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The Brown Fairy Book, The Brown Fairy Book, part 26, sentence 52

So he stretched himself out by the side of the road, carefully choosing a spot where the driver could not help seeing him, yet where the reindeer would not tread on him; and all fell out just as he had expected.

Who acts: Contes, driver, reindeer · What happens: stretch out, choose, not help, see, not tread, fall out · To what, where: Contes, spot

This is a sentence of «The Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Brown Fairy Book, part 26. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Contes, driver, reindeer), 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

advmodnsubjobjcompound:prtcasedetoblcasedetnmodpunctadvmodadvcldetobjadvmoddetnsubjauxadvmodacl:relclxcompobjpunctccadvmoddetnsubjauxadvmodconjcaseoblpunctccadvmodconjcompound:prtadvmodmarknsubj:passauxadvclpunctrootSoADVhePRONstretchedVERBhimselfPRONoutADPbyADPtheDETsideNOUNofADPtheDETroadNOUN,PUNCTcarefullyADVchoosingVERBaDETspotNOUNwhereADVtheDETdriverNOUNcouldAUXnotPARThelpVERBseeingVERBhimPRON,PUNCTyetCCONJwhereADVtheDETreindeerNOUNwouldAUXnotPARTtreadVERBonADPhimPRON;PUNCTandCCONJallDETfellVERBoutADPjustADVasSCONJhePRONhadAUXexpectedVERB.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SosoADV_3 stretchedadvmod
2hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 stretchednsubj
3stretchedstretchVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
4himselfhimselfPRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes3 stretchedobj
5outoutADP_3 stretchedcompound:prt
6bybyADP_8 sidecase
7thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art8 sidedet
8sidesideNOUNNumber=Sing3 stretchedobl
9ofofADP_11 roadcase
10thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art11 roaddet
11roadroadNOUNNumber=Sing8 sidenmod
12,,PUNCT_14 choosingpunct
13carefullycarefullyADV_14 choosingadvmod
14choosingchooseVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part3 stretchedadvcl
15aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art16 spotdet
16spotspotNOUNNumber=Sing14 choosingobj
17wherewhereADVPronType=Rel22 helpadvmod
18thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art19 driverdet
19driverdriverNOUNNumber=Sing22 helpnsubj
20couldcouldAUXVerbForm=Fin22 helpaux
21notnotPARTPolarity=Neg22 helpadvmod
22helphelpVERBVerbForm=Inf16 spotacl:relcl
23seeingseeVERBVerbForm=Ger22 helpxcomp
24himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs23 seeingobj
25,,PUNCT_32 treadpunct
26yetyetCCONJ_32 treadcc
27wherewhereADVPronType=Rel32 treadadvmod
28thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art29 reindeerdet
29reindeerreindeerNOUNNumber=Sing32 treadnsubj
30wouldwouldAUXVerbForm=Fin32 treadaux
31notnotPARTPolarity=Neg32 treadadvmod
32treadtreadVERBVerbForm=Inf3 stretchedconj
33ononADP_34 himcase
34himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs32 treadobl
35;;PUNCT_38 fellpunct
36andandCCONJ_38 fellcc
37allallDETPronType=Tot38 felladvmod
38fellfallVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 stretchedconj
39outoutADP_38 fellcompound:prt
40justjustADV_44 expectedadvmod
41asasSCONJ_44 expectedmark
42hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs44 expectednsubj:pass
43hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin44 expectedaux
44expectedexpectVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass38 felladvcl
45..PUNCT_3 stretchedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1stretch outpastContesContesby the side of the roadvn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent himself=Patient
2choosegerundContes not said herea spotcarefully propertyvn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spot=Theme
3not helpcouldthe drivervn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
4see not said to happengerundthe driver not said hereContesvn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus
5not treadwouldthe reindeeron Contesvn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on he=Trajectory
6fall outpastContes not said herevn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
7expectpast · perfect · passiveContesvn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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 Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3282 (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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