The Book of Dragons, Opening, part 1, sentence 165

But the next day he wanted another look, so he took the book out into the garden, and when he undid the clasps with the rubies and turquoises, the book opened all by itself at the picture with "Dragon" underneath, and the sun shone full on the page.

Who acts: King, book, sun · What happens: want, take out, undo, open, shine · To what, where: look, book, garden, clasps, picture, page

This is a sentence of «The Book of Dragons» by E. Nesbit, Opening, 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 (King, book, sun), 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	But	but	CCONJ	_	6 wanted	cc
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 day	det
3	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 day	amod
4	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wanted	obl:unmarked
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 wanted	nsubj
6	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	8 look	det
8	look	look	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wanted	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 took	punct
10	so	so	ADV	_	12 took	advmod
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 took	nsubj
12	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 wanted	conj
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 book	det
14	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 took	obj
15	out	out	ADP	_	12 took	compound:prt
16	into	into	ADP	_	18 garden	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 garden	det
18	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 took	obl
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	34 opened	punct
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	34 opened	cc
21	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	23 undid	advmod
22	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 undid	nsubj
23	undid	undo	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	34 opened	advcl
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 clasps	det
25	clasps	clasp	NOUN	Number=Plur	23 undid	obj
26	with	with	ADP	_	28 rubies	case
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 rubies	det
28	rubies	ruby	NOUN	Number=Plur	23 undid	obl
29	and	and	CCONJ	_	30 turquoises	cc
30	turquoises	turquoise	NOUN	Number=Plur	28 rubies	conj
31	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 undid	punct
32	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	33 book	det
33	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 opened	nsubj
34	opened	open	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 took	conj
35	all	all	ADV	_	37 itself	advmod
36	by	by	ADP	_	37 itself	case
37	itself	itself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	34 opened	obl
38	at	at	ADP	_	40 picture	case
39	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	40 picture	det
40	picture	picture	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 opened	obl
41	with	with	ADP	_	43 Dragon	case
42	"	"	PUNCT	_	43 Dragon	punct
43	Dragon	Dragon	PROPN	Number=Sing	40 picture	nmod
44	"	"	PUNCT	_	43 Dragon	punct
45	underneath	underneath	ADV	_	34 opened	advmod
46	,	,	PUNCT	_	50 shone	punct
47	and	and	CCONJ	_	50 shone	cc
48	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	49 sun	det
49	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 shone	nsubj
50	shone	shine	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 took	conj
51	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	50 shone	xcomp
52	on	on	ADP	_	54 page	case
53	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	54 page	det
54	page	page	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 shone	obl
55	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 wanted	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	King	another look		day		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot look=Theme
2	take out	past	King	the book	the garden			vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent book=Theme
3	undo	past	King	the clasps			with the rubies and turquoises	vn destroy-44 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent clasp=Patient with ruby=Instrument
4	open	past	the book		the picture with Dragon		by Book; underneath property	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by itself=Location
5	shine	past	the sun		the page		full property	vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on page=Location

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 Book of Dragons» by E. Nesbit, Project Gutenberg book 23661 (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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