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The Pink Fairy Book, The Pink Fairy Book, part 1, sentence 53

One day she was seated in her room, playing on her favourite musical instrument, when she felt something gliding up her sash, and saw her enemy making his way to kiss her cheek.

Who acts: Princess, enemy · What happens: seat, play, feel, glide up, see, make · To what, where: Princess, room, favourite musical instrument, something, sash, enemy

This is a sentence of «The Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Pink Fairy Book, 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 (Princess, enemy), 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

nummodobl:unmarkednsubjaux:passcasenmod:possoblpunctparataxiscasenmod:possamodamodoblpunctadvmodnsubjparataxisobjaclcompound:prtnmod:possobjpunctccconjnmod:possobjxcompnmod:possobjmarkadvclnmod:possobjpunctrootOneNUMdayNOUNshePRONwasAUXseatedVERBinADPherPRONroomNOUN,PUNCTplayingVERBonADPherPRONfavouriteADJmusicalADJinstrumentNOUN,PUNCTwhenADVshePRONfeltVERBsomethingPRONglidingVERBupADPherPRONsashNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJsawVERBherPRONenemyNOUNmakingVERBhisPRONwayNOUNtoPARTkissVERBherPRONcheekNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1OneoneNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card2 daynummod
2daydayNOUNNumber=Sing5 seatedobl:unmarked
3sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs5 seatednsubj
4wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin5 seatedaux:pass
5seatedseatVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
6ininADP_8 roomcase
7herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs8 roomnmod:poss
8roomroomNOUNNumber=Sing5 seatedobl
9,,PUNCT_10 playingpunct
10playingplayVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part5 seatedparataxis
11ononADP_15 instrumentcase
12herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs15 instrumentnmod:poss
13favouritefavouriteADJDegree=Pos15 instrumentamod
14musicalmusicalADJDegree=Pos15 instrumentamod
15instrumentinstrumentNOUNNumber=Sing10 playingobl
16,,PUNCT_19 feltpunct
17whenwhenADVPronType=Int19 feltadvmod
18sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs19 feltnsubj
19feltfeelVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin5 seatedparataxis
20somethingsomethingPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Ind19 feltobj
21glidingglideVERBVerbForm=Ger20 somethingacl
22upupADP_21 glidingcompound:prt
23herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs24 sashnmod:poss
24sashsashNOUNNumber=Sing21 glidingobj
25,,PUNCT_27 sawpunct
26andandCCONJ_27 sawcc
27sawseeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin19 feltconj
28herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs29 enemynmod:poss
29enemyenemyNOUNNumber=Sing27 sawobj
30makingmakeVERBVerbForm=Ger27 sawxcomp
31hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs32 waynmod:poss
32waywayNOUNNumber=Sing30 makingobj
33totoPART_34 kissmark
34kisskissVERBVerbForm=Inf30 makingadvcl
35herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs36 cheeknmod:poss
36cheekcheekNOUNNumber=Sing34 kissobj
37..PUNCT_5 seatedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1seatpast · passivePrincessPrincess's roomdayvn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Value in room=Location
2playgerundPrincess's favourite musical instrumentvn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3feelpastPrincesssomethingvn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Theme
4glide upgerundPrincess's sashvn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sash=Theme
5seepastPrincess not said herePrincess's enemytree rules
6makegerundPrincess's enemy not said hereservant's wayvn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset way=Product
7kissto-infinitivePrincess's enemy not said herePrincess's cheekvn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cheek=Co-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 Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 5615 (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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