The Orange Fairy Book, Opening, part 26, sentence 86

And he flew away to a farmhouse a mile or two off, and brought back a nest of eggs in his strong beak; while the owl, catching up a tin pot, went to a cottage where lived an old woman and her cow, and entering the shed by the window dipped the pot into the pail of new milk that stood there.

Who acts: Eagle, entering, new milk · What happens: fly away, bring back, catch up, go, live, enter · To what, where: farmhouse, nest, strong beak, tin pot, cottage, old woman

This is a sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 26. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Eagle, entering, new milk), 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	And	and	CCONJ	_	3 flew	cc
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 flew	nsubj
3	flew	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	away	away	ADV	_	3 flew	advmod
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 farmhouse	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 farmhouse	det
7	farmhouse	farmhouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 flew	obl
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 mile	det
9	mile	mile	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 farmhouse	nmod
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 two	cc
11	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 mile	appos
12	off	off	ADP	_	11 two	compound:prt
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 brought	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 brought	cc
15	brought	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 flew	conj
16	back	back	ADV	_	15 brought	advmod
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 nest	det
18	nest	nest	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 brought	obj
19	of	of	ADP	_	20 eggs	case
20	eggs	egg	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 nest	nmod
21	in	in	ADP	_	24 beak	case
22	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	24 beak	nmod:poss
23	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 beak	amod
24	beak	beak	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 brought	obl
25	;	;	PUNCT	_	28 owl	punct
26	while	while	SCONJ	_	28 owl	mark
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 owl	det
28	owl	owl	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 flew	conj
29	,	,	PUNCT	_	30 catching	punct
30	catching	catch	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 flew	conj
31	up	up	ADP	_	30 catching	compound:prt
32	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	34 pot	det
33	tin	tin	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 pot	compound
34	pot	pot	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 catching	obj
35	,	,	PUNCT	_	36 went	punct
36	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 flew	conj
37	to	to	ADP	_	39 cottage	case
38	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	39 cottage	det
39	cottage	cottage	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 went	obl
40	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	41 lived	advmod
41	lived	live	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	39 cottage	acl
42	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	44 woman	det
43	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	44 woman	amod
44	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 lived	obj
45	and	and	CCONJ	_	47 cow	cc
46	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	47 cow	nmod:poss
47	cow	cow	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 woman	conj
48	,	,	PUNCT	_	56 dipped	punct
49	and	and	CCONJ	_	56 dipped	cc
50	entering	enter	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	56 dipped	csubj
51	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	52 shed	det
52	shed	shed	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 entering	obj
53	by	by	ADP	_	55 window	case
54	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	55 window	det
55	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 entering	obl
56	dipped	dip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 flew	conj
57	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	58 pot	det
58	pot	pot	NOUN	Number=Sing	56 dipped	obj
59	into	into	ADP	_	61 pail	case
60	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	61 pail	det
61	pail	pail	NOUN	Number=Sing	56 dipped	obl
62	of	of	ADP	_	64 milk	case
63	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	64 milk	amod
64	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	61 pail	nmod
65	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	66 stood	nsubj
66	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	64 milk	acl:relcl
67	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	66 stood	advmod
68	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 flew	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	fly away	past	Eagle		a farmhouse a mile	away property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to farmhouse=Destination
2	bring back	past	Eagle not said here	a nest of eggs	Eagle's strong beak		vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent nest=Theme
3	catch up	gerund	Eagle not said here	a tin pot			vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pot=Theme
4	go	past	Eagle not said here		a cottage		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to cottage=Initial_Location
5	live	participle		a old woman and thing's cow			vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme woman=Location
6	enter	gerund		the shed		by the window	vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme shed=Destination
7	dip	past	entering	the pot	the pail of new milk		vn funnel-9.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent pot=Theme into pail=Destination
8	stand	past	new milk		there		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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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