The Green Fairy Book, Sylvain and Jocosa, sentence 22

Hither and thither they strayed, led ever farther and farther, for the brightest flowers seemed always just beyond them, until at last they were startled by the first bright rays of the rising sun. With one accord they turned and ran towards the fountain, reaching it at the same moment, though from opposite sides.

Who acts: Sylvain, brightest flowers, first bright rays · What happens: stray, lead, seem, startle, rise, turn · To what, where: Sylvain, opposite sides, fountain, rising sun.

This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Sylvain and Jocosa. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Sylvain, brightest flowers, first bright rays), 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	Hither	hither	ADV	_	5 strayed	advmod
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 strayed	cc
3	thither	thither	ADV	_	5 strayed	advmod
4	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 strayed	nsubj
5	strayed	stray	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 led	punct
7	led	lead	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 strayed	advcl:relcl
8	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	9 farther	advmod
9	farther	far	ADV	Degree=Cmp	7 led	advmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 farther	cc
11	farther	far	ADV	Degree=Cmp	9 farther	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 seemed	punct
13	for	for	SCONJ	_	17 seemed	mark
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 flowers	det
15	brightest	bright	ADJ	Degree=Sup	16 flowers	amod
16	flowers	flower	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 seemed	nsubj
17	seemed	seem	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 strayed	parataxis
18	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	17 seemed	advmod
19	just	just	ADV	_	21 them	advmod
20	beyond	beyond	ADP	_	21 them	case
21	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 seemed	obl
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 last	punct
23	until	until	ADP	_	25 last	case
24	at	at	ADP	_	25 last	case
25	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 seemed	conj
26	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	28 startled	nsubj
27	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	28 startled	aux:pass
28	startled	startle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	25 last	acl:relcl
29	by	by	ADP	_	33 rays	case
30	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	33 rays	det
31	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	33 rays	amod
32	bright	bright	ADJ	Degree=Pos	33 rays	amod
33	rays	ray	NOUN	Number=Plur	28 startled	obl
34	of	of	ADP	_	37 sun.	case
35	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	37 sun.	det
36	rising	rise	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	37 sun.	amod
37	sun.	sun.	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 rays	nmod
38	With	with	ADP	_	40 accord	case
39	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	40 accord	nummod
40	accord	accord	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 turned	obl
41	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	42 turned	nsubj
42	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	28 startled	conj
43	and	and	CCONJ	_	44 ran	cc
44	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	42 turned	conj
45	towards	towards	ADP	_	47 fountain	case
46	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	47 fountain	det
47	fountain	fountain	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 ran	obl
48	,	,	PUNCT	_	49 reaching	punct
49	reaching	reach	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	42 turned	advcl
50	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	49 reaching	obj
51	at	at	ADP	_	54 moment	case
52	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	54 moment	det
53	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	54 moment	amod
54	moment	moment	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 reaching	obl
55	,	,	PUNCT	_	59 sides	punct
56	though	though	SCONJ	_	59 sides	mark
57	from	from	ADP	_	59 sides	case
58	opposite	opposite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	59 sides	amod
59	sides	side	NOUN	Number=Plur	28 startled	obl
60	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 strayed	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stray	past	Sylvain				hither, thither property	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	lead	participle	Sylvain not said here				far property	vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition
3	seem	past	the brightest flowers				beyond Sylvain; always property	vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme
4	startle	past · passive	the first bright rays of the rising sun.	Sylvain	opposite sides			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer
5	rise	gerund						vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
6	turn	past	Sylvain				with one accord	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
7	run	past	Sylvain not said here		the fountain			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme towards fountain=Destination
8	reach	gerund	Sylvain not said here	fountain		moment		vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent it=Theme
9	ray			the rising sun.				nom ray «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient

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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