The Orange Fairy Book, Opening, part 11, sentence 26

When the fence prayed her to do it no harm, she laughed rudely, and tore up some of the stakes so that she might get over the more easily; when the oven offered her bread, she scattered the loaves onto the ground and stamped on them; and after she had milked the cow, and drunk as much as she wanted, she threw the rest on the grass, and kicked the pail to bits, and never heard them say, as they looked after her: 'You shall not have done this to me for nothing!'

Who acts: fence, likeness, oven, cows, You · What happens: pray, do, laugh, tore up, get, offer · To what, where: likeness, fence, some, bread, loaves, ground · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 11. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (fence, likeness, oven, cows), 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	When	when	ADV	PronType=Int	4 prayed	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 fence	det
3	fence	fence	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 prayed	nsubj
4	prayed	pray	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 laughed	advcl
5	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 prayed	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 do	mark
7	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 prayed	xcomp
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 do	obj
9	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	10 harm	det
10	harm	harm	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 do	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 prayed	punct
12	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 laughed	nsubj
13	laughed	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	rudely	rudely	ADV	_	13 laughed	advmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 tore	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 tore	cc
17	tore	tore	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 laughed	conj
18	up	up	ADP	_	17 tore	compound:prt
19	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	17 tore	obj
20	of	of	ADP	_	22 stakes	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 stakes	det
22	stakes	stake	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 some	nmod
23	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	27 get	mark
24	that	that	SCONJ	_	23 so	fixed
25	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	27 get	nsubj
26	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	27 get	aux
27	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 tore	advcl
28	over	over	ADP	_	31 easily	case
29	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	30 more	det
30	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	31 easily	advmod
31	easily	easily	ADV	_	27 get	obl
32	;	;	PUNCT	_	36 offered	punct
33	when	when	SCONJ	_	36 offered	mark
34	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	35 oven	det
35	oven	oven	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 offered	nsubj
36	offered	offer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 laughed	parataxis
37	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	38 bread	nmod:poss
38	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 offered	obj
39	,	,	PUNCT	_	41 scattered	punct
40	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	41 scattered	nsubj
41	scattered	scatter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	36 offered	conj
42	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	43 loaves	det
43	loaves	loaf	NOUN	Number=Plur	41 scattered	obj
44	onto	onto	ADP	_	46 ground	case
45	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	46 ground	det
46	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 scattered	obl
47	and	and	CCONJ	_	48 stamped	cc
48	stamped	stamp	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	41 scattered	conj
49	on	on	ADP	_	50 them	case
50	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	48 stamped	obl
51	;	;	PUNCT	_	56 milked	punct
52	and	and	CCONJ	_	56 milked	cc
53	after	after	SCONJ	_	56 milked	mark
54	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	56 milked	nsubj
55	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	56 milked	aux
56	milked	milk	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	13 laughed	parataxis
57	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	58 cow	det
58	cow	cow	NOUN	Number=Sing	56 milked	obj
59	,	,	PUNCT	_	61 drunk	punct
60	and	and	CCONJ	_	61 drunk	cc
61	drunk	drunk	ADJ	Degree=Pos	56 milked	conj
62	as	as	ADV	_	63 much	advmod
63	much	much	ADJ	Degree=Pos	61 drunk	advmod
64	as	as	SCONJ	_	66 wanted	mark
65	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	66 wanted	nsubj
66	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	63 much	advcl
67	,	,	PUNCT	_	69 threw	punct
68	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	69 threw	nsubj
69	threw	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 laughed	parataxis
70	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	71 rest	det
71	rest	rest	NOUN	Number=Sing	69 threw	obj
72	on	on	ADP	_	74 grass	case
73	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	74 grass	det
74	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	69 threw	obl
75	,	,	PUNCT	_	77 kicked	punct
76	and	and	CCONJ	_	77 kicked	cc
77	kicked	kick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	69 threw	conj
78	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	79 pail	det
79	pail	pail	NOUN	Number=Sing	77 kicked	obj
80	to	to	ADP	_	81 bits	case
81	bits	bit	NOUN	Number=Plur	77 kicked	obl
82	,	,	PUNCT	_	85 heard	punct
83	and	and	CCONJ	_	85 heard	cc
84	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	85 heard	advmod
85	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	87 say	parataxis
86	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	85 heard	obj
87	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 laughed	parataxis
88	,	,	PUNCT	_	91 looked	punct
89	as	as	SCONJ	_	91 looked	mark
90	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	91 looked	nsubj
91	looked	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	87 say	ccomp
92	after	after	ADP	_	93 her	case
93	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	91 looked	obl
94	:	:	PUNCT	_	100 done	punct
95	'	'	PUNCT	_	100 done	punct
96	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	100 done	nsubj
97	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	100 done	aux
98	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	100 done	advmod
99	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	100 done	aux
100	done	do	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	87 say	parataxis
101	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	100 done	obj
102	to	to	ADP	_	103 me	case
103	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	100 done	obl
104	for	for	ADP	_	105 nothing	case
105	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	100 done	obl
106	!	!	PUNCT	_	100 done	punct
107	'	'	PUNCT	_	100 done	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pray	past	the fence	likeness					tree rules
2	do	to-infinitive	the fence not said here	fence					tree rules
3	laugh	past	likeness					rudely property	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	tore up	past	likeness not said here	some					tree rules
5	get	might	likeness						vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme over easily=Destination
6	offer	past	the oven	likeness's bread					vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent bread=Theme
7	scatter	past	likeness	the loaves		the ground			vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent loaf=Theme onto ground=Destination
8	stamp	participle	likeness not said here					on loaves = loaf	vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: agent=Agent on they=Destination
9	milk	past · perfect	likeness	the cow					vn cheat-10.6.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cow=Source
10	want	past	likeness						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot
11	throw	past	likeness	the rest		the grass			vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent rest=Theme on grass=Destination
12	kick	past	likeness not said here	the pail				to bits result	vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent pail=Patient to bit=Result
13	not hear	past		cows = cow					vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus
14	say speech: assert	present							vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
15	look	past	cows = cow				after likeness		vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
16	not do	shall · perfect	You	this	me			for nothing	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent this=Eventuality

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 Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3027 (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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