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The Orange Fairy Book, Opening, part 27, sentence 63

Looking up to see what was the matter she beheld, in the dim light, a crow holding a fat frog in his claws, which he evidently intended for his supper.

Who acts: Looking, fashion, crow · What happens: look up, see, be, behold, hold, intend · To what, where: matter, dim light, fat frog, claws

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 (Looking, fashion, crow), 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

csubjcompound:prtmarkadvclobjcopdetnsubjacl:relclpunctcasedetamodobjpunctdetconjacldetamodobjcasenmod:possoblpunctobjnsubjadvmodacl:relclcasenmod:possoblpunctrootLookingVERBupADPtoPARTseeVERBwhatPRONwasAUXtheDETmatterNOUNshePRONbeheldVERB,PUNCTinADPtheDETdimADJlightNOUN,PUNCTaDETcrowNOUNholdingVERBaDETfatADJfrogNOUNinADPhisPRONclawsNOUN,PUNCTwhichPRONhePRONevidentlyADVintendedVERBforADPhisPRONsupperNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1LookinglookVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part8 mattercsubj
2upupADP_1 Lookingcompound:prt
3totoPART_4 seemark
4seeseeVERBVerbForm=Inf1 Lookingadvcl
5whatwhatPRONPronType=Int4 seeobj
6wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin8 mattercop
7thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art8 matterdet
8mattermatterNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
9sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs10 beheldnsubj
10beheldbeholdVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin8 matteracl:relcl
11,,PUNCT_15 lightpunct
12ininADP_15 lightcase
13thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art15 lightdet
14dimdimADJDegree=Pos15 lightamod
15lightlightNOUNNumber=Sing10 beheldobj
16,,PUNCT_18 crowpunct
17aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art18 crowdet
18crowcrowNOUNNumber=Sing15 lightconj
19holdingholdVERBVerbForm=Ger18 crowacl
20aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art22 frogdet
21fatfatADJDegree=Pos22 frogamod
22frogfrogNOUNNumber=Sing19 holdingobj
23ininADP_25 clawscase
24hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs25 clawsnmod:poss
25clawsclawNOUNNumber=Plur19 holdingobl
26,,PUNCT_30 intendedpunct
27whichwhichPRONPronType=Rel30 intendedobj
28hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs30 intendednsubj
29evidentlyevidentlyADV_30 intendedadvmod
30intendedintendVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin25 clawsacl:relcl
31forforADP_33 suppercase
32hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs33 suppernmod:poss
33suppersupperNOUNNumber=Sing30 intendedobl
34..PUNCT_8 matterpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1look upgerundvn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
2seeto-infinitivevn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus
3is apastLookingthe mattertree rules
4beholdpastfashionthe dim light and a crowvn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer light=Stimulus
5holdgerunda crow not said herea fat frogcrow's clawsvn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent frog=Theme in claw=Location
6intendpastcrowcrow's clawsfor crow's supper; evidently propertyvn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Topic

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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