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The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 36, sentence 40

The little maid, having gratefully kissed the white paw of the old cat, set off for home; but just as she got near her mother’s house the cock crowed, and quickly she turned towards it.

Who acts: little maid, maid, cock · What happens: have, kiss, set off, get, crow, turn · To what, where: white paw, old cat, house, home

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 (little maid, maid, cock), 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

detamodnsubjpunctacladvmoddetamodobjcasedetamodnmodpunctaclcompound:prtcaseoblpunctccadvmodmarknsubjparataxiscasenmod:possnmod:posscaseobldetnsubjacl:relclpunctccadvmodnsubjconjcaseoblpunctrootTheDETlittleADJmaidNOUN,PUNCThavingVERBgratefullyADVkissedVERBtheDETwhiteADJpawNOUNofADPtheDEToldADJcatNOUN,PUNCTsetVERBoffADPforADPhomeNOUN;PUNCTbutCCONJjustADVasSCONJshePRONgotVERBnearADPherPRONmotherNOUN’sPARThouseNOUNtheDETcockNOUNcrowedVERB,PUNCTandCCONJquicklyADVshePRONturnedVERBtowardsADPitPRON.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art3 maiddet
2littlelittleADJDegree=Pos3 maidamod
3maidmaidNOUNNumber=Sing7 kissednsubj
4,,PUNCT_5 havingpunct
5havinghaveVERBVerbForm=Ger3 maidacl
6gratefullygratefullyADV_5 havingadvmod
7kissedkissVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
8thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art10 pawdet
9whitewhiteADJDegree=Pos10 pawamod
10pawpawNOUNNumber=Sing7 kissedobj
11ofofADP_14 catcase
12thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art14 catdet
13oldoldADJDegree=Pos14 catamod
14catcatNOUNNumber=Sing10 pawnmod
15,,PUNCT_16 setpunct
16setsetVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass14 catacl
17offoffADP_16 setcompound:prt
18forforADP_19 homecase
19homehomeNOUNNumber=Sing16 setobl
20;;PUNCT_25 gotpunct
21butbutCCONJ_25 gotcc
22justjustADV_25 gotadvmod
23asasSCONJ_25 gotmark
24sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs25 gotnsubj
25gotgetVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin7 kissedparataxis
26nearnearADP_30 housecase
27herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs28 mothernmod:poss
28mothermotherNOUNNumber=Sing30 housenmod:poss
29’s'sPART_28 mothercase
30househouseNOUNNumber=Sing25 gotobl
31thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art32 cockdet
32cockcockNOUNNumber=Sing33 crowednsubj
33crowedcrowVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin30 houseacl:relcl
34,,PUNCT_38 turnedpunct
35andandCCONJ_38 turnedcc
36quicklyquicklyADV_38 turnedadvmod
37sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs38 turnednsubj
38turnedturnVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin25 gotconj
39towardstowardsADP_40 itcase
40ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs38 turnedobl
41..PUNCT_7 kissedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1havegerundthe little maid not said heregratefully propertyvn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2kisspastthe little maidthe white paw of the old catvn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent paw=Co-Agent
3set offparticiplethe old cat not said herefor homevn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4getpastmaidmaid's mother's housevn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
5crowpastthe cockmaid's mother's house not said herevn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent house=Topic
6turnpastmaidhomequickly propertyvn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme towards it=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 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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