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The Green Fairy Book, The Enchanted Watch, sentence 109

‘I thought,’ said she, ‘that my little daughter had changed into a bouquet of roses, and that as I held it in my hand a bird swooped down suddenly and snatched it from me and carried it away.’

Who acts: I, matter, little daughter, that · What happens: think, say, change, hold, swoop down, snatch · To what, where: bouquet, rose, hand, bird · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Enchanted Watch. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, matter, little daughter, that), 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

punctnsubjpunctpunctccompnsubjpunctpunctmarknmod:possamodnsubjauxconjcasedetoblcasenmodpunctccnsubjmarknsubjconjobjcasenmod:possobldetapposaclcompound:prtadvmodccconjobjcaseoblccconjobjadvmodpunctpunctroot‘PUNCTIPRONthoughtVERB,PUNCT’PUNCTsaidVERBshePRON,PUNCT‘PUNCTthatSCONJmyPRONlittleADJdaughterNOUNhadAUXchangedVERBintoADPaDETbouquetNOUNofADProsesNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJthatPRONasSCONJIPRONheldVERBitPRONinADPmyPRONhandNOUNaDETbirdNOUNswoopedVERBdownADPsuddenlyADVandCCONJsnatchedVERBitPRONfromADPmePRONandCCONJcarriedVERBitPRONawayADV.PUNCT’PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1‘'PUNCT_3 thoughtpunct
2IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs3 thoughtnsubj
3thoughtthinkVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
4,,PUNCT_6 saidpunct
5’'PUNCT_6 saidpunct
6saidsayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 thoughtccomp
7sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs6 saidnsubj
8,,PUNCT_15 changedpunct
9‘'PUNCT_15 changedpunct
10thatthatSCONJ_15 changedmark
11mymyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs13 daughternmod:poss
12littlelittleADJDegree=Pos13 daughteramod
13daughterdaughterNOUNNumber=Sing15 changednsubj
14hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin15 changedaux
15changedchangeVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part6 saidconj
16intointoADP_18 bouquetcase
17aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art18 bouquetdet
18bouquetbouquetNOUNNumber=Sing15 changedobl
19ofofADP_20 rosescase
20rosesroseNOUNNumber=Plur18 bouquetnmod
21,,PUNCT_26 heldpunct
22andandCCONJ_26 heldcc
23thatthatPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Dem26 heldnsubj
24asasSCONJ_26 heldmark
25IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs26 heldnsubj
26heldholdVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 thoughtconj
27ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs26 heldobj
28ininADP_30 handcase
29mymyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs30 handnmod:poss
30handhandNOUNNumber=Sing26 heldobl
31aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art32 birddet
32birdbirdNOUNNumber=Sing30 handappos
33swoopedswoopVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass32 birdacl
34downdownADP_33 swoopedcompound:prt
35suddenlysuddenlyADV_33 swoopedadvmod
36andandCCONJ_37 snatchedcc
37snatchedsnatchVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 thoughtconj
38ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs37 snatchedobj
39fromfromADP_40 mecase
40meIPRONCase=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs37 snatchedobl
41andandCCONJ_42 carriedcc
42carriedcarryVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin37 snatchedconj
43ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs42 carriedobj
44awayawayADV_42 carriedadvmod
45..PUNCT_3 thoughtpunct
46’'PUNCT_3 thoughtpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1think speech: otherpastIvn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2say speech: assertpastmattervn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3changepast · perfectmy little daughterinto a bouquet of roses resultvn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP.patient V PP.result»: agent=Patient into bouquet=Result
4holdpastthatrosemy handvn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme in hand=Location
5swoop downparticiplea bird not said heresuddenly propertytree rules
6snatchpastI not said hererosefrom mevn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent it=Theme from i=Source
7carry awaypastI not said hereroseaway propertyvn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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 Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 7277 (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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