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The Lilac Fairy Book, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 27, sentence 23

At the sight of Peronnik he uttered a piercing scream, and raised his sword, but without appearing surprised the youth only lifted his cap, though he took care to remain at a little distance.

Who acts: Peronnik, youth · What happens: utter, raise, appear, surprise, lift, take · To what, where: piercing scream, sight, sword, cap, Peronnik

This is a sentence of «The Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 27. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Peronnik, youth), 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

casedetoblcasenmodnsubjdetcompoundobjpunctccconjnmod:possobjpunctccmarkadvclconjdetnsubjadvmodccompnmod:possobjpunctmarknsubjconjccompmarkxcompcasedetamodoblpunctrootAtADPtheDETsightNOUNofADPPeronnikPROPNhePRONutteredVERBaDETpiercingNOUNscreamNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJraisedVERBhisPRONswordNOUN,PUNCTbutCCONJwithoutSCONJappearingVERBsurprisedVERBtheDETyouthNOUNonlyADVliftedVERBhisPRONcapNOUN,PUNCTthoughSCONJhePRONtookVERBcareVERBtoPARTremainVERBatADPaDETlittleADJdistanceNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AtatADP_3 sightcase
2thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art3 sightdet
3sightsightNOUNNumber=Sing7 utteredobl
4ofofADP_5 Peronnikcase
5PeronnikPeronnikPROPNNumber=Sing3 sightnmod
6hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs7 utterednsubj
7utteredutterVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
8aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art10 screamdet
9piercingpiercingNOUNNumber=Sing10 screamcompound
10screamscreamNOUNNumber=Sing7 utteredobj
11,,PUNCT_13 raisedpunct
12andandCCONJ_13 raisedcc
13raisedraiseVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin7 utteredconj
14hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs15 swordnmod:poss
15swordswordNOUNNumber=Sing13 raisedobj
16,,PUNCT_20 surprisedpunct
17butbutCCONJ_20 surprisedcc
18withoutwithoutSCONJ_19 appearingmark
19appearingappearVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part20 surprisedadvcl
20surprisedsurpriseVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin7 utteredconj
21thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art22 youthdet
22youthyouthNOUNNumber=Sing24 liftednsubj
23onlyonlyADV_24 liftedadvmod
24liftedliftVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin20 surprisedccomp
25hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs26 capnmod:poss
26capcapNOUNNumber=Sing24 liftedobj
27,,PUNCT_30 tookpunct
28thoughthoughSCONJ_30 tookmark
29hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs30 tooknsubj
30tooktakeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin24 liftedconj
31carecareVERBVerbForm=Inf30 tookccomp
32totoPART_33 remainmark
33remainremainVERBVerbForm=Inf31 carexcomp
34atatADP_37 distancecase
35aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art37 distancedet
36littlelittleADJDegree=Pos37 distanceamod
37distancedistanceNOUNNumber=Sing33 remainobl
38..PUNCT_7 utteredpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1utter speech: otherpastPeronnika piercing screamthe sight of Peronnikvn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent scream=Topic
2raisepastPeronnik not said herePeronnik's swordvn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sword=Theme
3appeargerundvn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4surprisepastPeronnik not said heretree rules
5liftpastthe youthPeronnik's capvn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cap=Theme
6takepastyouthvn require-103 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Precondition
7careinfinitiveyouth not said herevn care-88.1-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
8remainto-infinitiveyouth not said hereat a little distancevn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at distance=Location
9sightPeronniknom sight «cognition 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 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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