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The Violet Fairy Book, The Maiden With the Wooden Helmet, sentence 29

One hot day, however, he happened to be going towards home when he caught sight of his mother’s waiting maid kneeling by a little stream that flowed through the garden, splashing some water over her face.

Who acts: One hot day, Hatschihime, going, maid, little stream · What happens: happen, go, catch, wait, kneel, flow · To what, where: home, sight, maid, garden, water, face

This is a sentence of «The Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Maiden With the Wooden Helmet. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (One hot day, Hatschihime, going, maid), 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

nummodamodnsubjpunctadvmodpunctnsubjmarkauxcsubjcaseoblmarknsubjadvclobjcasenmod:possnmodauxparataxisobjaclcasedetamodoblnsubjacl:relclcasedetoblpunctconjdetobjcasenmod:possoblpunctrootOneNUMhotADJdayNOUN,PUNCThoweverADV,PUNCThePRONhappenedVERBtoPARTbeAUXgoingVERBtowardsADPhomeNOUNwhenSCONJhePRONcaughtVERBsightNOUNofADPhisPRONmotherNOUN’sAUXwaitingVERBmaidNOUNkneelingVERBbyADPaDETlittleADJstreamNOUNthatPRONflowedVERBthroughADPtheDETgardenNOUN,PUNCTsplashingVERBsomeDETwaterNOUNoverADPherPRONfaceNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1OneoneNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card3 daynummod
2hothotADJDegree=Pos3 dayamod
3daydayNOUNNumber=Sing8 happenednsubj
4,,PUNCT_3 daypunct
5howeverhoweverADV_8 happenedadvmod
6,,PUNCT_5 howeverpunct
7hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs8 happenednsubj
8happenedhappenVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
9totoPART_11 goingmark
10bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf11 goingaux
11goinggoVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part22 waitingcsubj
12towardstowardsADP_13 homecase
13homehomeNOUNNumber=Sing11 goingobl
14whenwhenSCONJ_16 caughtmark
15hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs16 caughtnsubj
16caughtcatchVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin11 goingadvcl
17sightsightNOUNNumber=Sing16 caughtobj
18ofofADP_20 mothercase
19hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs20 mothernmod:poss
20mothermotherNOUNNumber=Sing17 sightnmod
21’sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin22 waitingaux
22waitingwaitVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part8 happenedparataxis
23maidmaidNOUNNumber=Sing22 waitingobj
24kneelingkneelVERBVerbForm=Ger23 maidacl
25bybyADP_28 streamcase
26aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art28 streamdet
27littlelittleADJDegree=Pos28 streamamod
28streamstreamNOUNNumber=Sing24 kneelingobl
29thatthatPRONPronType=Rel30 flowednsubj
30flowedflowVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin28 streamacl:relcl
31throughthroughADP_33 gardencase
32thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art33 gardendet
33gardengardenNOUNNumber=Sing30 flowedobl
34,,PUNCT_35 splashingpunct
35splashingsplashVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part22 waitingconj
36somesomeDETPronType=Ind37 waterdet
37waterwaterNOUNNumber=Sing35 splashingobj
38overoverADP_40 facecase
39herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs40 facenmod:poss
40facefaceNOUNNumber=Sing35 splashingobl
41..PUNCT_8 happenedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1happenpastOne hot dayhowever propertyvn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2goto-infinitive · progressivehomevn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme towards home=Initial_Location
3catchpastHatschihimesight of Hatschihime's mothervn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sight=Theme
4waitpresent · progressivegoingmaidtree rules
5kneelgerundmaid not said hereby a little streamvn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by stream=Location
6flowpasta little streamthe gardenvn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through garden=Location
7splashgerundgoing not said heresome watergirl's facevn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent water=Theme over face=Destination
8sightHatschihime's mothernom sight «cognition transitive»: of=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 Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 641 (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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