The Orange Fairy Book, Opening, part 34, sentence 63

Then they seized the bows and arrows which were hanging on the walls and, once outside, aimed at the flying mink; but as they pulled the bows broke in their paws, so they threw them away, and bounded to the shore, with all their speed, to the place where their canoes were drawn up on the beach.

Who acts: Mink, bows · What happens: seize, hang, aim, fly, pull, break · To what, where: bows, walls, paws, arrows, shore, canoes

This is a sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 34. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Mink, bows), 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	Then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 seized	advmod
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 seized	nsubj
3	seized	seize	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 bows	det
5	bows	bow	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 seized	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 arrows	cc
7	arrows	arrow	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 bows	conj
8	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 hanging	nsubj
9	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 hanging	aux
10	hanging	hang	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 bows	acl:relcl
11	on	on	ADP	_	13 walls	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 walls	det
13	walls	wall	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 hanging	obl
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 aimed	cc
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 and	punct
16	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	17 outside	advmod
17	outside	outside	ADV	_	19 aimed	advmod
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 aimed	punct
19	aimed	aim	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 seized	conj
20	at	at	ADP	_	23 mink	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 mink	det
22	flying	fly	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	23 mink	amod
23	mink	mink	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 aimed	obl
24	;	;	PUNCT	_	28 pulled	punct
25	but	but	CCONJ	_	28 pulled	cc
26	as	as	SCONJ	_	28 pulled	mark
27	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	28 pulled	nsubj
28	pulled	pull	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 seized	conj
29	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	30 bows	det
30	bows	bow	NOUN	Number=Plur	31 broke	nsubj
31	broke	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	28 pulled	ccomp
32	in	in	ADP	_	34 paws	case
33	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	34 paws	nmod:poss
34	paws	paw	NOUN	Number=Plur	31 broke	obl
35	,	,	PUNCT	_	38 threw	punct
36	so	so	ADV	_	38 threw	advmod
37	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	38 threw	nsubj
38	threw	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 seized	conj
39	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	38 threw	obj
40	away	away	ADV	_	38 threw	advmod
41	,	,	PUNCT	_	43 bounded	punct
42	and	and	CCONJ	_	43 bounded	cc
43	bounded	bound	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 seized	conj
44	to	to	ADP	_	46 shore	case
45	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	46 shore	det
46	shore	shore	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 bounded	obl
47	,	,	PUNCT	_	51 speed	punct
48	with	with	ADP	_	51 speed	case
49	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	51 speed	det:predet
50	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	51 speed	nmod:poss
51	speed	speed	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 bounded	conj
52	,	,	PUNCT	_	55 place	punct
53	to	to	ADP	_	55 place	case
54	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	55 place	det
55	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 bounded	parataxis
56	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	60 drawn	advmod
57	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	58 canoes	nmod:poss
58	canoes	canoe	NOUN	Number=Plur	60 drawn	nsubj:pass
59	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	60 drawn	aux:pass
60	drawn	draw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	55 place	acl:relcl
61	up	up	ADP	_	60 drawn	compound:prt
62	on	on	ADP	_	64 beach	case
63	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	64 beach	det
64	beach	beach	NOUN	Number=Sing	60 drawn	obl
65	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 seized	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	seize	past	Mink	the bows and arrows		then		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bow=Theme
2	hang	past · progressive	the bows and arrows		the walls			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on wall=Location
3	aim	participle	Mink not said here				at the flying mink; outside property	vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot
4	fly	gerund						vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	pull	past	Mink					tree rules
6	break	past	the bows		Mink's paws			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in paw=Location
7	throw away	past	Mink	arrows = arrow			away property	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
8	bound	participle	Mink not said here		the shore			vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to shore=Destination
9	draw up	past · passive		Mink's canoes	the beach			vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme on beach=Destination

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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