The Orange Fairy Book, Opening, part 9, sentence 26

At last he could bear it no longer, and one day he fancied he saw signs of his mother turning against him too; so that night, when the ducks and hens were still asleep, he stole away through an open door, and under cover of the burdock leaves scrambled on by the bank of the canal, till he reached a wide grassy moor, full of soft marshy places where the reeds grew.

Who acts: rest, mother, ducks, reeds · What happens: bear, fancy, see, turn, be, steal away · To what, where: difference, last, signs, open door, cover, wide grassy moor

This is a sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 9. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (rest, mother, ducks, reeds), 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	At	at	ADP	_	2 last	case
2	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 bear	obl
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 bear	nsubj
4	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 bear	aux
5	bear	bear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 bear	obj
7	no	no	ADV	_	8 longer	advmod
8	longer	long	ADV	Degree=Cmp	5 bear	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 fancied	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 fancied	cc
11	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 day	nummod
12	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 fancied	obl:unmarked
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 fancied	nsubj
14	fancied	fancy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 bear	conj
15	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 saw	nsubj
16	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 fancied	ccomp
17	signs	sign	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 saw	obj
18	of	of	ADP	_	20 mother	case
19	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 mother	nmod:poss
20	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 signs	nmod
21	turning	turn	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	20 mother	acl
22	against	against	ADP	_	23 him	case
23	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 turning	obl
24	too	too	ADV	_	21 turning	advmod
25	;	;	PUNCT	_	28 night	punct
26	so	so	SCONJ	_	28 night	case
27	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	28 night	det
28	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bear	obl:unmarked
29	,	,	PUNCT	_	37 asleep	punct
30	when	when	SCONJ	_	37 asleep	mark
31	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	32 ducks	det
32	ducks	duck	NOUN	Number=Plur	37 asleep	nsubj
33	and	and	CCONJ	_	34 hens	cc
34	hens	hen	NOUN	Number=Plur	32 ducks	conj
35	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	37 asleep	cop
36	still	still	ADV	_	37 asleep	advmod
37	asleep	asleep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	28 night	acl:relcl
38	,	,	PUNCT	_	40 stole	punct
39	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	40 stole	nsubj
40	stole	steal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 bear	conj
41	away	away	ADV	_	40 stole	advmod
42	through	through	ADP	_	45 door	case
43	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	45 door	det
44	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	45 door	amod
45	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 stole	obl
46	,	,	PUNCT	_	53 leaves	punct
47	and	and	CCONJ	_	53 leaves	cc
48	under	under	ADP	_	49 cover	case
49	cover	cover	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 leaves	obl
50	of	of	ADP	_	52 burdock	case
51	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	52 burdock	det
52	burdock	burdock	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 cover	nmod
53	leaves	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 bear	conj
54	scrambled	scramble	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	53 leaves	xcomp
55	on	on	ADP	_	54 scrambled	compound:prt
56	by	by	ADP	_	58 bank	case
57	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	58 bank	det
58	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	54 scrambled	obl
59	of	of	ADP	_	61 canal	case
60	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	61 canal	det
61	canal	canal	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 bank	nmod
62	,	,	PUNCT	_	65 reached	punct
63	till	till	SCONJ	_	65 reached	mark
64	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	65 reached	nsubj
65	reached	reach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	53 leaves	conj
66	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	69 moor	det
67	wide	wide	ADJ	Degree=Pos	69 moor	amod
68	grassy	grassy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	69 moor	amod
69	moor	moor	NOUN	Number=Sing	65 reached	obj
70	,	,	PUNCT	_	71 full	punct
71	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	69 moor	amod
72	of	of	ADP	_	75 places	case
73	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	75 places	amod
74	marshy	marshy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	75 places	amod
75	places	place	NOUN	Number=Plur	71 full	obl
76	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	79 grew	advmod
77	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	78 reeds	det
78	reeds	reed	NOUN	Number=Plur	79 grew	nsubj
79	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	75 places	acl:relcl
80	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 bear	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bear	could	rest	difference	last	night	long property	vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient
2	fancy	past	rest			day		vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	see	past	rest	signs of rest's mother				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sign=Stimulus
4	turn	gerund	rest's mother not said here				against rest	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme against he=Trajectory
5	is	past	the ducks and hens			still	asleep property	tree rules
6	steal away	past	rest		a open door		away property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through door=Location
7	leave	present	rest not said here		cover of the burdock			tree rules
8	scramble on	participle	rest not said here				by the bank of the canal	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by bank=Trajectory
9	reach	past	rest	a wide grassy moor				vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent moor=Theme
10	grow	past	the reeds					vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
11	sign			rest's mother				nom sign «communication transitive»: of=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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