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The Orange Fairy Book, Opening, part 14, sentence 101

So they waited, seated on the highest chairs they could find, wrapped in their warmest garments, and with piles of cushions under their feet, while the poor birds flew with numbed wings hither and thither, till they were so lucky as to discover an open window in some forgotten corner.

Who acts: ladies, poor birds, birds · What happens: wait, seat, find, wrap, fly, numb · To what, where: highest chairs, warmest garments, open window, forgotten corner

This is a sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 14. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (ladies, poor birds, birds), 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

advmodnsubjpunctconjcasedetamodoblnsubjauxacl:relclpunctconjcasenmod:possamodoblpunctcccaseoblcasenmodcasenmod:possnmodpunctmarkdetamodnsubjconjcaseamodobladvmodccconjpunctmarknsubjcopadvmodconjmarkmarkadvcldetamodobjcasedetamodoblpunctrootSoADVtheyPRONwaitedVERB,PUNCTseatedVERBonADPtheDEThighestADJchairsNOUNtheyPRONcouldAUXfindVERB,PUNCTwrappedVERBinADPtheirPRONwarmestADJgarmentsNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJwithADPpilesNOUNofADPcushionsNOUNunderADPtheirPRONfeetNOUN,PUNCTwhileSCONJtheDETpoorADJbirdsNOUNflewVERBwithADPnumbedVERBwingsNOUNhitherADVandCCONJthitherADV,PUNCTtillSCONJtheyPRONwereAUXsoADVluckyADJasSCONJtoPARTdiscoverVERBanDETopenADJwindowNOUNinADPsomeDETforgottenVERBcornerNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SosoADV_3 waitedadvmod
2theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs3 waitednsubj
3waitedwaitVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
4,,PUNCT_5 seatedpunct
5seatedseatVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass3 waitedconj
6ononADP_9 chairscase
7thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art9 chairsdet
8highesthighADJDegree=Sup9 chairsamod
9chairschairNOUNNumber=Plur5 seatedobl
10theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs12 findnsubj
11couldcouldAUXVerbForm=Fin12 findaux
12findfindVERBVerbForm=Inf9 chairsacl:relcl
13,,PUNCT_14 wrappedpunct
14wrappedwrapVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass3 waitedconj
15ininADP_18 garmentscase
16theirtheirPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs18 garmentsnmod:poss
17warmestwarmADJDegree=Sup18 garmentsamod
18garmentsgarmentNOUNNumber=Plur14 wrappedobl
19,,PUNCT_33 flewpunct
20andandCCONJ_33 flewcc
21withwithADP_22 pilescase
22pilespileNOUNNumber=Plur33 flewobl
23ofofADP_24 cushionscase
24cushionscushionNOUNNumber=Plur22 pilesnmod
25underunderADP_27 feetcase
26theirtheirPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs27 feetnmod:poss
27feetfootNOUNNumber=Plur24 cushionsnmod
28,,PUNCT_33 flewpunct
29whilewhileSCONJ_33 flewmark
30thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art32 birdsdet
31poorpoorADJDegree=Pos32 birdsamod
32birdsbirdNOUNNumber=Plur33 flewnsubj
33flewflyVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 waitedconj
34withwithADP_36 wingscase
35numbednumbVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass36 wingsamod
36wingswingNOUNNumber=Plur33 flewobl
37hitherhitherADV_36 wingsadvmod
38andandCCONJ_39 thithercc
39thitherthitherADV_37 hitherconj
40,,PUNCT_45 luckypunct
41tilltillSCONJ_45 luckymark
42theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs45 luckynsubj
43werebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin45 luckycop
44sosoADV_45 luckyadvmod
45luckyluckyADJDegree=Pos33 flewconj
46asasSCONJ_48 discovermark
47totoPART_48 discovermark
48discoverdiscoverVERBVerbForm=Inf45 luckyadvcl
49anaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art51 windowdet
50openopenADJDegree=Pos51 windowamod
51windowwindowNOUNNumber=Sing48 discoverobj
52ininADP_55 cornercase
53somesomeDETPronType=Ind55 cornerdet
54forgottenforgetVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass55 corneramod
55cornercornerNOUNNumber=Sing48 discoverobl
56..PUNCT_3 waitedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1waitpastladies = ladyvn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2seatparticipleladies = lady not said herethe highest chairsvn fit-54.3 «NP.location V NP»: agent=Location
3findcouldladies = ladythe highest chairs not said herevn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chair=Topic
4wrapparticipleladies = lady not said hereladies's warmest garmentsvn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme in garment=Destination
5flypastthe poor birdswith piles of cushions under ladies's feet; with numbed wingsvn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
6numbparticiplevn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
7ispastbirds = birdlucky propertytree rules
8discoverto-infinitivebirds = bird not said herea open windowsome forgotten cornervn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent window=Topic
9forgetparticipletree rules

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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