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The Orange Fairy Book, Opening, part 9, sentence 50

The old woman, who passed all her days in spinning yarn, which she sold at the nearest town, loved both the cat and the hen as her own children, and never contradicted them in any way; so it was their grace, and not hers, that the duckling would have to gain.

Who acts: old woman, woman, cat, duckling · What happens: pass, spin, sell, love, not contradict, be · To what, where: spinning yarn, nearest town, cat, hens, way, grace

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 (old woman, woman, cat, duckling), 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

detamodnsubjpunctnsubjdet:predetnmod:possobjcaseamodoblpunctobjnsubjacl:relclcasedetamodoblpunctconjcc:preconjdetobjccdetconjcasenmod:possamodoblpunctccadvmodconjobjcasedetoblpunctadvmodnsubjcopnmod:possparataxispunctccadvmodparataxispunctmarkdetnsubjauxconjmarkxcomppunctrootTheDEToldADJwomanNOUN,PUNCTwhoPRONpassedVERBallDETherPRONdaysNOUNinADPspinningVERByarnNOUN,PUNCTwhichPRONshePRONsoldVERBatADPtheDETnearestADJtownNOUN,PUNCTlovedVERBbothCCONJtheDETcatNOUNandCCONJtheDEThenNOUNasADPherPRONownADJchildrenNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJneverADVcontradictedVERBthemPRONinADPanyDETwayNOUN;PUNCTsoADVitPRONwasAUXtheirPRONgraceNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJnotPARThersPRON,PUNCTthatSCONJtheDETducklingNOUNwouldAUXhaveVERBtoPARTgainVERB.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art3 womandet
2oldoldADJDegree=Pos3 womanamod
3womanwomanNOUNNumber=Sing6 passednsubj
4,,PUNCT_6 passedpunct
5whowhoPRONPronType=Rel6 passednsubj
6passedpassVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
7allallDETPronType=Tot9 daysdet:predet
8herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs9 daysnmod:poss
9daysdayNOUNNumber=Plur6 passedobj
10ininADP_12 yarncase
11spinningspinVERBVerbForm=Ger12 yarnamod
12yarnyarnNOUNNumber=Sing6 passedobl
13,,PUNCT_16 soldpunct
14whichwhichPRONPronType=Rel16 soldobj
15sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs16 soldnsubj
16soldsellVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin12 yarnacl:relcl
17atatADP_20 towncase
18thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art20 towndet
19nearestnearADJDegree=Sup20 townamod
20towntownNOUNNumber=Sing16 soldobl
21,,PUNCT_22 lovedpunct
22lovedloveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin16 soldconj
23bothbothCCONJ_25 catcc:preconj
24thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art25 catdet
25catcatNOUNNumber=Sing22 lovedobj
26andandCCONJ_28 hencc
27thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art28 hendet
28henhenNOUNNumber=Sing25 catconj
29asasADP_32 childrencase
30herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs32 childrennmod:poss
31ownownADJDegree=Pos32 childrenamod
32childrenchildNOUNNumber=Plur22 lovedobl
33,,PUNCT_36 contradictedpunct
34andandCCONJ_36 contradictedcc
35neverneverADVPronType=Neg36 contradictedadvmod
36contradictedcontradictVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin6 passedconj
37themtheyPRONCase=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs36 contradictedobj
38ininADP_40 waycase
39anyanyDETPronType=Ind40 waydet
40waywayNOUNNumber=Sing36 contradictedobl
41;;PUNCT_46 gracepunct
42sosoADV_46 graceadvmod
43ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs46 gracensubj
44wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin46 gracecop
45theirtheirPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs46 gracenmod:poss
46gracegraceNOUNNumber=Sing6 passedparataxis
47,,PUNCT_50 herspunct
48andandCCONJ_50 herscc
49notnotPARTPolarity=Neg50 hersadvmod
50hersherPRONGender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs6 passedparataxis
51,,PUNCT_56 havepunct
52thatthatSCONJ_56 havemark
53thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art54 ducklingdet
54ducklingducklingNOUNNumber=Sing56 havensubj
55wouldwouldAUXVerbForm=Fin56 haveaux
56havehaveVERBVerbForm=Inf6 passedconj
57totoPART_58 gainmark
58gaingainVERBVerbForm=Inf56 havexcomp
59..PUNCT_6 passedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1passpastthe old womanspinning yarndayvn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in yarn=Location
2spingerundvn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
3sellpastwomanspinning yarnthe nearest townvn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent which=Theme at town=Asset
4lovepastwoman not said herethe cat and the henas woman's own childrenvn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cat=Stimulus
5not contradictpastthe old woman not said herehens = henany waytree rules
6is apastcathens's gracetree rules
7havewouldthe ducklingtree rules
8gainto-infinitivethe duckling not said herevn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

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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