The Blue Fairy Book, The Master-maid, part 3, sentence 16

Then they harnessed the calf to see if the coach would move; and away it went, over rough and smooth, over stock and stone, so that they could scarcely breathe, and sometimes they were on the ground, and sometimes up in the air; and when they came to the church the coach began to go round and round like a spinning-wheel, and it was with the utmost difficulty and danger that they were able to get out of the coach and into the church.

Who acts: brother, coach · What happens: harness, see, move, go, breathe, be · To what, where: calf, stock, ground, church, danger, coach

This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Master-maid, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (brother, coach), 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 harnessed	advmod
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 harnessed	nsubj
3	harnessed	harness	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 calf	det
5	calf	calf	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 harnessed	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 see	mark
7	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 harnessed	advcl
8	if	if	SCONJ	_	12 move	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 coach	det
10	coach	coach	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 move	nsubj
11	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 move	aux
12	move	move	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 see	ccomp
13	;	;	PUNCT	_	17 went	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 away	cc
15	away	away	ADV	_	17 went	advmod
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 went	nsubj
17	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 harnessed	conj
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 rough	punct
19	over	over	ADV	_	20 rough	advmod
20	rough	rough	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 went	parataxis
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 smooth	cc
22	smooth	smooth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 rough	conj
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 stock	punct
24	over	over	ADP	_	25 stock	case
25	stock	stock	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 went	obl
26	and	and	CCONJ	_	27 stone	cc
27	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 stock	conj
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	34 breathe	punct
29	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	34 breathe	mark
30	that	that	SCONJ	_	29 so	fixed
31	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	34 breathe	nsubj
32	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	34 breathe	aux
33	scarcely	scarcely	ADV	_	34 breathe	advmod
34	breathe	breathe	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 went	conj
35	,	,	PUNCT	_	42 ground	punct
36	and	and	CCONJ	_	42 ground	cc
37	sometimes	sometimes	ADV	PronType=Ind	42 ground	advmod
38	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	42 ground	nsubj
39	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	42 ground	cop
40	on	on	ADP	_	42 ground	case
41	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	42 ground	det
42	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 went	obl
43	,	,	PUNCT	_	46 up	punct
44	and	and	CCONJ	_	46 up	cc
45	sometimes	sometimes	ADV	PronType=Ind	46 up	advmod
46	up	up	ADV	_	17 went	parataxis
47	in	in	ADP	_	49 air	case
48	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	49 air	det
49	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 up	obl
50	;	;	PUNCT	_	54 came	punct
51	and	and	CCONJ	_	54 came	cc
52	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	54 came	advmod
53	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	54 came	nsubj
54	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 harnessed	conj
55	to	to	ADP	_	57 church	case
56	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	57 church	det
57	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	54 came	obl
58	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	59 coach	det
59	coach	coach	NOUN	Number=Sing	60 began	nsubj
60	began	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	54 came	parataxis
61	to	to	PART	_	62 go	mark
62	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	60 began	xcomp
63	round	round	ADV	_	62 go	advmod
64	and	and	CCONJ	_	65 round	cc
65	round	round	ADV	_	63 round	conj
66	like	like	ADP	_	70 wheel	case
67	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	70 wheel	det
68	spinning	spinning	NOUN	Number=Sing	70 wheel	compound
69	-	-	PUNCT	_	68 spinning	punct
70	wheel	wheel	NOUN	Number=Sing	62 go	obl
71	,	,	PUNCT	_	78 difficulty	punct
72	and	and	CCONJ	_	78 difficulty	cc
73	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	78 difficulty	nsubj
74	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	78 difficulty	cop
75	with	with	ADP	_	78 difficulty	case
76	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	78 difficulty	det
77	utmost	utmost	ADJ	Degree=Pos	78 difficulty	amod
78	difficulty	difficulty	NOUN	Number=Sing	54 came	obl
79	and	and	CCONJ	_	80 danger	cc
80	danger	danger	NOUN	Number=Sing	78 difficulty	conj
81	that	that	SCONJ	_	84 able	mark
82	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	84 able	nsubj
83	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	84 able	cop
84	able	able	ADJ	Degree=Pos	80 danger	acl
85	to	to	PART	_	86 get	mark
86	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	84 able	xcomp
87	out	out	ADP	_	90 coach	case
88	of	of	ADP	_	90 coach	case
89	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	90 coach	det
90	coach	coach	NOUN	Number=Sing	86 get	obl
91	and	and	CCONJ	_	94 church	cc
92	into	into	ADP	_	94 church	case
93	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	94 church	det
94	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	90 coach	conj
95	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 harnessed	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	harness	past	brother		the calf		then		vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent calf=Destination
2	see	to-infinitive	brother not said here						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	move a condition, not said to happen	would	the coach						vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
4	go	past	coach			stock and stone		away property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme over stock=Initial_Location
5	breathe	could	brother					scarcely property	vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
6	is	past	brother			the ground		sometimes property	tree rules
7	come	past	brother			the church			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to church=Initial_Location
8	begin	past	the coach						vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
9	go	to-infinitive	the coach not said here					like a spinning wheel; round property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
10	is	past	coach					with the utmost difficulty and danger	tree rules
11	is	past	brother	danger not said here				able property	tree rules
12	get out	to-infinitive	brother not said here	the coach and the church					tree 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 Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 503 (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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