_	55 character	case
54	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	55 character	det
55	character	character	NOUN	Number=Sing	52 taste	nmod
56	of	of	ADP	_	58 possessor	case
57	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	58 possessor	nmod:poss
58	possessor	possessor	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 character	nmod
59	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 took	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	take	past	Prince	the first path			vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent path=Theme
2	present	past	the first path	path			vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent itself=Theme
3	follow	past	the first path not said here	path	the top of Prince's speed		vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme at top=Trajectory
4	lose	gerund	Prince not said here	Prince's way		often property	vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Eventuality
5	stumble	gerund	Prince not said here		some stone		vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over stone=Trajectory
6	run up	gerund	Prince not said here		a tree		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme against tree=Trajectory
7	leave	gerund	Prince not said here			behind Prince	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent behind he=Location
8	regret	present	Prince not said here	the cottage			vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cottage=Stimulus
9	is	past · perfect	the cottage			to Prince's taste as the character of way's possessor; little property	tree rules
10	taste		Prince			as the character of way's possessor	nom taste «cognition transitive»: poss=agent as=obl

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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