The Orange Fairy Book, Opening, part 13, sentence 57

Accordingly he seized the nearest stone, which was a big, heavy one, and dashed it at the flies; but, unhappily, he slew the poor old woman also; and then, being afraid of the wrath of the farmer, he fled and was not seen again in that neighbourhood.

Who acts: Weaver, nearest stone · What happens: seize, be, dash, slay, flee, not see · To what, where: nearest stone, big heavy one, care, poor old woman, neighbourhood

This is a sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 13. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Weaver, nearest stone), 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	Accordingly	accordingly	ADV	_	3 seized	advmod
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 seized	nsubj
3	seized	seize	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 stone	det
5	nearest	near	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 stone	amod
6	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 seized	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 one	punct
8	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 one	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 one	cop
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 one	det
11	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 one	amod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 big	punct
13	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 one	amod
14	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 stone	conj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 dashed	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 dashed	cc
17	dashed	dash	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 seized	conj
18	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 dashed	obj
19	at	at	ADP	_	21 flies	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 flies	det
21	flies	fly	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 dashed	obl
22	;	;	PUNCT	_	28 slew	punct
23	but	but	CCONJ	_	28 slew	cc
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 but	punct
25	unhappily	unhappily	ADV	_	28 slew	advmod
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 unhappily	punct
27	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	28 slew	nsubj
28	slew	slay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 seized	conj
29	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	32 woman	det
30	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	32 woman	amod
31	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	32 woman	amod
32	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 slew	obj
33	also	also	ADV	_	28 slew	advmod
34	;	;	PUNCT	_	39 afraid	punct
35	and	and	CCONJ	_	39 afraid	cc
36	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	39 afraid	advmod
37	,	,	PUNCT	_	39 afraid	punct
38	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	39 afraid	cop
39	afraid	afraid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 seized	conj
40	of	of	ADP	_	42 wrath	case
41	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	42 wrath	det
42	wrath	wrath	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 afraid	obl
43	of	of	ADP	_	45 farmer	case
44	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	45 farmer	det
45	farmer	farmer	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 wrath	nmod
46	,	,	PUNCT	_	48 fled	punct
47	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	48 fled	nsubj
48	fled	flee	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 seized	parataxis
49	and	and	CCONJ	_	52 seen	cc
50	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	52 seen	aux:pass
51	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	52 seen	advmod
52	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	48 fled	conj
53	again	again	ADV	_	52 seen	advmod
54	in	in	ADP	_	56 neighbourhood	case
55	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	56 neighbourhood	det
56	neighbourhood	neighbourhood	NOUN	Number=Sing	52 seen	obl
57	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 seized	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	seize	past	Weaver	the nearest stone and a big heavy one			accordingly property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stone=Theme
2	is a	past	the nearest stone and a big heavy one	a big heavy one				tree rules
3	dash	past	Weaver not said here	care			at the flies	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent it=Theme at fly=Trajectory
4	slay	past	Weaver	the poor old woman			unhappily property	vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent woman=Patient
5	is	gerund	Weaver not said here			then	of the wrath of the farmer; afraid property	tree rules
6	flee	past	Weaver					vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
7	not see	past · passive	Weaver not said here		that neighbourhood	again		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»

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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