More English Fairy Tales, More English Fairy Tales, part 6, sentence 17

When she had unlatched it, she turned to unfasten her shawl from the stone, which this time seemed to lie unchanged and peaceably on the path beside her, There was still plenty of light, and she could see the stone quite plainly as she bent her stiff back over it, to untie the shawl end; when, all of a sudden, it seemed to give a jump and a squeal, and grew in a moment as big as a great horse; then it threw down four lanky legs, and shook out two long ears, flourished a tail, and went off kicking its feet into the air and laughing like a naughty mocking boy.

Who acts: niver, time, plenty, it, stone · What happens: unlatch, turn, unfasten, seem, lie, be · To what, where: niver, all, shawl, stone, stiff, shawl end

This is a sentence of «More English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, More English Fairy Tales, part 6. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (niver, time, plenty, it), 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	When	when	ADV	PronType=Int	4 unlatched	advmod
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 unlatched	nsubj:pass
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 unlatched	aux
4	unlatched	unlatch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 turned	advcl
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 unlatched	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 unlatched	punct
7	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 turned	nsubj
8	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	to	to	PART	_	10 unfasten	mark
10	unfasten	unfasten	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 turned	xcomp
11	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 shawl	nmod:poss
12	shawl	shawl	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 unfasten	obj
13	from	from	ADP	_	15 stone	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 stone	det
15	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 unfasten	obl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 seemed	punct
17	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	20 seemed	obj
18	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	19 time	det
19	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 seemed	nsubj
20	seemed	seem	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 stone	acl:relcl
21	to	to	PART	_	22 lie	mark
22	lie	lie	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	20 seemed	xcomp
23	unchanged	unchanged	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 lie	xcomp
24	and	and	CCONJ	_	28 path	cc
25	peaceably	peaceably	ADV	_	28 path	advmod
26	on	on	ADP	_	28 path	case
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 path	det
28	path	path	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 unchanged	conj
29	beside	beside	ADP	_	30 her	case
30	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	28 path	nmod
31	,	,	PUNCT	_	33 was	punct
32	There	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	33 was	expl
33	was	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	22 lie	advcl
34	still	still	ADV	_	35 plenty	advmod
35	plenty	plenty	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 was	nsubj
36	of	of	ADP	_	37 light	case
37	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 plenty	nmod
38	,	,	PUNCT	_	42 see	punct
39	and	and	CCONJ	_	42 see	cc
40	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	42 see	nsubj
41	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	42 see	aux
42	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 unfasten	conj
43	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	44 stone	det
44	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 see	obj
45	quite	quite	ADV	_	46 plainly	advmod
46	plainly	plainly	ADV	_	42 see	advmod
47	as	as	SCONJ	_	49 bent	mark
48	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	49 bent	nsubj
49	bent	bend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	42 see	advcl
50	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	51 stiff	nmod:poss
51	stiff	stiff	ADJ	Degree=Pos	49 bent	obj
52	back	back	ADV	_	49 bent	advmod
53	over	over	ADP	_	54 it	case
54	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	49 bent	obl
55	,	,	PUNCT	_	57 untie	punct
56	to	to	PART	_	57 untie	mark
57	untie	untie	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	42 see	conj
58	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	60 end	det
59	shawl	shawl	NOUN	Number=Sing	60 end	compound
60	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	57 untie	obj
61	;	;	PUNCT	_	62 when	punct
62	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	8 turned	advmod
63	,	,	PUNCT	_	64 all	punct
64	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 turned	obl
65	of	of	ADP	_	67 sudden	case
66	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	67 sudden	det
67	sudden	sudden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	64 all	nmod
68	,	,	PUNCT	_	70 seemed	punct
69	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	70 seemed	nsubj
70	seemed	seem	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 turned	parataxis
71	to	to	PART	_	72 give	mark
72	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	70 seemed	xcomp
73	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	74 jump	det
74	jump	jump	NOUN	Number=Sing	72 give	obj
75	and	and	CCONJ	_	77 squeal	cc
76	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	77 squeal	det
77	squeal	squeal	NOUN	Number=Sing	74 jump	conj
78	,	,	PUNCT	_	80 grew	punct
79	and	and	CCONJ	_	80 grew	cc
80	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	70 seemed	conj
81	in	in	ADP	_	83 moment	case
82	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	83 moment	det
83	moment	moment	NOUN	Number=Sing	80 grew	obl
84	as	as	ADV	_	85 big	advmod
85	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	83 moment	amod
86	as	as	ADP	_	89 horse	case
87	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	89 horse	det
88	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	89 horse	amod
89	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	85 big	obl
90	;	;	PUNCT	_	93 threw	punct
91	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	93 threw	advmod
92	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	93 threw	nsubj
93	threw	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 turned	conj
94	down	down	ADP	_	93 threw	compound:prt
95	four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	97 legs	nummod
96	lanky	lanky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	97 legs	amod
97	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	93 threw	obj
98	,	,	PUNCT	_	100 shook	punct
99	and	and	CCONJ	_	100 shook	cc
100	shook	shake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 turned	conj
101	out	out	ADP	_	100 shook	compound:prt
102	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	104 ears	nummod
103	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	104 ears	amod
104	ears	ear	NOUN	Number=Plur	100 shook	obj
105	,	,	PUNCT	_	106 flourished	punct
106	flourished	flourish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	100 shook	conj
107	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	108 tail	det
108	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	106 flourished	obj
109	,	,	PUNCT	_	111 went	punct
110	and	and	CCONJ	_	111 went	cc
111	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 turned	conj
112	off	off	ADP	_	111 went	compound:prt
113	kicking	kick	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	111 went	advcl
114	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	115 feet	nmod:poss
115	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	113 kicking	obj
116	into	into	ADP	_	118 air	case
117	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	118 air	det
118	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	113 kicking	obl
119	and	and	CCONJ	_	120 laughing	cc
120	laughing	laugh	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	113 kicking	conj
121	like	like	SCONJ	_	125 boy	mark
122	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	125 boy	det
123	naughty	naughty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	125 boy	amod
124	mocking	mocking	NOUN	Number=Sing	125 boy	compound
125	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	120 laughing	advcl
126	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 turned	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	unlatch	past · perfect · passive		niver				tree rules
2	turn	past	niver	all				tree rules
3	unfasten	to-infinitive	niver not said here	niver's shawl			from the stone	vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent shawl=Patient from stone=Co-Patient
4	seem	past	this time	the stone				tree rules
5	lie	to-infinitive	this time not said here				unchanged property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
6	be	past	plenty of light		there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
7	see	could	niver	the stone			plainly property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer stone=Stimulus
8	bend back	past	niver	niver's stiff	stone			vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent stiff=Theme over it=Location
9	untie	to-infinitive	niver not said here	the shawl end				vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent end=Patient
10	seem	past	it					vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute
11	give	to-infinitive		a jump and a squeal				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jump=Theme
12	grow	past				moment		vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
13	throw down	past	stone	four lanky legs		then		vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leg=Theme
14	shake out	past	niver not said here	two long ears				vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent ear=Patient
15	flourish	past	niver not said here	a tail				tree rules
16	go off	past	niver not said here					vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme
17	kick	gerund	niver not said here	stone's feet			into the air result	vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent foot=Patient into air=Result
18	laugh	gerund	niver not said here					vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «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: «More English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 14241 (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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