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The Lilac Fairy Book, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 26, sentence 51

So the stone remained before the young man till the rest had taken their places, and then, darting like a bird to its own hole, came upon the beggar, who, thinking himself quite safe, was staggering along under the weight of his treasures.

Who acts: own hole, beggar, man · What happens: remain, take, dart, come, think, stagger · To what, where: stone, own hole, beggar, man, weight

This is a sentence of «The Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Lilac 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 (own hole, beggar, man), 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

advmoddetnsubj:passaclcasedetamodoblcasedetoblauxnmod:possobjpunctccadvmodpunctparataxiscasedetoblcasenmod:possamodoblpunctacl:relclcasedetoblpunctnsubjpunctacl:relclobjadvmodxcomppunctauxconjadvmodcasedetoblcasenmod:possnmodpunctrootSoADVtheDETstoneNOUNremainedVERBbeforeADPtheDETyoungADJmanNOUNtillADPtheDETrestNOUNhadAUXtakenVERBtheirPRONplacesNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJthenADV,PUNCTdartingVERBlikeADPaDETbirdNOUNtoADPitsPRONownADJholeNOUN,PUNCTcameVERBuponADPtheDETbeggarNOUN,PUNCTwhoPRON,PUNCTthinkingVERBhimselfPRONquiteADVsafeADJ,PUNCTwasAUXstaggeringVERBalongADVunderADPtheDETweightNOUNofADPhisPRONtreasuresNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SosoADV_13 takenadvmod
2thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art3 stonedet
3stonestoneNOUNNumber=Sing13 takennsubj:pass
4remainedremainVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass3 stoneacl
5beforebeforeADP_8 mancase
6thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art8 mandet
7youngyoungADJDegree=Pos8 manamod
8manmanNOUNNumber=Sing4 remainedobl
9tilltillADP_11 restcase
10thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art11 restdet
11restrestNOUNNumber=Sing4 remainedobl
12hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin13 takenaux
13takentakeVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
14theirtheirPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs15 placesnmod:poss
15placesplaceNOUNNumber=Plur13 takenobj
16,,PUNCT_20 dartingpunct
17andandCCONJ_20 dartingcc
18thenthenADVPronType=Dem20 dartingadvmod
19,,PUNCT_20 dartingpunct
20dartingdartVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part13 takenparataxis
21likelikeADP_23 birdcase
22aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art23 birddet
23birdbirdNOUNNumber=Sing20 dartingobl
24totoADP_27 holecase
25itsitsPRONCase=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs27 holenmod:poss
26ownownADJDegree=Pos27 holeamod
27holeholeNOUNNumber=Sing20 dartingobl
28,,PUNCT_29 camepunct
29camecomeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin27 holeacl:relcl
30uponuponADP_32 beggarcase
31thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art32 beggardet
32beggarbeggarNOUNNumber=Sing29 cameobl
33,,PUNCT_36 thinkingpunct
34whowhoPRONPronType=Rel36 thinkingnsubj
35,,PUNCT_36 thinkingpunct
36thinkingthinkVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part32 beggaracl:relcl
37himselfhimselfPRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes36 thinkingobj
38quitequiteADV_39 safeadvmod
39safesafeADJDegree=Pos36 thinkingxcomp
40,,PUNCT_42 staggeringpunct
41wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin42 staggeringaux
42staggeringstaggerVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part20 dartingconj
43alongalongADV_42 staggeringadvmod
44underunderADP_46 weightcase
45thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art46 weightdet
46weightweightNOUNNumber=Sing42 staggeringobl
47ofofADP_49 treasurescase
48hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs49 treasuresnmod:poss
49treasurestreasureNOUNNumber=Plur46 weightnmod
50..PUNCT_13 takenpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1remainparticiplethe stone not said herebefore the young man; till the restvn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before man=Location
2takepast · perfect · passivethe stonevn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme place=Destination
3dartgerundstone's own holethenlike a birdvn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to hole=Destination
4comepaststone's own hole not said herethe beggarvn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon beggar=Location
5think speech: othergerundthe beggarmansafe propertyvn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot himself=Theme
6staggerpast · progressivethe weight of man's treasuresalong propertyvn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme under weight=Trajectory
7treasuremannom treasure «possession transitive»: poss=agent

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 Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3454 (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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