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The Yellow Fairy Book, The Glass Mountain(16), part 5, sentence 9

Then a new idea struck the wicked old woman, and hiding herself behind the rock which had sheltered the fugitives, she waited behind it, watching carefully for the moment when the Prince and her daughter should resume their natural forms and continue their journey.

Who acts: new idea, woman, Prince, fugitives · What happens: strike, hide, shelter, wait, watch, resume · To what, where: wicked old woman, woman, rock, idea, natural forms, journey

This is a sentence of «The Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Glass Mountain(16), part 5. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (new idea, woman, Prince, fugitives), 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

advmoddetamodnsubjdetamodamodobjpunctccadvclobjcasedetoblnsubj:passauxacl:relcldetobjpunctnsubjconjcaseoblpunctadvcladvmodcasedetobladvmoddetnsubjccnmod:possconjauxadvclnmod:possamodobjccconjnmod:possobjpunctrootThenADVaDETnewADJideaNOUNstruckVERBtheDETwickedADJoldADJwomanNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJhidingVERBherselfPRONbehindADPtheDETrockNOUNwhichPRONhadAUXshelteredVERBtheDETfugitivesNOUN,PUNCTshePRONwaitedVERBbehindADPitPRON,PUNCTwatchingVERBcarefullyADVforADPtheDETmomentNOUNwhenADVtheDETPrincePROPNandCCONJherPRONdaughterNOUNshouldAUXresumeVERBtheirPRONnaturalADJformsNOUNandCCONJcontinueVERBtheirPRONjourneyNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThenthenADVPronType=Dem5 struckadvmod
2aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art4 ideadet
3newnewADJDegree=Pos4 ideaamod
4ideaideaNOUNNumber=Sing5 strucknsubj
5struckstrikeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
6thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art9 womandet
7wickedwickedADJDegree=Pos9 womanamod
8oldoldADJDegree=Pos9 womanamod
9womanwomanNOUNNumber=Sing5 struckobj
10,,PUNCT_12 hidingpunct
11andandCCONJ_12 hidingcc
12hidinghideVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part5 struckadvcl
13herselfherselfPRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes12 hidingobj
14behindbehindADP_16 rockcase
15thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art16 rockdet
16rockrockNOUNNumber=Sing12 hidingobl
17whichwhichPRONPronType=Rel19 shelterednsubj:pass
18hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin19 shelteredaux
19shelteredshelterVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass16 rockacl:relcl
20thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art21 fugitivesdet
21fugitivesfugitiveNOUNNumber=Plur19 shelteredobj
22,,PUNCT_24 waitedpunct
23sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs24 waitednsubj
24waitedwaitVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin5 struckconj
25behindbehindADP_26 itcase
26ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs24 waitedobl
27,,PUNCT_28 watchingpunct
28watchingwatchVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part24 waitedadvcl
29carefullycarefullyADV_28 watchingadvmod
30forforADP_32 momentcase
31thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art32 momentdet
32momentmomentNOUNNumber=Sing28 watchingobl
33whenwhenADVPronType=Int40 resumeadvmod
34thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art35 Princedet
35PrincePrincePROPNNumber=Sing40 resumensubj
36andandCCONJ_38 daughtercc
37herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs38 daughternmod:poss
38daughterdaughterNOUNNumber=Sing35 Princeconj
39shouldshouldAUXVerbForm=Fin40 resumeaux
40resumeresumeVERBVerbForm=Inf28 watchingadvcl
41theirtheirPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs43 formsnmod:poss
42naturalnaturalADJDegree=Pos43 formsamod
43formsformNOUNNumber=Plur40 resumeobj
44andandCCONJ_45 continuecc
45continuecontinueVERBVerbForm=Inf40 resumeconj
46theirtheirPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs47 journeynmod:poss
47journeyjourneyNOUNNumber=Sing45 continueobj
48..PUNCT_5 struckpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1strikepasta new ideathe wicked old womanthenvn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent woman=Instrument
2hidegerunda new idea not said herewomanthe rockvn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent herself=Patient behind rock=Location
3shelterpast · perfect · passivethe rocktree rules
4waitpastwomanideavn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme behind it=Location
5watchgerundwoman not said heremomentcarefully propertyvn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent
6resumeshouldthe Prince and woman's daughterfugitives's natural formsvn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent form=Eventuality
7continueinfinitivethe Prince and woman's daughter not said herefugitives's journeyvn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent journey=Theme
8formfugitives = fugitivenom form «communication transitive»: poss=agent
9journeyfugitives = fugitivenom journey «act transitive»: 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 Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 640 (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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