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The grateful elephant, Opening, part 7, sentence 33

The bird, observing that he was leaving the house, shrieked, flapped his wings, and struck him in the face just as he was coming out of the front door.

Who acts: bird · What happens: observe, leave, shriek, flap, strike, come out · To what, where: house, wings, bird, face, front door

This is a sentence of «The grateful elephant» by Eugene Watson Burlingame, Opening, part 7. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (bird), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

Mova's own parse. This tree may be wrong.

The tree

detnsubjpunctconjmarknsubjauxadvcldetobjpunctpunctconjnmod:possobjpunctccconjobjcasedetobladvmodmarknsubjauxadvclcasecasedetamodoblpunctrootTheDETbirdNOUN,PUNCTobservingVERBthatSCONJhePRONwasAUXleavingVERBtheDEThouseNOUN,PUNCTshriekedVERB,PUNCTflappedVERBhisPRONwingsNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJstruckVERBhimPRONinADPtheDETfaceNOUNjustADVasSCONJhePRONwasAUXcomingVERBoutADPofADPtheDETfrontADJdoorNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 birddet
2birdbirdNOUNNumber=Sing12 shriekednsubj
3,,PUNCT_4 observingpunct
4observingobserveVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part2 birdconj
5thatthatSCONJ_8 leavingmark
6hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs8 leavingnsubj
7wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin8 leavingaux
8leavingleaveVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part4 observingadvcl
9thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art10 housedet
10househouseNOUNNumber=Sing8 leavingobj
11,,PUNCT_2 birdpunct
12shriekedshriekVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
13,,PUNCT_14 flappedpunct
14flappedflapVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin12 shriekedconj
15hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs16 wingsnmod:poss
16wingswingNOUNNumber=Plur14 flappedobj
17,,PUNCT_19 struckpunct
18andandCCONJ_19 struckcc
19struckstrikeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin12 shriekedconj
20himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs19 struckobj
21ininADP_23 facecase
22thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art23 facedet
23facefaceNOUNNumber=Sing19 struckobl
24justjustADV_28 comingadvmod
25asasSCONJ_28 comingmark
26hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs28 comingnsubj
27wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin28 comingaux
28comingcomeVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part19 struckadvcl
29outoutADP_33 doorcase
30ofofADP_33 doorcase
31thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art33 doordet
32frontfrontADJDegree=Pos33 dooramod
33doordoorNOUNNumber=Sing28 comingobl
34..PUNCT_12 shriekedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1observegerundthe bird not said herevn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2leavepast · progressivebirdthe housevn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent house=Theme
3shriekpastthe birdvn sound_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location
4flappastthe bird not said herebird's wingsvn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wing=Patient
5strikepastthe bird not said herebirdthe facevn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent he=Instrument
6come outpast · progressivebirdthe front doorvn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient door=Result

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 grateful elephant» by Eugene Watson Burlingame, Project Gutenberg book 74064 (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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