The Book of Dragons, Opening, part 10, sentence 62
But there is no deliverance, so never steer that way; and think no more of the Princess, for that is only an idle tale.
Who acts: deliverance, that · What happens: be, not steer, think · To what, where: way, more
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 (deliverance, 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 3 is | cc |
| 2 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 3 is | expl |
| 3 | is | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 5 deliverance | det |
| 5 | deliverance | deliverance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 is | nsubj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 steer | punct |
| 7 | so | so | ADV | _ | 9 steer | advmod |
| 8 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 9 steer | advmod |
| 9 | steer | steer | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 deliverance | acl:relcl |
| 10 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 11 way | det |
| 11 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 steer | obj |
| 12 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 14 think | punct |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 think | cc |
| 14 | think | think | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 is | conj |
| 15 | no | no | ADV | _ | 16 more | advmod |
| 16 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 14 think | obj |
| 17 | of | of | ADP | _ | 19 Princess | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 Princess | det |
| 19 | Princess | Princess | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 more | obl |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 tale | punct |
| 21 | for | for | ADP | _ | 27 tale | case |
| 22 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 27 tale | nsubj |
| 23 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 27 tale | cop |
| 24 | only | only | ADV | _ | 27 tale | advmod |
| 25 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 27 tale | det |
| 26 | idle | idle | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 27 tale | amod |
| 27 | tale | tale | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 think | obl |
| 28 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 is | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | be | present | no deliverance | there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | not steer | infinitive | no deliverance not said here | that way | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Theme | ||||
| 3 | think speech: other | infinitive | no deliverance not said here | more | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot more=Theme | ||||
| 4 | is | present | that | for a idle tale | tree 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: «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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