The Green Fairy Book, Prince Vivien and the Princess Placida, part 3, sentence 43
In the distance I saw some little houses which seemed to be built in a most singular fashion, but as I was by this time very hungry I set out towards them, but before I had walked many steps, I saw that the air was full of shining objects which seemed to be fixed, and yet I could not see what they hung from.
Who acts: I, little houses, air, objects · What happens: see, seem, build, be, set out, walk · To what, where: little houses, many steps, objects · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Prince Vivien and the Princess Placida, 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 (I, little houses, air, objects), 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 distance | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 distance | det |
| 3 | distance | distance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 saw | obl |
| 4 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 5 saw | nsubj |
| 5 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 8 houses | det |
| 7 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 houses | amod |
| 8 | houses | house | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 saw | obj |
| 9 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 10 seemed | nsubj |
| 10 | seemed | seem | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 houses | acl:relcl |
| 11 | to | to | PART | _ | 13 built | mark |
| 12 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 13 built | aux:pass |
| 13 | built | build | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 seemed | xcomp |
| 14 | in | in | ADP | _ | 18 fashion | case |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 fashion | det |
| 16 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 17 singular | advmod |
| 17 | singular | singular | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 fashion | amod |
| 18 | fashion | fashion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 built | obl |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 set | punct |
| 20 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 30 set | cc |
| 21 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 26 time | mark |
| 22 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 26 time | nsubj |
| 23 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 26 time | cop |
| 24 | by | by | ADP | _ | 26 time | case |
| 25 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 26 time | det |
| 26 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 set | obl:unmarked |
| 27 | very | very | ADV | _ | 28 hungry | advmod |
| 28 | hungry | hungry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 26 time | amod |
| 29 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 30 set | nsubj |
| 30 | set | set | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 saw | conj |
| 31 | out | out | ADP | _ | 30 set | compound:prt |
| 32 | towards | towards | ADP | _ | 33 them | case |
| 33 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 30 set | obl |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 saw | punct |
| 35 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 44 saw | cc |
| 36 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 39 walked | mark |
| 37 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 39 walked | nsubj |
| 38 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 39 walked | aux |
| 39 | walked | walk | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 44 saw | advcl |
| 40 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 41 steps | amod |
| 41 | steps | step | NOUN | Number=Plur | 39 walked | obj |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 walked | punct |
| 43 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 44 saw | nsubj |
| 44 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 saw | conj |
| 45 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 49 full | mark |
| 46 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 47 air | det |
| 47 | air | air | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 full | nsubj |
| 48 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 49 full | cop |
| 49 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 44 saw | ccomp |
| 50 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 51 shining | mark |
| 51 | shining | shine | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 49 full | advcl |
| 52 | objects | object | NOUN | Number=Plur | 51 shining | obj |
| 53 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 54 seemed | nsubj |
| 54 | seemed | seem | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 52 objects | acl:relcl |
| 55 | to | to | PART | _ | 57 fixed | mark |
| 56 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 57 fixed | aux:pass |
| 57 | fixed | fix | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 54 seemed | xcomp |
| 58 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 64 see | punct |
| 59 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 64 see | cc |
| 60 | yet | yet | ADV | _ | 64 see | advmod |
| 61 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 64 see | nsubj |
| 62 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 64 see | aux |
| 63 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 64 see | advmod |
| 64 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 saw | conj |
| 65 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 64 see | obj |
| 66 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 67 hung | nsubj |
| 67 | hung | hang | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 65 what | acl:relcl |
| 68 | from | from | ADP | _ | 67 hung | obl |
| 69 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 saw | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | past | I | some little houses | in the distance | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer house=Stimulus | |||
| 2 | seem | past | some little houses | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | |||||
| 3 | build | to-infinitive · passive | some little houses not said here | in a singular fashion | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: in fashion=Attribute | ||||
| 4 | is | past | I | by this time | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | set out | past | I | towards houses = house | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme towards they=Initial_Location | ||||
| 6 | walk | past · perfect | I | many steps | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme step=Trajectory | ||||
| 7 | see | past | I | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 8 | is | past | the air | full property | tree rules | ||||
| 9 | shine | gerund | the air not said here | objects | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent object=Theme | ||||
| 10 | seem | past | objects | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | |||||
| 11 | fix | to-infinitive · passive | objects not said here | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle» | |||||
| 12 | not see | could | I | yet | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus | ||||
| 13 | hang | past | objects = object | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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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