The Book of Dragons, Opening, part 10, sentence 113
And the dragon does the cooking--he's hot inside, so, of course, it's no trouble to him; and though I don't know what Time is I'm sure it's time for my wedding day, because my golden gown only wants one more white daisy on the sleeve, and a lily on the bosom of it, and then it will be ready."
Who acts: dragon, Nigel, cooking, I, golden gown · What happens: do, be, not know, want, bosom · To what, where: cooking, Nigel, time, one more white daisy, sleeve, gown
This is a sentence of «The Book of Dragons» by E. Nesbit, Opening, part 10. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (dragon, Nigel, cooking, I), 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 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 does | cc |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 dragon | det |
| 3 | dragon | dragon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 does | nsubj |
| 4 | does | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 cooking | det |
| 6 | cooking | cooking | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 does | obj |
| 7 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 10 hot | punct |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 hot | nsubj |
| 9 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 hot | cop |
| 10 | hot | hot | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 cooking | nmod |
| 11 | inside | inside | ADV | _ | 10 hot | advmod |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 so | punct |
| 13 | so | so | ADV | _ | 4 does | advmod |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 trouble | punct |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 21 trouble | case |
| 16 | course | course | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 of | fixed |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 of | punct |
| 18 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 trouble | nsubj |
| 19 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 21 trouble | cop |
| 20 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 21 trouble | det |
| 21 | trouble | trouble | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 does | obl |
| 22 | to | to | ADP | _ | 23 him | case |
| 23 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 trouble | nmod |
| 24 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 36 sure | punct |
| 25 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 36 sure | cc |
| 26 | though | though | SCONJ | _ | 30 know | mark |
| 27 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 30 know | nsubj |
| 28 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 30 know | aux |
| 29 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 30 know | advmod |
| 30 | know | know | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 36 sure | advcl |
| 31 | what | what | DET | PronType=Int | 32 Time | det |
| 32 | Time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 know | obj |
| 33 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 36 sure | cop |
| 34 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 36 sure | nsubj |
| 35 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 36 sure | cop |
| 36 | sure | sure | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 does | parataxis |
| 37 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 39 time | nsubj |
| 38 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 39 time | cop |
| 39 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 sure | ccomp |
| 40 | for | for | ADP | _ | 43 day | case |
| 41 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 43 day | nmod:poss |
| 42 | wedding | wedding | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 day | compound |
| 43 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 time | nmod |
| 44 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 50 wants | punct |
| 45 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 50 wants | mark |
| 46 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 48 gown | nmod:poss |
| 47 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 48 gown | amod |
| 48 | gown | gown | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 wants | nsubj |
| 49 | only | only | ADV | _ | 50 wants | advmod |
| 50 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 36 sure | ccomp |
| 51 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 54 daisy | nummod |
| 52 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 54 daisy | amod |
| 53 | white | white | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 54 daisy | amod |
| 54 | daisy | daisy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 wants | obj |
| 55 | on | on | ADP | _ | 57 sleeve | case |
| 56 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 57 sleeve | det |
| 57 | sleeve | sleeve | NOUN | Number=Sing | 54 daisy | nmod |
| 58 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 61 lily | punct |
| 59 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 61 lily | cc |
| 60 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 61 lily | det |
| 61 | lily | lily | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 sure | ccomp |
| 62 | on | on | ADP | _ | 64 bosom | case |
| 63 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 64 bosom | det |
| 64 | bosom | bosom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 61 lily | nmod |
| 65 | of | of | ADP | _ | 66 it | case |
| 66 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 64 bosom | nmod |
| 67 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 73 ready | punct |
| 68 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 73 ready | cc |
| 69 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 73 ready | advmod |
| 70 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 73 ready | nsubj |
| 71 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 73 ready | aux |
| 72 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 73 ready | cop |
| 73 | ready | ready | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 61 lily | conj |
| 74 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 61 lily | punct |
| 75 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 36 sure | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | present | the dragon | the cooking | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cooking=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | is | present | Nigel | hot, inside property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | is | present | cooking | Nigel | of no trouble | tree rules | |||
| 4 | not know | present · do-support | I | time | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 5 | is | present | I | sure property | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | is a | present | cooking | time | day | tree rules | |||
| 7 | want | present | my golden gown | one more white daisy | the sleeve | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot daisy=Theme | |||
| 8 | is | future | cooking | then | ready property | tree rules | |||
| 9 | bosom | gown | nom bosom «state transitive»: of=patient |
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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