The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 36, sentence 57

The work was as badly done as the servant was surly and disagreeable; in the corners of the rooms there were collected heaps of dust; spiders’ webs hung from the ceilings and in front of the window-panes; the beds were hardly ever made, and the feather beds, so beloved by the old and feeble cats, had never once been shaken since Lizina left the house.

Who acts: servant, corners, Lizina · What happens: do, be, collect, hang, make, belov · To what, where: work, corners, heaps, webs, ceilings, beds

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 (servant, corners, Lizina), 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	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 work	det
2	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 done	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 done	aux:pass
4	as	as	ADV	_	5 badly	advmod
5	badly	badly	ADV	Degree=Pos	6 done	advmod
6	done	do	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	as	as	SCONJ	_	11 surly	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 servant	det
9	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 surly	nsubj
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 surly	cop
11	surly	surly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 done	advcl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 disagreeable	cc
13	disagreeable	disagreeable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 surly	conj
14	;	;	PUNCT	_	17 corners	punct
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 corners	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 corners	det
17	corners	corner	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 done	obl
18	of	of	ADP	_	20 rooms	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 rooms	det
20	rooms	room	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 corners	nmod
21	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	23 collected	expl
22	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	23 collected	aux:pass
23	collected	collect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	17 corners	acl
24	heaps	heap	NOUN	Number=Plur	23 collected	obj
25	of	of	ADP	_	26 dust	case
26	dust	dust	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 heaps	nmod
27	;	;	PUNCT	_	30 webs	punct
28	spiders	spider	NOUN	Number=Plur	30 webs	nmod:poss
29	’	's	PART	_	28 spiders	case
30	webs	web	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 done	obl
31	hung	hang	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	30 webs	acl
32	from	from	ADP	_	34 ceilings	case
33	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	34 ceilings	det
34	ceilings	ceiling	NOUN	Number=Plur	31 hung	obl
35	and	and	CCONJ	_	37 front	cc
36	in	in	ADP	_	37 front	case
37	front	front	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 ceilings	conj
38	of	of	ADP	_	42 panes	case
39	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	42 panes	det
40	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 panes	compound
41	-	-	PUNCT	_	40 window	punct
42	panes	pane	NOUN	Number=Plur	37 front	nmod
43	;	;	PUNCT	_	49 made	punct
44	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	45 beds	det
45	beds	bed	NOUN	Number=Plur	49 made	nsubj:pass
46	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	49 made	aux:pass
47	hardly	hardly	ADV	_	49 made	advmod
48	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	49 made	advmod
49	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 done	parataxis
50	,	,	PUNCT	_	54 beds	punct
51	and	and	CCONJ	_	54 beds	cc
52	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	54 beds	det
53	feather	feather	NOUN	Number=Sing	54 beds	compound
54	beds	bed	NOUN	Number=Plur	49 made	obl
55	,	,	PUNCT	_	57 beloved	punct
56	so	so	ADV	_	57 beloved	advmod
57	beloved	belov	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	49 made	parataxis
58	by	by	ADP	_	63 cats	case
59	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	63 cats	det
60	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	63 cats	amod
61	and	and	CCONJ	_	62 feeble	cc
62	feeble	feeble	ADJ	Degree=Pos	60 old	conj
63	cats	cat	NOUN	Number=Plur	57 beloved	obl
64	,	,	PUNCT	_	69 shaken	punct
65	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	69 shaken	aux
66	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	69 shaken	advmod
67	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	69 shaken	advmod
68	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	69 shaken	aux:pass
69	shaken	shake	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	57 beloved	conj
70	since	since	SCONJ	_	72 left	mark
71	Lizina	Lizina	PROPN	Number=Sing	72 left	nsubj
72	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	69 shaken	ccomp
73	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	74 house	det
74	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	72 left	obj
75	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 done	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past · passive		the work	the corners of the rooms		spiders's webs obl; badly property	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality
2	is	past	the servant				surly property	tree rules
3	be		the servant not said here					tree rules
4	collect	past · passive	the corners of the rooms not said here	heaps of dust	there			vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: heap=Theme
5	hang	participle		spiders's webs not said here	the ceilings and front of the window panes			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
6	make	past · passive		the beds		ever	the feather beds obl; hardly property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product
7	belov	participle					by the old cats	tree rules
8	not shake	past · perfect · passive					once property	tree rules
9	leave	past	Lizina	the house				vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent house=Theme

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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