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The Violet Fairy Book, The Nine Pea-hens and the Golden Apples, sentence 22

Then the witch stretched out her hand, and cut off a lock of the maiden’s hair, and in an instant the girl sprang up, a pea-hen once more, spread her wings and flew away, while her sisters, who were busily stripping the boughs, flew after her.

Who acts: girl, sisters · What happens: stretch out, cut off, spring up, spread, fly away, strip · To what, where: witch, lock, pea hen, instant, wings, sisters

This is a sentence of «The Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Nine Pea-hens and the Golden Apples. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (girl, sisters), 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

advmoddetnsubj:passcompound:prtnmod:possobjpunctccconjcompound:prtdetobjcasedetnmod:posscasenmodpunctcccasedetobldetnsubjconjcompound:prtpunctdetcompoundpunctobladvmodadvmodpunctparataxisnmod:possobjccconjadvmodpunctmarknmod:possoblpunctnsubjauxadvmodacl:relcldetobjpunctconjcaseoblpunctrootThenADVtheDETwitchNOUNstretchedVERBoutADPherPRONhandNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJcutVERBoffADPaDETlockNOUNofADPtheDETmaidenNOUN’sPARThairNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJinADPanDETinstantNOUNtheDETgirlNOUNsprangVERBupADP,PUNCTaDETpeaNOUN-PUNCThenNOUNonceADVmoreADV,PUNCTspreadVERBherPRONwingsNOUNandCCONJflewVERBawayADV,PUNCTwhileSCONJherPRONsistersNOUN,PUNCTwhoPRONwereAUXbusilyADVstrippingVERBtheDETboughsNOUN,PUNCTflewVERBafterADPherPRON.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThenthenADVPronType=Dem4 stretchedadvmod
2thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art3 witchdet
3witchwitchNOUNNumber=Sing4 stretchednsubj:pass
4stretchedstretchVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
5outoutADP_4 stretchedcompound:prt
6herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs7 handnmod:poss
7handhandNOUNNumber=Sing4 stretchedobj
8,,PUNCT_10 cutpunct
9andandCCONJ_10 cutcc
10cutcutVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass4 stretchedconj
11offoffADP_10 cutcompound:prt
12aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art13 lockdet
13locklockNOUNNumber=Sing10 cutobj
14ofofADP_18 haircase
15thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art16 maidendet
16maidenmaidenNOUNNumber=Sing18 hairnmod:poss
17’s'sPART_16 maidencase
18hairhairNOUNNumber=Sing13 locknmod
19,,PUNCT_26 sprangpunct
20andandCCONJ_26 sprangcc
21ininADP_23 instantcase
22anaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art23 instantdet
23instantinstantNOUNNumber=Sing26 sprangobl
24thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art25 girldet
25girlgirlNOUNNumber=Sing26 sprangnsubj
26sprangspringVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 stretchedconj
27upupADP_26 sprangcompound:prt
28,,PUNCT_32 henpunct
29aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art32 hendet
30peapeaNOUNNumber=Sing32 hencompound
31--PUNCT_30 peapunct
32henhenNOUNNumber=Sing26 sprangobl
33onceonceADVNumForm=Word NumType=Mult34 moreadvmod
34moremoreADVDegree=Cmp26 sprangadvmod
35,,PUNCT_36 spreadpunct
36spreadspreadVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin26 sprangparataxis
37herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs38 wingsnmod:poss
38wingswingNOUNNumber=Plur36 spreadobj
39andandCCONJ_40 flewcc
40flewflyVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin36 spreadconj
41awayawayADV_40 flewadvmod
42,,PUNCT_45 sisterspunct
43whilewhileSCONJ_45 sistersmark
44herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs45 sistersnmod:poss
45sisterssisterNOUNNumber=Plur40 flewobl
46,,PUNCT_50 strippingpunct
47whowhoPRONPronType=Rel50 strippingnsubj
48werebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin50 strippingaux
49busilybusilyADV_50 strippingadvmod
50strippingstripVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part45 sistersacl:relcl
51thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art52 boughsdet
52boughsboughNOUNNumber=Plur50 strippingobj
53,,PUNCT_54 flewpunct
54flewflyVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin36 spreadconj
55afterafterADP_56 hercase
56hershePRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs54 flewobl
57..PUNCT_4 stretchedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1stretch outparticiple · passivethe witchthenvn bend-45.2 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Patient hand=Result
2cut offparticiplea lock of the maiden's hairvn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector lock=Eventuality
3spring uppastthe girla pea hena instantvn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in instant=Location
4spreadpastwitch's wingsvn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location wing=Theme
5fly awaypastwitch's sistersaway propertyvn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
6strippast · progressivewitch's sistersthe boughsbusily propertyvn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bough=Patient
7flypastafter witchvn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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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