The Yellow Fairy Book, The Witch (28), sentence 71

And as the children ran they heard a sound, and the little sister put her ear to the ground, and heard the broom sweeping the earth close behind them; so, quick as thought, she threw the comb down on the ground, and in an instant, as the cat had said, a dense forest sprung up, in which the roots and branches were so closely intertwined, that it was impossible to force a way through it.

Who acts: children, little sister, broom, sister, cat, roots · What happens: run, hear, put, sweep, throw down, say · To what, where: sound, ear, broom, earth, comb, ground · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Witch (28). The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (children, little sister, broom, sister), 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	And	and	CCONJ	_	7 heard	cc
2	as	as	SCONJ	_	5 ran	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 children	det
4	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 ran	nsubj
5	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 heard	advcl
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 heard	nsubj
7	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 sound	det
9	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 heard	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 put	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 put	cc
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 sister	det
13	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 sister	amod
14	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 put	nsubj
15	put	put	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 heard	conj
16	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 ear	nmod:poss
17	ear	ear	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 put	obj
18	to	to	ADP	_	20 ground	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 ground	det
20	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 put	obl
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 heard	punct
22	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 heard	cc
23	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 heard	parataxis
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 broom	det
25	broom	broom	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 heard	obj
26	sweeping	sweep	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	25 broom	acl
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 earth	det
28	earth	earth	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 sweeping	obj
29	close	close	ADV	Degree=Pos	26 sweeping	advmod
30	behind	behind	ADP	_	31 them	case
31	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	29 close	obl
32	;	;	PUNCT	_	35 quick	punct
33	so	so	ADV	_	35 quick	advmod
34	,	,	PUNCT	_	35 quick	punct
35	quick	quick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 heard	conj
36	as	as	ADP	_	37 thought	case
37	thought	thought	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 quick	obl
38	,	,	PUNCT	_	40 threw	punct
39	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	40 threw	nsubj
40	threw	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 heard	parataxis
41	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	42 comb	det
42	comb	comb	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 threw	obj
43	down	down	ADP	_	40 threw	compound:prt
44	on	on	ADP	_	46 ground	case
45	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	46 ground	det
46	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 threw	obl
47	,	,	PUNCT	_	51 instant	punct
48	and	and	CCONJ	_	51 instant	cc
49	in	in	ADP	_	51 instant	case
50	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	51 instant	det
51	instant	instant	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 heard	conj
52	,	,	PUNCT	_	57 said	punct
53	as	as	SCONJ	_	57 said	mark
54	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	55 cat	det
55	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	57 said	nsubj
56	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	57 said	aux
57	said	say	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	7 heard	parataxis
58	,	,	PUNCT	_	61 forest	punct
59	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	61 forest	det
60	dense	dense	ADJ	Degree=Pos	61 forest	amod
61	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	57 said	conj
62	sprung	spring	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	61 forest	acl
63	up	up	ADP	_	62 sprung	compound:prt
64	,	,	PUNCT	_	74 intertwined	punct
65	in	in	ADP	_	66 which	case
66	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	74 intertwined	obl
67	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	68 roots	det
68	roots	root	NOUN	Number=Plur	74 intertwined	nsubj
69	and	and	CCONJ	_	70 branches	cc
70	branches	branch	NOUN	Number=Plur	68 roots	conj
71	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	74 intertwined	cop
72	so	so	ADV	_	74 intertwined	advmod
73	closely	closely	ADV	_	74 intertwined	advmod
74	intertwined	intertwined	ADJ	Degree=Pos	62 sprung	conj
75	,	,	PUNCT	_	79 impossible	punct
76	that	that	SCONJ	_	79 impossible	mark
77	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	79 impossible	expl
78	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	79 impossible	cop
79	impossible	impossible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	74 intertwined	conj
80	to	to	PART	_	81 force	mark
81	force	force	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	79 impossible	csubj
82	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	83 way	det
83	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	81 force	obj
84	through	through	ADP	_	85 it	case
85	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	81 force	obl
86	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 heard	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	run	past	the children				vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	hear	past	children = child	a sound			vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer sound=Stimulus
3	put	past	the little sister	sister's ear		to the ground	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent ear=Goal
4	hear	past		the broom			vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer broom=Stimulus
5	sweep	gerund	the broom not said here	the earth		close property	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme earth=Trajectory
6	throw down	past	sister	the comb	the ground		vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent comb=Theme on ground=Destination
7	say speech: assert	past · perfect	the cat				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
8	spring up	participle		a dense forest not said here			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
9	is	past	the roots and branches			closely, intertwined property	tree rules
10	is	past	the roots and branches not said here			impossible property	tree rules
11	force	to-infinitive		a way	broom		vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Recipient

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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