The Book of Dragons, The Dragon Tamers], sentence 153
"Then I wish you'd take this one, and let me get some sleep," said the dragon, yawning. "
Who acts: dragon, you · What happens: wish, take, let, get, say, yawn · To what, where: one, dragon, sleep · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Book of Dragons» by E. Nesbit, The Dragon Tamers]. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (dragon, you), 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 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 wish | punct |
| 2 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 4 wish | advmod |
| 3 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 wish | nsubj |
| 4 | wish | wish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 19 said | ccomp |
| 5 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 7 take | nsubj |
| 6 | 'd | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 take | aux |
| 7 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 wish | ccomp |
| 8 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 9 one | det |
| 9 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 take | obj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 let | punct |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 let | cc |
| 12 | let | let | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 4 wish | conj |
| 13 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 12 let | obj |
| 14 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 let | xcomp |
| 15 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 16 sleep | det |
| 16 | sleep | sleep | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 get | obj |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 wish | punct |
| 18 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 wish | punct |
| 19 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 dragon | det |
| 21 | dragon | dragon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 said | obj |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 yawning | punct |
| 23 | yawning | yawn | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 19 said | ccomp |
| 24 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 23 yawning | punct |
| 25 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 23 yawning | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wish in a quote | present | the dragon = dragon | then | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | ||||
| 2 | take in a quote | would | you | this one | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme | ||||
| 3 | let in a quote | infinitive | the dragon = dragon not said here | the dragon = dragon | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | get in a quote | infinitive | the dragon = dragon not said here | some sleep | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sleep=Stimulus | ||||
| 5 | say speech: assert | past | the dragon | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 6 | yawn | gerund | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=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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