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The Red Fairy Book, Kari Woodengown, part 1, sentence 54

She was as careful as she could be, and bent aside to get out of the way of the branches, and thrust them away from before her with her hands; but every instant a branch struck against her eyes, and in spite of all her care, she happened to pull off one leaf.

Who acts: daughter, instant · What happens: be, bend, get out, thrust away, strike, happen · To what, where: way, branches, branch, eyes, spite, one leaf

This is a sentence of «The Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Kari Woodengown, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (daughter, instant), 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

nsubjcopadvmodmarknsubjauxadvclpunctccconjadvmodmarkadvclcasecasedetoblcasedetnmodpunctccconjobjadvmodcasecaseoblcasenmod:possoblpunctccdetnsubjdetapposaclcasenmod:possoblpunctcccaseoblcasedet:predetnmod:possnmodpunctnsubjparataxismarkxcompcompound:prtnummodobjpunctrootShePRONwasAUXasADVcarefulADJasSCONJshePRONcouldAUXbeAUX,PUNCTandCCONJbentVERBasideADVtoPARTgetVERBoutADPofADPtheDETwayNOUNofADPtheDETbranchesNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJthrustVERBthemPRONawayADVfromADPbeforeADPherPRONwithADPherPRONhandsNOUN;PUNCTbutCCONJeveryDETinstantNOUNaDETbranchNOUNstruckVERBagainstADPherPRONeyesNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJinADPspiteNOUNofADPallDETherPRONcareNOUN,PUNCTshePRONhappenedVERBtoPARTpullVERBoffADPoneNUMleafNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs4 carefulnsubj
2wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 carefulcop
3asasADV_4 carefuladvmod
4carefulcarefulADJDegree=Posrootroot
5asasSCONJ_8 bemark
6sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs8 bensubj
7couldcouldAUXVerbForm=Fin8 beaux
8bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf4 carefuladvcl
9,,PUNCT_11 bentpunct
10andandCCONJ_11 bentcc
11bentbendVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass4 carefulconj
12asideasideADV_11 bentadvmod
13totoPART_14 getmark
14getgetVERBVerbForm=Inf11 bentadvcl
15outoutADP_18 waycase
16ofofADP_18 waycase
17thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art18 waydet
18waywayNOUNNumber=Sing14 getobl
19ofofADP_21 branchescase
20thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art21 branchesdet
21branchesbranchNOUNNumber=Plur18 waynmod
22,,PUNCT_24 thrustpunct
23andandCCONJ_24 thrustcc
24thrustthrustVERBVerbForm=Inf4 carefulconj
25themtheyPRONCase=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs24 thrustobj
26awayawayADV_24 thrustadvmod
27fromfromADP_29 hercase
28beforebeforeADP_29 hercase
29hershePRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs24 thrustobl
30withwithADP_32 handscase
31herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs32 handsnmod:poss
32handshandNOUNNumber=Plur24 thrustobl
33;;PUNCT_53 happenedpunct
34butbutCCONJ_53 happenedcc
35everyeveryDETPronType=Tot36 instantdet
36instantinstantNOUNNumber=Sing53 happenednsubj
37aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art38 branchdet
38branchbranchNOUNNumber=Sing36 instantappos
39struckstrikeVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass38 branchacl
40againstagainstADP_42 eyescase
41herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs42 eyesnmod:poss
42eyeseyeNOUNNumber=Plur39 struckobl
43,,PUNCT_53 happenedpunct
44andandCCONJ_53 happenedcc
45ininADP_46 spitecase
46spitespiteNOUNNumber=Sing53 happenedobl
47ofofADP_50 carecase
48allallDETPronType=Tot50 caredet:predet
49herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs50 carenmod:poss
50carecareNOUNNumber=Sing46 spitenmod
51,,PUNCT_46 spitepunct
52sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs53 happenednsubj
53happenedhappenVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 carefulparataxis
54totoPART_55 pullmark
55pullpullVERBVerbForm=Inf53 happenedxcomp
56offoffADP_55 pullcompound:prt
57oneoneNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card58 leafnummod
58leafleafNOUNNumber=Sing55 pullobj
59..PUNCT_4 carefulpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispastdaughtercareful propertytree rules
2bendparticipledaughter not said hereaside propertyvn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3get outto-infinitivedaughter not said herethe way of the branchestree rules
4thrust awayinfinitivedaughter not said herebranches = branchfrom daughter; with daughter's hands; away propertyvn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent they=Theme from she=Initial_Location
5strikeparticiplea branch not said heredaughter's eyesvn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme against eye=Location
6happenpastevery instantspite of daughter's caretree rules
7pull offto-infinitiveevery instant not said hereone leafvn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leaf=Eventuality
8spitedaughter's carenom spite «feeling transitive»: of=patient
9caredaughternom care «act intransitive»: 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 Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 540 (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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