The Orange Fairy Book, Opening, part 35, sentence 79

When he reached the path that led to the well he looked hastily round to be sure that no one was watching him, then laid himself down as if he had been caught in the snare and had rolled into the well, though he took care to keep his head out of the water.

Who acts: Patto, path, one · What happens: reach, lead, look, be, watch, lay down · To what, where: path, well, Patto, snare, head, water

This is a sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 35. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Patto, path, one), 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	When	when	SCONJ	_	3 reached	mark
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 reached	nsubj
3	reached	reach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	26 laid	advcl
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 path	det
5	path	path	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reached	obj
6	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 led	nsubj
7	led	lead	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 path	acl:relcl
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 well	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 well	det
10	well	well	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 led	obl
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 looked	nsubj
12	looked	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 well	acl:relcl
13	hastily	hastily	ADV	_	14 round	advmod
14	round	round	ADV	_	7 led	advmod
15	to	to	PART	_	17 sure	mark
16	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	17 sure	cop
17	sure	sure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 led	advcl
18	that	that	SCONJ	_	22 watching	mark
19	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	20 one	det
20	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 watching	nsubj
21	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	22 watching	aux
22	watching	watch	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	17 sure	advcl
23	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 watching	obj
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 reached	punct
25	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	26 laid	advmod
26	laid	lay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
27	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	26 laid	obj
28	down	down	ADP	_	26 laid	compound:prt
29	as	as	SCONJ	_	34 caught	mark
30	if	if	SCONJ	_	34 caught	mark
31	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	34 caught	nsubj:pass
32	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	34 caught	aux
33	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	34 caught	aux:pass
34	caught	catch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	26 laid	advcl
35	in	in	ADP	_	37 snare	case
36	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	37 snare	det
37	snare	snare	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 caught	obl
38	and	and	CCONJ	_	40 rolled	cc
39	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	40 rolled	aux
40	rolled	roll	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	34 caught	conj
41	into	into	ADP	_	43 well	case
42	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	43 well	det
43	well	well	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 rolled	obl
44	,	,	PUNCT	_	47 took	punct
45	though	though	SCONJ	_	47 took	mark
46	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	47 took	nsubj
47	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	40 rolled	conj
48	care	care	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	47 took	ccomp
49	to	to	PART	_	50 keep	mark
50	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	48 care	xcomp
51	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	52 head	nmod:poss
52	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 keep	obj
53	out	out	ADP	_	56 water	case
54	of	of	ADP	_	56 water	case
55	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	56 water	det
56	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 keep	obl
57	.	.	PUNCT	_	26 laid	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reach	past	Patto	the path				vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent path=Theme
2	lead	past	the path				to the well; round property	vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition to well=Patient
3	look	past	Patto	the well not said here				vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme well=Attribute
4	is	to-infinitive	the path not said here				sure property	tree rules
5	watch	past · progressive	no one	Patto				vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
6	lay down	past		Patto		then		vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Result
7	catch	past · perfect · passive		Patto	the snare			vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
8	roll	past · perfect			the well			vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into well=Destination
9	take	past	Patto					vn require-103 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Precondition
10	care	infinitive	Patto not said here					vn care-88.1-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
11	keep	to-infinitive	Patto not said here	Patto's head	the water			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent head=Theme out water=Location

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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