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Tanglewood Tales, The Pomegranate Seeds., part 1, sentence 69

But still the poor child screamed, and scattered her apron full of flowers along the way, and left a long cry trailing behind the chariot; and many mothers, to whose ears it came, ran quickly to see if any mischief had befallen their children.

Who acts: poor child, long cry, cry, many mothers · What happens: scream, scatter, leave, trail, come, run · To what, where: apron, long cry, chariot, ears, mischief

This is a sentence of «Tanglewood Tales» by Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Pomegranate Seeds., part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (poor child, long cry, cry, many mothers), 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

ccadvmoddetamodnsubjpunctccconjnmod:possobjxcompcaseoblcasedetnmodpunctccconjdetamodobjaclcasedetoblpunctccamodnsubjpunctcasenmod:possconjnsubjacl:relclpunctconjadvmodmarkadvclmarkdetnsubj:passauxccompnmod:possobjpunctrootButCCONJstillADVtheDETpoorADJchildNOUNscreamedVERB,PUNCTandCCONJscatteredVERBherPRONapronNOUNfullADJofADPflowersNOUNalongADPtheDETwayNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJleftVERBaDETlongADJcryNOUNtrailingVERBbehindADPtheDETchariotNOUN;PUNCTandCCONJmanyADJmothersNOUN,PUNCTtoADPwhosePRONearsNOUNitPRONcameVERB,PUNCTranVERBquicklyADVtoPARTseeVERBifSCONJanyDETmischiefNOUNhadAUXbefallenVERBtheirPRONchildrenNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ButbutCCONJ_6 screamedcc
2stillstillADV_6 screamedadvmod
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 childdet
4poorpoorADJDegree=Pos5 childamod
5childchildNOUNNumber=Sing6 screamednsubj
6screamedscreamVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
7,,PUNCT_9 scatteredpunct
8andandCCONJ_9 scatteredcc
9scatteredscatterVERBMood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin6 screamedconj
10herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs11 apronnmod:poss
11apronapronNOUNNumber=Sing9 scatteredobj
12fullfullADJDegree=Pos9 scatteredxcomp
13ofofADP_14 flowerscase
14flowersflowerNOUNNumber=Plur12 fullobl
15alongalongADP_17 waycase
16thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art17 waydet
17waywayNOUNNumber=Sing14 flowersnmod
18,,PUNCT_20 leftpunct
19andandCCONJ_20 leftcc
20leftleaveVERBMood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin9 scatteredconj
21aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art23 crydet
22longlongADJDegree=Pos23 cryamod
23crycryNOUNNumber=Sing20 leftobj
24trailingtrailVERBVerbForm=Ger23 cryacl
25behindbehindADP_27 chariotcase
26thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art27 chariotdet
27chariotchariotNOUNNumber=Sing24 trailingobl
28;;PUNCT_39 ranpunct
29andandCCONJ_39 rancc
30manymanyADJDegree=Pos31 mothersamod
31mothersmotherNOUNNumber=Plur39 rannsubj
32,,PUNCT_35 earspunct
33totoADP_35 earscase
34whosewhosePRONPoss=Yes PronType=Rel35 earsnmod:poss
35earsearNOUNNumber=Plur31 mothersconj
36ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs37 camensubj
37camecomeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin35 earsacl:relcl
38,,PUNCT_31 motherspunct
39ranrunVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin6 screamedconj
40quicklyquicklyADV_39 ranadvmod
41totoPART_42 seemark
42seeseeVERBVerbForm=Inf39 ranadvcl
43ififSCONJ_47 befallenmark
44anyanyDETPronType=Ind45 mischiefdet
45mischiefmischiefNOUNNumber=Sing47 befallennsubj:pass
46hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin47 befallenaux
47befallenbefallVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass42 seeccomp
48theirtheirPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs49 childrennmod:poss
49childrenchildNOUNNumber=Plur47 befallenobj
50..PUNCT_6 screamedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1scream speech: expressparticiplethe poor childstillvn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2scatterpastthe poor child not said herechild's apronfull propertyvn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent apron=Theme
3leavepastthe poor child not said herea long cryvn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cry=Theme
4trailgerunda long cry not said herethe chariotvn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent behind chariot=Trajectory
5comepastcrymany mothers and many mothers and ears's ears's ears not said herevn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location ear=Theme
6runpastmany mothers and many mothers and many mothers's ears's earsquickly propertyvn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
7seeto-infinitivemany mothers and many mothers and many mothers's ears's ears not said herevn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
8befall a condition, not said to happenpast · perfect · passiveany mischieftree rules

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: «Tanglewood Tales» by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Project Gutenberg book 976 (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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