The Violet Fairy Book, The Frog, sentence 37
In a minute she was at his side, bringing with her the most lovely little dog, which she put into his arms.
Who acts: woman, side, lovely little dog · What happens: be, bring, put · To what, where: side, lovely little dog, arms
This is a sentence of «The Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Frog. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (woman, side, lovely little dog), 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 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 minute | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 minute | det |
| 3 | minute | minute | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 side | obl |
| 4 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 side | nsubj |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 side | cop |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 side | case |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 side | nmod:poss |
| 8 | side | side | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 bringing | punct |
| 10 | bringing | bring | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 8 side | acl |
| 11 | with | with | ADP | _ | 12 her | case |
| 12 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 bringing | obl |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 dog | det |
| 14 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 15 lovely | advmod |
| 15 | lovely | lovely | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 dog | amod |
| 16 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 dog | amod |
| 17 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 bringing | obj |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 put | punct |
| 19 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 21 put | nsubj:outer |
| 20 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 put | nsubj |
| 21 | put | put | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 dog | acl:relcl |
| 22 | into | into | ADP | _ | 24 arms | case |
| 23 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 24 arms | nmod:poss |
| 24 | arms | arm | NOUN | Number=Plur | 21 put | obl |
| 25 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 side | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | woman | sight's side | minute | tree rules | |||
| 2 | bring | gerund | sight's side not said here | the lovely little dog | with woman | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument dog=Destination | |||
| 3 | put | past | the lovely little dog | sight's arms | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=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 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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