The Green Fairy Book, The Story of the Fisherman and His Wife, sentence 98

Then the doors of the hall flew open, and there stood the whole Court round his wife, who was sitting on a high throne of gold and diamonds; she wore a great golden crown, and had a sceptre of gold and precious stones in her hand, and by her on either side stood six pages in a row, each one a head taller than the other.

Who acts: doors, wife · What happens: fly, stand, sit, wear, have · To what, where: whole Court, high throne, great golden crown, sceptre, hand, six pages

This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Story of the Fisherman and His Wife. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (doors, wife), 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	Then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	7 flew	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 doors	det
3	doors	door	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 flew	nsubj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 hall	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 hall	det
6	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 doors	nmod
7	flew	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 flew	xcomp
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 stood	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 stood	cc
11	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	12 stood	advmod
12	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 flew	conj
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 Court	det
14	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 Court	amod
15	Court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 stood	obj
16	round	round	ADP	_	18 wife	case
17	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 wife	nmod:poss
18	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 stood	obl
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 sitting	punct
20	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	22 sitting	nsubj
21	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	22 sitting	aux
22	sitting	sit	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	18 wife	acl
23	on	on	ADP	_	26 throne	case
24	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	26 throne	det
25	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	26 throne	amod
26	throne	throne	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 sitting	obl
27	of	of	ADP	_	28 gold	case
28	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 throne	nmod
29	and	and	CCONJ	_	30 diamonds	cc
30	diamonds	diamond	NOUN	Number=Plur	28 gold	conj
31	;	;	PUNCT	_	33 wore	punct
32	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	33 wore	nsubj
33	wore	wear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 flew	conj
34	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	37 crown	det
35	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	37 crown	amod
36	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	37 crown	amod
37	crown	crown	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 wore	obj
38	,	,	PUNCT	_	40 had	punct
39	and	and	CCONJ	_	40 had	cc
40	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	33 wore	conj
41	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	42 sceptre	det
42	sceptre	sceptre	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 had	obj
43	of	of	ADP	_	44 gold	case
44	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 sceptre	nmod
45	and	and	CCONJ	_	47 stones	cc
46	precious	precious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	47 stones	amod
47	stones	stone	NOUN	Number=Plur	42 sceptre	conj
48	in	in	ADP	_	50 hand	case
49	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	50 hand	nmod:poss
50	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 had	obl
51	,	,	PUNCT	_	58 stood	punct
52	and	and	CCONJ	_	58 stood	cc
53	by	by	ADP	_	54 her	case
54	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	58 stood	obl
55	on	on	ADP	_	57 side	case
56	either	either	DET	PronType=Ind	57 side	det
57	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	54 her	nmod
58	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 flew	conj
59	six	six	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	60 pages	nummod
60	pages	page	NOUN	Number=Plur	58 stood	obj
61	in	in	ADP	_	63 row	case
62	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	63 row	det
63	row	row	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 stood	obl
64	,	,	PUNCT	_	66 one	punct
65	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	66 one	det
66	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	63 row	appos
67	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	68 head	det
68	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	69 taller	obl:unmarked
69	taller	tall	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	66 one	amod
70	than	than	ADP	_	72 other	case
71	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	72 other	det
72	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	69 taller	obl
73	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 flew	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fly	past	the doors of the hall			then	open property	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	stand	past	the doors of the hall not said here	the whole Court	there		round door's wife	vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer court=Stimulus
3	sit	past · progressive	door's wife		a high throne of gold and diamonds			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on throne=Location
4	wear	past	wife	a great golden crown				vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent crown=Theme
5	have	past	wife not said here	a sceptre of gold and precious stones	wife's hand			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sceptre=Patient
6	stand	past	the doors of the hall not said here	six pages	a row		by wife	vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent page=Theme by she=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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