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The Orange Fairy Book, Opening, part 27, sentence 30

A rustling sound near her at length caused her to open her eyes; before her stood a huge woman, almost a giantess, without any clothes save a lion's skin, which was thrown over her shoulders, while a dried snake's skin was plaited into her hair.

Who acts: rustling sound, queen, clothes · What happens: rustle, cause, open, stand, save, throw · To what, where: queen, eyes, huge woman, skin, shoulders, hair

This is a sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 27. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (rustling sound, queen, clothes), 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

detamodnsubjcasenmodcasenmodiobjmarkxcompnmod:possobjpunctmarknsubjconjdetamodobjpunctadvmoddetoblpunctmarkdetnsubjadvcldetnmod:posscaseobjpunctnsubj:passaux:passacl:relclcasenmod:possoblpunctmarkdetamodnmod:posscasensubj:passaux:passconjcasenmod:possoblpunctrootADETrustlingVERBsoundNOUNnearADPherPRONatADPlengthNOUNcausedVERBherPRONtoPARTopenVERBherPRONeyesNOUN;PUNCTbeforeSCONJherPRONstoodVERBaDEThugeADJwomanNOUN,PUNCTalmostADVaDETgiantessNOUN,PUNCTwithoutSCONJanyDETclothesNOUNsaveVERBaDETlionNOUN'sPARTskinNOUN,PUNCTwhichPRONwasAUXthrownVERBoverADPherPRONshouldersNOUN,PUNCTwhileSCONJaDETdriedVERBsnakeNOUN'sPARTskinNOUNwasAUXplaitedVERBintoADPherPRONhairNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art3 sounddet
2rustlingrustleVERBVerbForm=Ger3 soundamod
3soundsoundNOUNNumber=Sing8 causednsubj
4nearnearADP_5 hercase
5hershePRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 soundnmod
6atatADP_7 lengthcase
7lengthlengthNOUNNumber=Sing3 soundnmod
8causedcauseVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
9hershePRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs8 causediobj
10totoPART_11 openmark
11openopenVERBVerbForm=Inf8 causedxcomp
12herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs13 eyesnmod:poss
13eyeseyeNOUNNumber=Plur11 openobj
14;;PUNCT_17 stoodpunct
15beforebeforeSCONJ_17 stoodmark
16hershePRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs17 stoodnsubj
17stoodstandVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin8 causedconj
18aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art20 womandet
19hugehugeADJDegree=Pos20 womanamod
20womanwomanNOUNNumber=Sing17 stoodobj
21,,PUNCT_24 giantesspunct
22almostalmostADV_24 giantessadvmod
23aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art24 giantessdet
24giantessgiantessNOUNNumber=Sing17 stoodobl
25,,PUNCT_29 savepunct
26withoutwithoutSCONJ_29 savemark
27anyanyDETPronType=Ind28 clothesdet
28clothesclothesNOUNNumber=Ptan29 savensubj
29savesaveVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin17 stoodadvcl
30aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art31 liondet
31lionlionNOUNNumber=Sing33 skinnmod:poss
32's'sPART_31 lioncase
33skinskinNOUNNumber=Sing29 saveobj
34,,PUNCT_37 thrownpunct
35whichwhichPRONPronType=Rel37 thrownnsubj:pass
36wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin37 thrownaux:pass
37thrownthrowVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass33 skinacl:relcl
38overoverADP_40 shoulderscase
39herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs40 shouldersnmod:poss
40shouldersshoulderNOUNNumber=Plur37 thrownobl
41,,PUNCT_49 plaitedpunct
42whilewhileSCONJ_49 plaitedmark
43aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art45 snakedet
44drieddryVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass45 snakeamod
45snakesnakeNOUNNumber=Sing47 skinnmod:poss
46's'sPART_45 snakecase
47skinskinNOUNNumber=Sing49 plaitednsubj:pass
48wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin49 plaitedaux:pass
49plaitedplaitVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass37 thrownconj
50intointoADP_52 haircase
51herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs52 hairnmod:poss
52hairhairNOUNNumber=Sing49 plaitedobl
53..PUNCT_8 causedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1rustlegerundvn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2causepasta rustling sound near queen at lengthqueentree rules
3opento-infinitivea rustling sound near queen at length not said herequeen's eyesvn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location eye=Theme
4standpastqueena huge womana giantess oblvn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer woman=Stimulus
5savepresentany clothesa lion's skinvn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent skin=Theme
6throwpast · passivea lion's skinqueen's shouldersvn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: subject=Theme over shoulder=Destination
7dryparticiplevn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
8plaitpast · passivea dried snake's skinqueen's hairvn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: subject=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: «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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