The Book of Dragons, Opening, part 11, sentence 26

The dragon was clambering down the face of the cliff, and next moment he was crawling and writhing and sprawling and wriggling across the beach after Nigel, making great holes in the sand with his heavy feet--and the very end of his tail, where there were no legs, made, as it dragged, a mark in the sand such as you make when you launch a boat; and he breathed fire till the wet sand hissed again, and the water of the little rock pools got quite frightened, and all went off in steam.

Who acts: dragon, next moment, legs, end, you, Nigel · What happens: clamber, crawl, sprawl, wriggle, make, be · To what, where: face, beach, great holes, sand, legs, mark

This is a sentence of «The Book of Dragons» by E. Nesbit, Opening, part 11. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (dragon, next moment, legs, end), 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	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 dragon	det
2	dragon	dragon	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 clambering	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 clambering	aux
4	clambering	clamber	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	down	down	ADP	_	7 face	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 face	det
7	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 clambering	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 cliff	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 cliff	det
10	cliff	cliff	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 face	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 crawling	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 crawling	cc
13	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 moment	amod
14	moment	moment	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 crawling	nsubj
15	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 crawling	nsubj
16	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 crawling	aux
17	crawling	crawl	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 clambering	conj
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 writhing	cc
19	writhing	writhing	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 crawling	conj
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 sprawling	cc
21	sprawling	sprawl	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	17 crawling	conj
22	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 wriggling	cc
23	wriggling	wriggle	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	17 crawling	conj
24	across	across	ADP	_	26 beach	case
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 beach	det
26	beach	beach	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 wriggling	obl
27	after	after	ADP	_	28 Nigel	case
28	Nigel	Nigel	PROPN	Number=Sing	23 wriggling	obl
29	,	,	PUNCT	_	30 making	punct
30	making	make	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	17 crawling	conj
31	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	32 holes	amod
32	holes	hole	NOUN	Number=Plur	30 making	obj
33	in	in	ADP	_	35 sand	case
34	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	35 sand	det
35	sand	sand	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 making	obl
36	with	with	ADP	_	39 feet	case
37	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	39 feet	nmod:poss
38	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	39 feet	amod
39	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	30 making	obl
40	--	--	PUNCT	_	44 end	punct
41	and	and	CCONJ	_	44 end	cc
42	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	44 end	det
43	very	very	ADV	_	44 end	advmod
44	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 clambering	parataxis
45	of	of	ADP	_	47 tail	case
46	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	47 tail	nmod:poss
47	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 end	nmod
48	,	,	PUNCT	_	51 were	punct
49	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	51 were	advmod
50	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	51 were	expl
51	were	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	44 end	parataxis
52	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	53 legs	det
53	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	51 were	nsubj
54	,	,	PUNCT	_	55 made	punct
55	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	53 legs	acl
56	,	,	PUNCT	_	59 dragged	punct
57	as	as	SCONJ	_	59 dragged	mark
58	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	59 dragged	nsubj
59	dragged	drag	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	55 made	conj
60	,	,	PUNCT	_	62 mark	punct
61	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	62 mark	det
62	mark	mark	NOUN	Number=Sing	59 dragged	obj
63	in	in	ADP	_	65 sand	case
64	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	65 sand	det
65	sand	sand	NOUN	Number=Sing	62 mark	nmod
66	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	69 make	case
67	as	as	ADP	_	66 such	fixed
68	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	69 make	nsubj
69	make	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	62 mark	acl:relcl
70	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	72 launch	advmod
71	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	72 launch	nsubj
72	launch	launch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	69 make	advcl
73	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	74 boat	det
74	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	72 launch	obj
75	;	;	PUNCT	_	78 breathed	punct
76	and	and	CCONJ	_	78 breathed	cc
77	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	78 breathed	nsubj
78	breathed	breathe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 clambering	conj
79	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	78 breathed	obj
80	till	till	ADP	_	83 sand	case
81	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	83 sand	det
82	wet	wet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	83 sand	amod
83	sand	sand	NOUN	Number=Sing	78 breathed	obl
84	hissed	hiss	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	83 sand	acl
85	again	again	ADV	_	84 hissed	advmod
86	,	,	PUNCT	_	97 frightened	punct
87	and	and	CCONJ	_	97 frightened	cc
88	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	89 water	det
89	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	97 frightened	nsubj:pass
90	of	of	ADP	_	94 pools	case
91	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	94 pools	det
92	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	94 pools	amod
93	rock	rock	NOUN	Number=Sing	94 pools	compound
94	pools	pool	NOUN	Number=Plur	89 water	nmod
95	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	97 frightened	aux:pass
96	quite	quite	ADV	_	97 frightened	advmod
97	frightened	frighten	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 clambering	parataxis
98	,	,	PUNCT	_	101 went	punct
99	and	and	CCONJ	_	101 went	cc
100	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	101 went	advmod
101	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	97 frightened	conj
102	off	off	ADP	_	101 went	compound:prt
103	in	in	ADP	_	104 steam	case
104	steam	steam	NOUN	Number=Sing	101 went	obl
105	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 clambering	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	clamber	past · progressive	the dragon		the face of the cliff			vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme down face=Trajectory
2	crawl	past · progressive	next moment					vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	sprawl	gerund	next moment not said here					vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	wriggle	gerund	next moment not said here		the beach	after Nigel		vn body_internal_motion-49.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	make	gerund	next moment not said here	great holes	the sand		with Nigel's heavy feet	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset hole=Product
6	be	past	no legs		there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
7	make	participle		no legs not said here				vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
8	drag	past	end	a mark	the sand			vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mark=Theme
9	make	present	you	a mark not said here				vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mark=Product
10	launch	present	you	a boat				vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boat=Theme
11	breathe	past	Nigel	fire		till the wet sand		vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fire=Theme
12	hiss	participle		the wet sand not said here		again		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
13	frighten	past · passive		the water of the little rock pools				vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer
14	go off	past			steam			vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in steam=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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