The Book of Dragons, Opening, part 8, sentence 60

And as the children stood there looking at the most wonderful sight their eyes had ever seen, there was a soft padding of feet and a hurry-scurry behind them, and from the outside darkness beyond the flame-stalks came a crowd of little brown creatures running, jumping, scrambling, tumbling head over heels and on all fours, and some even walking on their heads.

Who acts: children, wonderful sight, little brown creatures, some · What happens: stand, look, see, be, run, jump · To what, where: eyes, outside darkness, head, heels, heads

This is a sentence of «The Book of Dragons» by E. Nesbit, Opening, part 8. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (children, wonderful sight, little brown creatures, some), 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	And	and	CCONJ	_	20 was	cc
2	as	as	SCONJ	_	5 stood	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 children	det
4	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 stood	nsubj
5	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 was	advcl
6	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 stood	advmod
7	looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 stood	advcl
8	at	at	ADP	_	12 sight	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 sight	det
10	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	11 wonderful	advmod
11	wonderful	wonderful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 sight	amod
12	sight	sight	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 looking	obl
13	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 eyes	nmod:poss
14	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 seen	nsubj:pass
15	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 seen	aux
16	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	17 seen	advmod
17	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 sight	acl:relcl
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 stood	punct
19	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	20 was	expl
20	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	44 came	cop
21	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	23 padding	det
22	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 padding	amod
23	padding	padding	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 was	nsubj
24	of	of	ADP	_	25 feet	case
25	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	23 padding	nmod
26	and	and	CCONJ	_	30 scurry	cc
27	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	30 scurry	det
28	hurry	hurry	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 scurry	compound
29	-	-	PUNCT	_	28 hurry	punct
30	scurry	scurry	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 padding	conj
31	behind	behind	ADP	_	32 them	case
32	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	30 scurry	nmod
33	,	,	PUNCT	_	44 came	punct
34	and	and	CCONJ	_	44 came	cc
35	from	from	ADP	_	38 darkness	case
36	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	38 darkness	det
37	outside	outside	ADJ	Degree=Pos	38 darkness	amod
38	darkness	darkness	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 came	obl
39	beyond	beyond	ADP	_	43 stalks	case
40	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	43 stalks	det
41	flame	flame	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 stalks	compound
42	-	-	PUNCT	_	41 flame	punct
43	stalks	stalk	NOUN	Number=Plur	38 darkness	nmod
44	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
45	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	46 crowd	det
46	crowd	crowd	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 came	obj
47	of	of	ADP	_	50 creatures	case
48	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	50 creatures	amod
49	brown	brown	ADJ	Degree=Pos	50 creatures	amod
50	creatures	creature	NOUN	Number=Plur	46 crowd	nmod
51	running	run	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	50 creatures	acl
52	,	,	PUNCT	_	53 jumping	punct
53	jumping	jump	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	51 running	conj
54	,	,	PUNCT	_	55 scrambling	punct
55	scrambling	scramble	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	51 running	conj
56	,	,	PUNCT	_	57 tumbling	punct
57	tumbling	tumble	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	51 running	conj
58	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	57 tumbling	obj
59	over	over	ADP	_	60 heels	case
60	heels	heel	NOUN	Number=Plur	57 tumbling	obl
61	and	and	CCONJ	_	64 fours	cc
62	on	on	ADP	_	64 fours	case
63	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	64 fours	det
64	fours	four	NOUN	Number=Plur	60 heels	conj
65	,	,	PUNCT	_	69 walking	punct
66	and	and	CCONJ	_	69 walking	cc
67	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	69 walking	nsubj
68	even	even	ADV	_	69 walking	advmod
69	walking	walk	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	44 came	advcl
70	on	on	ADP	_	72 heads	case
71	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	72 heads	nmod:poss
72	heads	head	NOUN	Number=Plur	69 walking	obl
73	.	.	PUNCT	_	44 came	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	past	the children		there			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	look	gerund	the children not said here				at the wonderful sight	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at sight=Theme
3	see	past · perfect · passive	the wonderful sight not said here	children's eyes		ever		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus
4	is	past			the outside darkness beyond the flame stalks		come property	tree rules
5	run	gerund	little brown creatures not said here					vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
6	jump	gerund	little brown creatures not said here					vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
7	scramble	gerund	little brown creatures not said here					vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
8	tumble	gerund	little brown creatures not said here	head	heels and all fours			vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location head=Theme
9	walk	gerund	some		children's heads			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on head=Trajectory

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 Book of Dragons» by E. Nesbit, Project Gutenberg book 23661 (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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