The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 36, sentence 16

Going to and fro about her work, she found herself frequently hindered by a constant succession of cats who appeared one after another in the kitchen to inspect the new servant; she had one in front of her feet, another perched on the back of her chair while she peeled the vegetables, a third sat on the table beside her, and five or six others prowled about among the pots and pans on the shelves against the wall.

Who acts: Lizina, constant succession, cats, five others · What happens: go, fro, find, hinder, appear, inspect · To what, where: Lizina, one, kitchen, new servant, front, another · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 36. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Lizina, constant succession, cats, five others), 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	Going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 found	advcl
2	to	to	ADP	_	1 Going	fixed
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 fro	cc
4	fro	fro	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Going	conj
5	about	about	ADP	_	7 work	case
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 work	nmod:poss
7	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fro	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Going	punct
9	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 found	nsubj
10	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	13 hindered	nsubj:pass
12	frequently	frequently	ADV	_	13 hindered	advmod
13	hindered	hinder	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 found	ccomp
14	by	by	ADP	_	17 succession	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 succession	det
16	constant	constant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 succession	amod
17	succession	succession	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 hindered	obl
18	of	of	ADP	_	19 cats	case
19	cats	cat	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 succession	nmod
20	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	21 appeared	nsubj
21	appeared	appear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 cats	acl:relcl
22	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	21 appeared	obj
23	after	after	ADP	_	24 another	case
24	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	22 one	nmod
25	in	in	ADP	_	27 kitchen	case
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 kitchen	det
27	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 appeared	obl
28	to	to	PART	_	29 inspect	mark
29	inspect	inspect	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	21 appeared	advcl
30	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	32 servant	det
31	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	32 servant	amod
32	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 inspect	obj
33	;	;	PUNCT	_	35 had	punct
34	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	35 had	nsubj
35	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 found	parataxis
36	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	35 had	obj
37	in	in	ADP	_	38 front	case
38	front	front	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 had	obl
39	of	of	ADP	_	41 feet	case
40	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	41 feet	nmod:poss
41	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	38 front	nmod
42	,	,	PUNCT	_	44 perched	punct
43	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	44 perched	nsubj:pass
44	perched	perch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	35 had	conj
45	on	on	ADP	_	47 back	case
46	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	47 back	det
47	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 perched	obl
48	of	of	ADP	_	50 chair	case
49	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	50 chair	nmod:poss
50	chair	chair	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 back	nmod
51	while	while	SCONJ	_	53 peeled	mark
52	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	53 peeled	nsubj
53	peeled	peel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	44 perched	advcl
54	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	55 vegetables	det
55	vegetables	vegetable	NOUN	Number=Plur	53 peeled	obj
56	,	,	PUNCT	_	59 sat	punct
57	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	59 sat	det
58	third	third	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	59 sat	amod
59	sat	sat	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 vegetables	appos
60	on	on	ADP	_	62 table	case
61	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	62 table	det
62	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	59 sat	nmod
63	beside	beside	ADP	_	64 her	case
64	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	62 table	nmod
65	,	,	PUNCT	_	71 prowled	punct
66	and	and	CCONJ	_	71 prowled	cc
67	five	five	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	70 others	nummod
68	or	or	CCONJ	_	69 six	cc
69	six	six	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	67 five	conj
70	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	71 prowled	nsubj
71	prowled	prowl	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 found	conj
72	about	about	ADV	_	71 prowled	advmod
73	among	among	ADP	_	75 pots	case
74	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	75 pots	det
75	pots	pot	NOUN	Number=Plur	71 prowled	obl
76	and	and	CCONJ	_	77 pans	cc
77	pans	pan	NOUN	Number=Plur	75 pots	conj
78	on	on	ADP	_	80 shelves	case
79	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	80 shelves	det
80	shelves	shelf	NOUN	Number=Plur	71 prowled	obl
81	against	against	ADP	_	83 wall	case
82	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	83 wall	det
83	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	71 prowled	obl
84	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 found	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	gerund	Lizina not said here					vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	fro	infinitive	Lizina not said here				about Lizina's work	tree rules
3	find	past	Lizina					vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
4	hinder	participle · passive	a constant succession of cats	Lizina			frequently property	vn discourage-64.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer subject=Eventuality
5	appear	past	cats	one	the kitchen	after another		vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location one=Theme
6	inspect	to-infinitive	cats not said here	the new servant				vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent servant=Theme
7	have	past	Lizina	one	front of Lizina's feet			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Patient
8	perch	participle · passive		another	the back of Lizina's chair			vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme on back=Destination
9	peel	past	Lizina	the vegetables				vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vegetable=Source
10	prowl	past	five others		the shelves		among the pots and pans; against the wall; about property	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme among pot=Trajectory
11	work		Lizina					nom work «act intransitive»: poss=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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