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The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 9, sentence 107

When he beheld the fat pink and white creature he thought of his hungry little ones at home, and swooping down he caught her up in his claws and was soon flying with her over the tops of the trees.

Who acts: eagle · What happens: behold, think, swoop down, catch up, fly · To what, where: fat pink creature, sound, claws, tops

This is a sentence of «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 9. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (eagle), 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

advmodnsubjparataxisdetamodamodccconjobjnsubjcasenmod:possamodamodoblcasenmodpunctcccsubjadvmodnsubjparataxisobjcompound:prtcasenmod:possoblccauxadvmodconjcaseoblcasedetoblcasedetnmodpunctrootWhenADVhePRONbeheldVERBtheDETfatADJpinkADJandCCONJwhiteADJcreatureNOUNhePRONthoughtVERBofADPhisPRONhungryADJlittleADJonesNOUNatADPhomeNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJswoopingVERBdownADVhePRONcaughtVERBherPRONupADPinADPhisPRONclawsNOUNandCCONJwasAUXsoonADVflyingVERBwithADPherPRONoverADPtheDETtopsNOUNofADPtheDETtreesNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhenwhenADVPronType=Int3 beheldadvmod
2hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 beheldnsubj
3beheldbeholdVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin11 thoughtparataxis
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art9 creaturedet
5fatfatADJDegree=Pos9 creatureamod
6pinkpinkADJDegree=Pos9 creatureamod
7andandCCONJ_8 whitecc
8whitewhiteADJDegree=Pos6 pinkconj
9creaturecreatureNOUNNumber=Sing3 beheldobj
10hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs11 thoughtnsubj
11thoughtthinkVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
12ofofADP_16 onescase
13hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs16 onesnmod:poss
14hungryhungryADJDegree=Pos16 onesamod
15littlelittleADJDegree=Pos16 onesamod
16onesoneNOUNNumber=Plur11 thoughtobl
17atatADP_18 homecase
18homehomeNOUNNumber=Sing16 onesnmod
19,,PUNCT_24 caughtpunct
20andandCCONJ_24 caughtcc
21swoopingswoopVERBVerbForm=Ger24 caughtcsubj
22downdownADV_21 swoopingadvmod
23hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs24 caughtnsubj
24caughtcatchVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin11 thoughtparataxis
25hershePRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs24 caughtobj
26upupADP_24 caughtcompound:prt
27ininADP_29 clawscase
28hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs29 clawsnmod:poss
29clawsclawNOUNNumber=Plur24 caughtobl
30andandCCONJ_33 flyingcc
31wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin33 flyingaux
32soonsoonADVDegree=Pos33 flyingadvmod
33flyingflyVERBVerbForm=Ger24 caughtconj
34withwithADP_35 hercase
35hershePRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs33 flyingobl
36overoverADP_38 topscase
37thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art38 topsdet
38topstopNOUNNumber=Plur33 flyingobl
39ofofADP_41 treescase
40thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art41 treesdet
41treestreeNOUNNumber=Plur38 topsnmod
42..PUNCT_11 thoughtpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1beholdpasteaglethe fat pink creaturevn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer creature=Stimulus
2think speech: otherpasteagleof eagle's hungry little ones at homevn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3swoop downgerunddown propertytree rules
4catch uppasteaglesoundeagle's clawsvn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme
5flypast · progressiveeagle not said herethe tops of the treeswith sound; soon propertyvn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over top=Location

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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