The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 28, sentence 49

But then a curious thing happened; the three dogs, who had followed at his heels all the way, now became three cakes again, which Peter put into his bag with the napkins.

Who acts: curious thing, three cakes · What happens: happen, follow, become, put · To what, where: three dogs, heels, three cakes, bag

This is a sentence of «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 28. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (curious thing, three cakes), 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	But	but	CCONJ	_	6 happened	cc
2	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 happened	advmod
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 thing	det
4	curious	curious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 thing	amod
5	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 happened	nsubj
6	happened	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	10 dogs	punct
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 dogs	det
9	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 dogs	nummod
10	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 happened	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 followed	punct
12	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 followed	nsubj:pass
13	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 followed	aux
14	followed	follow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 dogs	acl:relcl
15	at	at	ADP	_	17 heels	case
16	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 heels	nmod:poss
17	heels	heel	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 followed	obl
18	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	20 way	det:predet
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 way	det
20	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 followed	obl:unmarked
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 became	punct
22	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	23 became	advmod
23	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 happened	conj
24	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	25 cakes	nummod
25	cakes	cake	NOUN	Number=Plur	23 became	xcomp
26	again	again	ADV	_	25 cakes	advmod
27	,	,	PUNCT	_	30 put	punct
28	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	30 put	nsubj:outer
29	Peter	Peter	PROPN	Number=Sing	30 put	nsubj
30	put	put	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	25 cakes	parataxis
31	into	into	ADP	_	33 bag	case
32	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	33 bag	nmod:poss
33	bag	bag	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 put	obl
34	with	with	ADP	_	36 napkins	case
35	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	36 napkins	det
36	napkins	napkin	NOUN	Number=Plur	30 put	obl
37	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 happened	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	past	a curious thing	the three dogs		then		vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	follow	past · perfect · passive		the three dogs	thing's heels		all way obl:unmarked	vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme at heel=Trajectory
3	become	past	a curious thing not said here	three cakes		now		vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
4	put	past	three cakes		Peter's bag		with the napkins	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: 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 Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 2435 (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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