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The Book of Dragons, Opening, part 11, sentence 38

She thought and thought of what was written on the stone about the griffin being artificial--and next day she said to Nigel: "You know a griffin is half a lion and half an eagle, and the other two halves when they've joined make the leo-griff.

Who acts: Princess, You, griffin, lion, other two halves · What happens: think, write, be, say, know, join · To what, where: stone, Nigel, lion, leo griff · Speech: someone speaks here

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 (Princess, You, griffin, lion), 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

nsubjccconjmarknsubj:passaux:passccompcasedetoblcasedetoblcopparataxispunctccamodobl:unmarkednsubjconjcaseoblpunctpunctnsubjccompdetnsubjcopdet:predetdetccompccdet:predetdetconjpunctccdetamodnummodnsubjmarknsubjauxaclparataxisdetcompoundpunctobjpunctrootShePRONthoughtVERBandCCONJthoughtVERBofSCONJwhatPRONwasAUXwrittenVERBonADPtheDETstoneNOUNaboutADPtheDETgriffinNOUNbeingAUXartificialADJ--PUNCTandCCONJnextADJdayNOUNshePRONsaidVERBtoADPNigelPROPN:PUNCT"PUNCTYouPRONknowVERBaDETgriffinNOUNisAUXhalfDETaDETlionNOUNandCCONJhalfDETanDETeagleNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJtheDETotherADJtwoNUMhalvesNOUNwhenSCONJtheyPRON'veAUXjoinedVERBmakeVERBtheDETleoNOUN-PUNCTgriffNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 thoughtnsubj
2thoughtthinkVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
3andandCCONJ_4 thoughtcc
4thoughtthinkVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin2 thoughtconj
5ofofSCONJ_8 writtenmark
6whatwhatPRONPronType=Int8 writtennsubj:pass
7wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin8 writtenaux:pass
8writtenwriteVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass4 thoughtccomp
9ononADP_11 stonecase
10thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art11 stonedet
11stonestoneNOUNNumber=Sing8 writtenobl
12aboutaboutADP_14 griffincase
13thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art14 griffindet
14griffingriffinNOUNNumber=Sing16 artificialobl
15beingbeAUXTense=Pres VerbForm=Part16 artificialcop
16artificialartificialADJDegree=Pos8 writtenparataxis
17----PUNCT_22 saidpunct
18andandCCONJ_22 saidcc
19nextnextADJDegree=Pos20 dayamod
20daydayNOUNNumber=Sing22 saidobl:unmarked
21sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs22 saidnsubj
22saidsayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin2 thoughtconj
23totoADP_24 Nigelcase
24NigelNigelPROPNNumber=Sing22 saidobl
25::PUNCT_28 knowpunct
26""PUNCT_28 knowpunct
27YouyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs28 knownsubj
28knowknowVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin22 saidccomp
29aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art30 griffindet
30griffingriffinNOUNNumber=Sing34 lionnsubj
31isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin34 lioncop
32halfhalfDETNumForm=Word NumType=Frac PronType=Ind34 liondet:predet
33aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art34 liondet
34lionlionNOUNNumber=Sing28 knowccomp
35andandCCONJ_38 eaglecc
36halfhalfDETNumForm=Word NumType=Frac PronType=Ind38 eagledet:predet
37anaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art38 eagledet
38eagleeagleNOUNNumber=Sing34 lionconj
39,,PUNCT_49 makepunct
40andandCCONJ_49 makecc
41thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art44 halvesdet
42otherotherADJDegree=Pos44 halvesamod
43twotwoNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card44 halvesnummod
44halveshalfNOUNNumber=Plur49 makensubj
45whenwhenSCONJ_48 joinedmark
46theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs48 joinednsubj
47'vehaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin48 joinedaux
48joinedjoinVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass44 halvesacl
49makemakeVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin2 thoughtparataxis
50thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art53 griffdet
51leoleoNOUNNumber=Sing53 griffcompound
52--PUNCT_51 leopunct
53griffgriffNOUNNumber=Sing49 makeobj
54..PUNCT_2 thoughtpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1think speech: otherpastPrincessvn consider-29.9-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2think speech: otherpastPrincess not said herevn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3writepast · passivethe stonevn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme on stone=Destination
4isgerundabout the griffin; artificial propertytree rules
5say speech: assertpastPrincessNigeldayvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to nigel=Recipient clause=Topic
6know in a quotepresentYouvn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
7is a in a quotepresenta griffinhalf lion and half eagletree rules
8join in a quotepresent · perfectlionvn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
9make in a quotepresentthe other two halvesthe leo griffvn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset griff=Product

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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