The Green Fairy Book, Prince Vivien and the Princess Placida, part 2, sentence 12

After wandering about for several days until he was weary and hungry, he at last succeeded in finding a way out of the forest, and soon came to a wide and rapid river, which he followed, hoping to find some means of crossing it, and it happened that as the sun rose the next morning he saw something of a dazzling whiteness moored out in the middle of the stream.

Who acts: Prince, forest, it, sun · What happens: wonder, be, succeed, find, come, follow · To what, where: way, forest, wide river, some, something, dazzling whiteness · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Prince Vivien and the Princess Placida, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Prince, forest, it, sun), 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	After	after	SCONJ	_	2 wandering	mark
2	wandering	wonder	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	45 means	advcl
3	about	about	ADV	_	2 wandering	advmod
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 days	case
5	several	several	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 days	amod
6	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 wandering	obl
7	until	until	SCONJ	_	10 weary	mark
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 weary	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 weary	cop
10	weary	weary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 wandering	advcl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 hungry	cc
12	hungry	hungry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 weary	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 wandering	punct
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	45 means	nsubj
15	at	at	ADP	_	45 means	case
16	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	45 means	nsubj
17	succeeded	succeed	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 last	acl
18	in	in	SCONJ	_	19 finding	mark
19	finding	find	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	17 succeeded	advcl
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 way	det
21	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 finding	obj
22	out	out	ADP	_	25 forest	case
23	of	of	ADP	_	25 forest	case
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 forest	det
25	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 finding	obl
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	29 came	punct
27	and	and	CCONJ	_	29 came	cc
28	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	29 came	advmod
29	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	25 forest	acl:relcl
30	to	to	ADP	_	35 river	case
31	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	35 river	det
32	wide	wide	ADJ	Degree=Pos	35 river	amod
33	and	and	CCONJ	_	34 rapid	cc
34	rapid	rapid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	32 wide	conj
35	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 came	obl
36	,	,	PUNCT	_	39 followed	punct
37	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	39 followed	obj
38	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	39 followed	nsubj
39	followed	follow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	35 river	acl:relcl
40	,	,	PUNCT	_	41 hoping	punct
41	hoping	hope	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	19 finding	conj
42	to	to	PART	_	43 find	mark
43	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	41 hoping	xcomp
44	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	43 find	obj
45	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
46	of	of	SCONJ	_	47 crossing	mark
47	crossing	cross	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	45 means	advcl
48	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	47 crossing	obj
49	,	,	PUNCT	_	52 happened	punct
50	and	and	CCONJ	_	52 happened	cc
51	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	52 happened	nsubj
52	happened	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	45 means	ccomp
53	that	that	SCONJ	_	62 saw	mark
54	as	as	SCONJ	_	57 rose	mark
55	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	56 sun	det
56	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	57 rose	nsubj
57	rose	rise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	62 saw	advcl
58	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	60 morning	det
59	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	60 morning	amod
60	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	57 rose	obl:unmarked
61	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	62 saw	nsubj
62	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	52 happened	advcl
63	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	62 saw	obj
64	of	of	ADP	_	67 whiteness	case
65	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	67 whiteness	det
66	dazzling	dazzle	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	67 whiteness	amod
67	whiteness	whiteness	NOUN	Number=Sing	63 something	nmod
68	moored	moor	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	67 whiteness	acl
69	out	out	ADP	_	68 moored	compound:prt
70	in	in	ADP	_	72 middle	case
71	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	72 middle	det
72	middle	middle	NOUN	Number=Sing	68 moored	obl
73	of	of	ADP	_	75 stream	case
74	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	75 stream	det
75	stream	stream	NOUN	Number=Sing	72 middle	nmod
76	.	.	PUNCT	_	45 means	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wonder speech: ask	gerund	Prince not said here			day	about property	vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	is	past	Prince				weary property	tree rules
3	be		Prince not said here					tree rules
4	succeed	participle						vn succeed-74-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	find	gerund		a way	the forest			vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Topic
6	come	past	the forest not said here		a wide river		soon property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to river=Initial_Location
7	follow	past	Prince	a wide river				vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Theme
8	hope	gerund						vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
9	find not said to happen	to-infinitive		some				vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent some=Topic
10	mean	present	Prince					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
11	cross	gerund	Prince not said here	way				vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient
12	happen	past	it					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
13	rise	past	the sun			morning		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
14	see	past	Prince	something				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer something=Stimulus
15	dazzle	gerund						vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
16	moor out	participle		a dazzling whiteness not said here	the middle of the stream			vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme in middle=Destination

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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