The Red Fairy Book, Kari Woodengown, part 1, sentence 74

The wood became thicker and thicker, and closer and closer, and at last she thought there was no way whatsoever by which they could get forward; she was so terrified lest she should break anything off, that she sat and twisted, and turned herself on this side and on that, to get out of the way of the branches, and pushed them away from her with her hands, but every moment they struck against her eyes, so that she could not see what she was clutching at, and before she knew what she was doing she had a golden apple in her hands.

Who acts: wood, daughter, way, moment · What happens: become, think, be, get, break off, sit · To what, where: last, anything, daughter, side, way, that · Speech: someone speaks here

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 (wood, daughter, way, moment), 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	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 wood	det
2	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 became	nsubj
3	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	thicker	thick	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 became	xcomp
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 thicker	cc
6	thicker	thick	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 thicker	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 closer	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 closer	cc
9	closer	close	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 became	xcomp
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 closer	cc
11	closer	close	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	9 closer	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 thought	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 thought	cc
14	at	at	ADP	_	15 last	case
15	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 thought	obl
16	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 thought	nsubj
17	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 became	conj
18	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	19 was	expl
19	was	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 thought	ccomp
20	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	21 way	det
21	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 was	nsubj
22	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	24 which	advmod
23	by	by	ADP	_	24 which	case
24	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	27 get	nsubj
25	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	27 get	nsubj
26	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	27 get	aux
27	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	21 way	acl:relcl
28	forward	forward	ADV	_	27 get	advmod
29	;	;	PUNCT	_	33 terrified	punct
30	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	33 terrified	nsubj
31	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	33 terrified	cop
32	so	so	ADV	_	33 terrified	advmod
33	terrified	terrified	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 became	parataxis
34	lest	lest	SCONJ	_	37 break	mark
35	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	37 break	nsubj
36	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	37 break	aux
37	break	break	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	33 terrified	advcl
38	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	37 break	obj
39	off	off	ADP	_	37 break	compound:prt
40	,	,	PUNCT	_	43 sat	punct
41	that	that	SCONJ	_	43 sat	mark
42	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	43 sat	nsubj
43	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	37 break	parataxis
44	and	and	CCONJ	_	45 twisted	cc
45	twisted	twist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	43 sat	conj
46	,	,	PUNCT	_	48 turned	punct
47	and	and	CCONJ	_	48 turned	cc
48	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 became	parataxis
49	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	48 turned	obj
50	on	on	ADP	_	52 side	case
51	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	52 side	det
52	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 turned	obl
53	and	and	CCONJ	_	58 get	cc
54	on	on	ADP	_	55 that	case
55	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	58 get	obl
56	,	,	PUNCT	_	58 get	punct
57	to	to	PART	_	58 get	mark
58	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	48 turned	conj
59	out	out	ADP	_	62 way	case
60	of	of	ADP	_	62 way	case
61	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	62 way	det
62	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 get	obl
63	of	of	ADP	_	65 branches	case
64	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	65 branches	det
65	branches	branch	NOUN	Number=Plur	62 way	nmod
66	,	,	PUNCT	_	68 pushed	punct
67	and	and	CCONJ	_	68 pushed	cc
68	pushed	push	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 became	conj
69	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	68 pushed	obj
70	away	away	ADV	_	68 pushed	advmod
71	from	from	ADP	_	72 her	case
72	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	68 pushed	obl
73	with	with	ADP	_	75 hands	case
74	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	75 hands	nmod:poss
75	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	68 pushed	obl
76	,	,	PUNCT	_	81 struck	punct
77	but	but	CCONJ	_	81 struck	cc
78	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	79 moment	det
79	moment	moment	NOUN	Number=Sing	81 struck	nsubj
80	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	81 struck	nsubj
81	struck	strike	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	68 pushed	conj
82	against	against	ADP	_	84 eyes	case
83	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	84 eyes	nmod:poss
84	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	81 struck	obl
85	,	,	PUNCT	_	91 see	punct
86	so	so	ADV	_	91 see	advmod
87	that	that	SCONJ	_	91 see	mark
88	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	91 see	nsubj
89	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	91 see	aux
90	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	91 see	advmod
91	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	81 struck	conj
92	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	95 clutching	obj
93	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	95 clutching	nsubj
94	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	95 clutching	aux
95	clutching	clutch	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	91 see	ccomp
96	at	at	ADP	_	95 clutching	obl
97	,	,	PUNCT	_	101 knew	punct
98	and	and	CCONJ	_	101 knew	cc
99	before	before	SCONJ	_	101 knew	mark
100	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	101 knew	nsubj
101	knew	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 became	advcl
102	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	105 doing	obj
103	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	105 doing	nsubj
104	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	105 doing	aux
105	doing	do	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	101 knew	ccomp
106	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	107 had	nsubj
107	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	105 doing	ccomp
108	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	110 apple	det
109	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	110 apple	amod
110	apple	apple	NOUN	Number=Sing	107 had	obj
111	in	in	ADP	_	113 hands	case
112	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	113 hands	nmod:poss
113	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	110 apple	nmod
114	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 became	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	become	past	the wood			close, thick property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
2	think speech: other	past	daughter		last		vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	be	past	no way		there		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	get	could	no way			forward property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
5	is	past	daughter			terrified property	tree rules
6	break off	should	daughter	anything			vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer anything=Patient
7	sit	past	daughter				vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
8	twist	past	daughter not said here				vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
9	turn	past		daughter	this side		vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent herself=Theme
10	get out	to-infinitive		the way of the branches	that		tree rules
11	push away	past	the wood not said here	woods = wood		from daughter; with daughter's hands; away property	vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent they=Theme from she=Trajectory
12	strike	past	every moment		daughter's eyes		vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme against eye=Location
13	not see	could	daughter				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
14	clutch	past · progressive	daughter				vn hold-15.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme
15	know	past	daughter				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
16	do	past · progressive	daughter				tree rules
17	have	past	daughter	a golden apple	daughter's hands		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent apple=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 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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