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The Lilac Fairy Book, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 6, sentence 126

He spread out his arms, and there was his wife’s waist within them, and he could see her plain; but such a hullabulloo rose as if there was an earthquake, and he found himself surrounded by horrible-looking things, roaring at him and striving to pull his wife away.

Who acts: court, earthquake · What happens: spread out, be, see, find, surround, look · To what, where: arms, waist, plain, court, wife · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 6. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (court, earthquake), 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

nsubjcompound:prtnmod:possobjpunctccexplcopnmod:possnmod:posscaseoblcasenmodpunctccnsubjauxadvclnmod:possobjpunctccdet:predetdetcompoundparataxismarkmarkexpladvcldetnsubjpunctccnsubjconjobjccompcasecompoundpunctamodobl:agentpunctadvclcaseoblccconjmarkxcompnmod:possobjadvmodpunctrootHePRONspreadVERBoutADPhisPRONarmsNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJtherePRONwasAUXhisPRONwifeNOUN’sPARTwaistNOUNwithinADPthemPRON,PUNCTandCCONJhePRONcouldAUXseeVERBherPRONplainADJ;PUNCTbutCCONJsuchDETaDEThullabullooNOUNroseNOUNasSCONJifSCONJtherePRONwasVERBanDETearthquakeNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJhePRONfoundVERBhimselfPRONsurroundedVERBbyADPhorribleADJ-PUNCTlookingVERBthingsNOUN,PUNCTroaringVERBatADPhimPRONandCCONJstrivingVERBtoPARTpullVERBhisPRONwifeNOUNawayADV.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 spreadnsubj
2spreadspreadVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
3outoutADP_2 spreadcompound:prt
4hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs5 armsnmod:poss
5armsarmNOUNNumber=Plur2 spreadobj
6,,PUNCT_13 waistpunct
7andandCCONJ_9 wascc
8theretherePRONPronType=Dem9 wasexpl
9wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin13 waistcop
10hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs11 wifenmod:poss
11wifewifeNOUNNumber=Sing13 waistnmod:poss
12’s'sPART_11 wifecase
13waistwaistNOUNNumber=Sing2 spreadobl
14withinwithinADP_15 themcase
15themtheyPRONCase=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs13 waistnmod
16,,PUNCT_20 seepunct
17andandCCONJ_20 seecc
18hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs20 seensubj
19couldcouldAUXVerbForm=Fin20 seeaux
20seeseeVERBVerbForm=Inf2 spreadadvcl
21herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs22 plainnmod:poss
22plainplainADJDegree=Pos20 seeobj
23;;PUNCT_28 rosepunct
24butbutCCONJ_28 rosecc
25suchsuchDETPronType=Ind28 rosedet:predet
26aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art28 rosedet
27hullabulloohullabullooNOUNNumber=Sing28 rosecompound
28roseroseNOUNNumber=Sing2 spreadparataxis
29asasSCONJ_32 wasmark
30ififSCONJ_32 wasmark
31theretherePRONPronType=Dem32 wasexpl
32wasbeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin28 roseadvcl
33anaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art34 earthquakedet
34earthquakeearthquakeNOUNNumber=Sing32 wasnsubj
35,,PUNCT_38 foundpunct
36andandCCONJ_38 foundcc
37hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs38 foundnsubj
38foundfindVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin2 spreadconj
39himselfhimselfPRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes38 foundobj
40surroundedsurroundVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass38 foundccomp
41bybyADP_45 thingscase
42horriblehorribleADJDegree=Pos44 lookingcompound
43--PUNCT_42 horriblepunct
44lookinglookVERBVerbForm=Ger45 thingsamod
45thingsthingNOUNNumber=Plur40 surroundedobl:agent
46,,PUNCT_47 roaringpunct
47roaringroarVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part40 surroundedadvcl
48atatADP_49 himcase
49himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs47 roaringobl
50andandCCONJ_51 strivingcc
51strivingstriveVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part47 roaringconj
52totoPART_53 pullmark
53pullpullVERBVerbForm=Inf51 strivingxcomp
54hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs55 wifenmod:poss
55wifewifeNOUNNumber=Sing53 pullobj
56awayawayADV_53 pulladvmod
57..PUNCT_2 spreadpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1spread outpastcourtcourt's armsvn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location arm=Theme
2is apastcourt's wife's waistwithin arms = armtree rules
3seecouldcourtwife's plainvn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer plain=Stimulus
4bepasta earthquaketherevn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5findpastcourtcourtvn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent himself=Attribute clause=Theme
6surroundparticiplevn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme
7lookgerundvn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
8roargerundat courtvn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at he=Location
9strivegerundtree rules
10pull awayto-infinitivecourt's wifeaway propertytree rules

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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