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Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, III. the Uncle, sentence 33

At about a hundred paces behind him stood Rudy, upon the highest point of the rock, watching a great vulture hovering in the air; with a single stroke of his wing the bird might easily cast the creeping hunter into the abyss beneath, and make him his prey.

Who acts: paces, great vulture, bird · What happens: stand, watch, hover, cast, creep, make · To what, where: Rudy, hundred, great vulture, air, creeping hunter, abyss

This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, III. the Uncle. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (paces, great vulture, bird), 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

caseadvmoddetoblnsubjcasenmodobjpunctcasedetamodoblcasedetnmodpunctadvcldetamodobjaclcasedetoblpunctcasedetamodoblcasenmod:possnmoddetnsubjauxadvmodconjdetamodobjcasedetobladvmodpunctccconjobjnmod:possobjpunctrootAtADPaboutADVaDEThundredNUMpacesNOUNbehindADPhimPRONstoodVERBRudyPROPN,PUNCTuponADPtheDEThighestADJpointNOUNofADPtheDETrockNOUN,PUNCTwatchingVERBaDETgreatADJvultureNOUNhoveringVERBinADPtheDETairNOUN;PUNCTwithADPaDETsingleADJstrokeNOUNofADPhisPRONwingNOUNtheDETbirdNOUNmightAUXeasilyADVcastVERBtheDETcreepingVERBhunterNOUNintoADPtheDETabyssNOUNbeneathADV,PUNCTandCCONJmakeVERBhimPRONhisPRONpreyNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AtatADP_4 hundredcase
2aboutaboutADV_4 hundredadvmod
3aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art4 hundreddet
4hundredhundredNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card8 stoodobl
5pacespaceNOUNNumber=Plur8 stoodnsubj
6behindbehindADP_7 himcase
7himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs5 pacesnmod
8stoodstandVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
9RudyRudyPROPNNumber=Sing8 stoodobj
10,,PUNCT_14 pointpunct
11uponuponADP_14 pointcase
12thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art14 pointdet
13highesthighADJDegree=Sup14 pointamod
14pointpointNOUNNumber=Sing8 stoodobl
15ofofADP_17 rockcase
16thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art17 rockdet
17rockrockNOUNNumber=Sing14 pointnmod
18,,PUNCT_19 watchingpunct
19watchingwatchVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part8 stoodadvcl
20aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art22 vulturedet
21greatgreatADJDegree=Pos22 vultureamod
22vulturevultureNOUNNumber=Sing19 watchingobj
23hoveringhoverVERBVerbForm=Ger22 vultureacl
24ininADP_26 aircase
25thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art26 airdet
26airairNOUNNumber=Sing23 hoveringobl
27;;PUNCT_39 castpunct
28withwithADP_31 strokecase
29aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art31 strokedet
30singlesingleADJDegree=Pos31 strokeamod
31strokestrokeNOUNNumber=Sing39 castobl
32ofofADP_34 wingcase
33hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs34 wingnmod:poss
34wingwingNOUNNumber=Sing31 strokenmod
35thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art36 birddet
36birdbirdNOUNNumber=Sing39 castnsubj
37mightmightAUXVerbForm=Fin39 castaux
38easilyeasilyADV_39 castadvmod
39castcastVERBVerbForm=Inf8 stoodconj
40thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art42 hunterdet
41creepingcreepVERBVerbForm=Ger42 hunteramod
42hunterhunterNOUNNumber=Sing39 castobj
43intointoADP_45 abysscase
44thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art45 abyssdet
45abyssabyssNOUNNumber=Sing39 castobl
46beneathbeneathADV_45 abyssadvmod
47,,PUNCT_49 makepunct
48andandCCONJ_49 makecc
49makemakeVERBVerbForm=Inf39 castconj
50himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs49 makeobj
51hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs52 preynmod:poss
52preypreyNOUNNumber=Sing49 makeobj
53..PUNCT_8 stoodpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1standpastpaces behind uncleRudya hundredupon the highest point of the rockvn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent rudy=Theme at hundred=Destination
2watchgerundpaces behind uncle not said herea great vulturevn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vulture=Theme
3hovergerunda great vulture not said herethe airvn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in air=Location
4castmightthe birdthe creeping hunterthe abysswith a single stroke of uncle's wing; easily propertyvn build-26.1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent hunter=Material into abyss=Product
5creepgerundvn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
6makeinfinitivethe bird not said hereuncle's preyRudyvn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset he=Beneficiary prey=Product
7pointthe rocknom point «cognition transitive»: of=patient
8strokeuncle's wingnom stroke «act transitive»: of=patient

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: «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, Project Gutenberg book 27200 (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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