The Orange Fairy Book, Opening, part 28, sentence 63

But sometimes, when the procession had to cross a little stream, or go over a piece of marshy ground, orders would be given for a halt; fine clothes were thrown off, bridles were flung aside, and grasshoppers, water-rats, even the frog herself, spent a delightful hour or two playing in the mud.

Who acts: procession, piece · What happens: have, cross, go, give, throw off, fling · To what, where: little stream, piece, orders, fine clothes, bridles, mud

This is a sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 28. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (procession, piece), 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	But	but	CCONJ	_	7 had	cc
2	sometimes	sometimes	ADV	PronType=Ind	7 had	advmod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 had	punct
4	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	7 had	advmod
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 procession	det
6	procession	procession	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 had	nsubj
7	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	to	to	PART	_	9 cross	mark
9	cross	cross	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 had	xcomp
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 stream	det
11	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 stream	amod
12	stream	stream	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 cross	obj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 go	punct
14	or	or	CCONJ	_	15 go	cc
15	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 cross	conj
16	over	over	ADP	_	18 piece	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 piece	det
18	piece	piece	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 go	obl
19	of	of	ADP	_	21 ground	case
20	marshy	marshy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 ground	amod
21	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 piece	nmod
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 given	punct
23	orders	order	NOUN	Number=Plur	26 given	nsubj:pass
24	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	26 given	aux
25	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	26 given	aux:pass
26	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	18 piece	acl
27	for	for	ADP	_	29 halt	case
28	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	29 halt	det
29	halt	halt	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 given	obl
30	;	;	PUNCT	_	34 thrown	punct
31	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	32 clothes	amod
32	clothes	clothes	NOUN	Number=Ptan	34 thrown	nsubj:pass
33	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	34 thrown	aux:pass
34	thrown	throw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 had	parataxis
35	off	off	ADP	_	34 thrown	compound:prt
36	,	,	PUNCT	_	39 flung	punct
37	bridles	bridle	NOUN	Number=Plur	39 flung	nsubj:pass
38	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	39 flung	aux:pass
39	flung	fling	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	34 thrown	conj
40	aside	aside	ADV	_	39 flung	advmod
41	,	,	PUNCT	_	43 grasshoppers	punct
42	and	and	CCONJ	_	43 grasshoppers	cc
43	grasshoppers	grasshopper	NOUN	Number=Plur	34 thrown	obl
44	,	,	PUNCT	_	47 rats	punct
45	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 rats	compound
46	-	-	PUNCT	_	45 water	punct
47	rats	rat	NOUN	Number=Plur	34 thrown	obl
48	,	,	PUNCT	_	51 frog	punct
49	even	even	ADV	_	51 frog	advmod
50	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	51 frog	det
51	frog	frog	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 thrown	obl
52	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	51 frog	nmod:unmarked
53	,	,	PUNCT	_	54 spent	punct
54	spent	spend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	34 thrown	conj
55	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	57 hour	det
56	delightful	delightful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	57 hour	amod
57	hour	hour	NOUN	Number=Sing	54 spent	obj
58	or	or	CCONJ	_	59 two	cc
59	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	57 hour	conj
60	playing	play	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	54 spent	advcl
61	in	in	ADP	_	63 mud	case
62	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	63 mud	det
63	mud	mud	NOUN	Number=Sing	60 playing	obl
64	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 had	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	the procession				sometimes property	tree rules
2	cross	to-infinitive	the procession not said here	a little stream				vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stream=Patient
3	go	infinitive	the procession not said here		a piece of marshy ground			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme over piece=Initial_Location
4	give	would · passive	a piece of marshy ground not said here	orders			for a halt	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: subject=Theme for halt=Asset
5	throw off	past · passive		fine clothes			grasshoppers obl; water rats obl; the frog frog obl	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
6	fling	past · passive		bridles			aside property	vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
7	spend	past				hour		vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
8	play	gerund			the mud			vn performance-26.7-1 «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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