The Book of Dragons, Opening, part 11, sentence 34

Nigel, seeing this, ran shoreward for his life--and the tide began to flow in, and the time of the whirlpools' sleep was nearly over, and he stumbled and he waded and he swam, and the Princess pulled for dear life at the cord in her hand, and pulled him up on to the dry shelf of rock just as the great sea dashed in and made itself once more into the girdle of Nine Whirlpools all around the island.

Who acts: Nigel, tide, time, Princess, whirlpools · What happens: see, run, begin, flow, be, stumble · To what, where: this, shoreward, Nigel, dry shelf, great sea, sleep

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 (Nigel, tide, time, Princess), 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	Nigel	Nigel	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 ran	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nigel	punct
3	seeing	see	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Nigel	acl
4	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 seeing	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 ran	punct
6	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	shoreward	shoreward	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 ran	obj
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 life	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 life	nmod:poss
10	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 ran	obl
11	--	--	PUNCT	_	15 began	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 began	cc
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 tide	det
14	tide	tide	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 began	nsubj
15	began	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 ran	conj
16	to	to	PART	_	17 flow	mark
17	flow	flow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 began	xcomp
18	in	in	ADV	_	17 flow	advmod
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	30 over	punct
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	30 over	cc
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 time	det
22	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 over	nsubj
23	of	of	ADP	_	27 sleep	case
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 whirlpools	det
25	whirlpools	whirlpool	NOUN	Number=Plur	27 sleep	nmod:poss
26	'	's	PART	_	25 whirlpools	case
27	sleep	sleep	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 time	nmod
28	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	30 over	cop
29	nearly	nearly	ADV	_	30 over	advmod
30	over	over	ADV	_	6 ran	advmod
31	,	,	PUNCT	_	34 stumbled	punct
32	and	and	CCONJ	_	34 stumbled	cc
33	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	34 stumbled	nsubj
34	stumbled	stumble	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 ran	conj
35	and	and	CCONJ	_	37 waded	cc
36	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	37 waded	nsubj
37	waded	wade	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	34 stumbled	conj
38	and	and	CCONJ	_	40 swam	cc
39	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	40 swam	nsubj
40	swam	swim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	37 waded	conj
41	,	,	PUNCT	_	45 pulled	punct
42	and	and	CCONJ	_	45 pulled	cc
43	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	44 Princess	det
44	Princess	Princess	PROPN	Number=Sing	45 pulled	nsubj
45	pulled	pull	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 ran	conj
46	for	for	ADP	_	48 life	case
47	dear	dear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	48 life	amod
48	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 pulled	obl
49	at	at	ADP	_	51 cord	case
50	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	51 cord	det
51	cord	cord	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 pulled	obl
52	in	in	ADP	_	54 hand	case
53	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	54 hand	nmod:poss
54	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 pulled	obl
55	,	,	PUNCT	_	57 pulled	punct
56	and	and	CCONJ	_	57 pulled	cc
57	pulled	pull	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 ran	conj
58	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	57 pulled	obj
59	up	up	ADP	_	57 pulled	compound:prt
60	on	on	ADP	_	64 shelf	case
61	to	to	ADP	_	64 shelf	case
62	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	64 shelf	det
63	dry	dry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	64 shelf	amod
64	shelf	shelf	NOUN	Number=Sing	57 pulled	obl
65	of	of	ADP	_	66 rock	case
66	rock	rock	NOUN	Number=Sing	64 shelf	nmod
67	just	just	ADV	_	71 sea	advmod
68	as	as	ADP	_	71 sea	case
69	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	71 sea	det
70	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	71 sea	amod
71	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	66 rock	acl:relcl
72	dashed	dash	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	71 sea	acl
73	in	in	ADV	_	72 dashed	advmod
74	and	and	CCONJ	_	75 made	cc
75	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 ran	conj
76	itself	itself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	75 made	obj
77	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	78 more	advmod
78	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	75 made	advmod
79	into	into	ADP	_	81 girdle	case
80	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	81 girdle	det
81	girdle	girdle	NOUN	Number=Sing	75 made	obl
82	of	of	ADP	_	84 Whirlpools	case
83	Nine	nine	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	84 Whirlpools	nummod
84	Whirlpools	whirlpool	NOUN	Number=Plur	81 girdle	nmod
85	all	all	ADV	_	88 island	advmod
86	around	around	ADP	_	88 island	case
87	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	88 island	det
88	island	island	NOUN	Number=Sing	75 made	obl
89	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 ran	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	see	gerund	Nigel not said here	this			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer this=Stimulus
2	run	past	Nigel	shoreward		for Nigel's life	vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent shoreward=Product for life=Beneficiary
3	begin	past	the tide				vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
4	flow	to-infinitive	the tide not said here				vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	is	past	the time of the whirlpools's sleep			nearly, over property	tree rules
6	stumble	past	tide				vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
7	wade	past	tide				vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
8	swim	past	tide				vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
9	pull	past	the Princess			for dear life; in Princess's hand; at the cord	vn push-12-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent at cord=Theme
10	pull up	past	Nigel not said here	Nigel	the dry shelf of rock		tree rules
11	dash	participle		the great sea not said here			vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
12	make	past	Nigel not said here	sleep	the girdle of Nine Whirlpools	around the island	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent itself=Material into girdle=Product
13	sleep		the whirlpools				nom sleep «state intransitive»: poss=agent

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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