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The Lilac Fairy Book, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 33, sentence 17

Touching the copper pin which fastened her dress, the girl sent every one in the hall to count the cabbages, while she herself passed through the little door, not knowing whither she was going.

Who acts: girl, copper pin · What happens: touch, fasten, send, count, pass, not know · To what, where: copper pin, dress, one, hall, cabbages, little door · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 33. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (girl, copper pin), 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

advcldetcompoundobjnsubjacl:relclnmod:possobjpunctdetnsubjdetobjcasedetoblmarkadvcldetobjpunctmarknsubjconjconjcasedetamodoblpunctadvmodadvcladvmodnsubjauxccomppunctrootTouchingVERBtheDETcopperNOUNpinNOUNwhichPRONfastenedVERBherPRONdressNOUN,PUNCTtheDETgirlNOUNsentVERBeveryDEToneNOUNinADPtheDEThallNOUNtoPARTcountVERBtheDETcabbagesNOUN,PUNCTwhileSCONJshePRONherselfPRONpassedVERBthroughADPtheDETlittleADJdoorNOUN,PUNCTnotPARTknowingVERBwhitherADVshePRONwasAUXgoingVERB.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1TouchingtouchVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part12 sentadvcl
2thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art4 pindet
3coppercopperNOUNNumber=Sing4 pincompound
4pinpinNOUNNumber=Sing1 Touchingobj
5whichwhichPRONPronType=Rel6 fastenednsubj
6fastenedfastenVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 pinacl:relcl
7herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs8 dressnmod:poss
8dressdressNOUNNumber=Sing6 fastenedobj
9,,PUNCT_1 Touchingpunct
10thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art11 girldet
11girlgirlNOUNNumber=Sing12 sentnsubj
12sentsendVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
13everyeveryDETPronType=Tot14 onedet
14oneoneNOUNNumber=Sing12 sentobj
15ininADP_17 hallcase
16thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art17 halldet
17hallhallNOUNNumber=Sing12 sentobl
18totoPART_19 countmark
19countcountVERBVerbForm=Inf12 sentadvcl
20thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art21 cabbagesdet
21cabbagescabbageNOUNNumber=Plur19 countobj
22,,PUNCT_26 passedpunct
23whilewhileSCONJ_26 passedmark
24sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs26 passednsubj
25herselfherselfPRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes24 sheconj
26passedpassVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin12 sentconj
27throughthroughADP_30 doorcase
28thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art30 doordet
29littlelittleADJDegree=Pos30 dooramod
30doordoorNOUNNumber=Sing26 passedobl
31,,PUNCT_33 knowingpunct
32notnotPARTPolarity=Neg33 knowingadvmod
33knowingknowVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part26 passedadvcl
34whitherwhitherADVPronType=Int37 goingadvmod
35sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs37 goingnsubj
36wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin37 goingaux
37goinggoVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part33 knowingccomp
38..PUNCT_12 sentpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1touchgerundthe girl not said herethe copper pinvn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme pin=Co-Theme
2fastenpastthe copper pindoor's dressvn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dress=Patient
3sendpastthe girlevery onethe hallvn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent one=Theme in hall=Destination
4countto-infinitivethe girl not said herethe cabbagesvn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cabbage=Theme
5passpastgirlthe little doorvn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme through door=Location
6not knowgerundgirl not said herevn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
7gopast · progressivegirlwhither propertyvn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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 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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