The Book of Dragons, The Dragon Tamers], sentence 159

So the mayor put his name down for five pounds, and the corporation each gave three, and other people gave their guineas and half guineas and half crowns and crowns, and while the subscription was being made the mayor ordered three poems at his own expense from the town poet to celebrate the occasion.

Who acts: mayor, corporation, other people, three poems, preserver · What happens: put down, give, make, order, celebrate, name · To what, where: name, three, guineas, subscription, three poems, own expense

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 (mayor, corporation, other people, three poems), 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	So	so	ADV	_	4 put	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 mayor	det
3	mayor	mayor	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 put	nsubj
4	put	put	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 name	nmod:poss
6	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 put	obj
7	down	down	ADV	_	4 put	advmod
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 pounds	case
9	five	five	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 pounds	nummod
10	pounds	pound	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 put	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 gave	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 gave	cc
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 corporation	det
14	corporation	corporation	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 gave	nsubj
15	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	14 corporation	nmod:unmarked
16	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 put	conj
17	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	16 gave	obj
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 gave	punct
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 gave	cc
20	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 people	amod
21	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	22 gave	nsubj
22	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 put	parataxis
23	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	24 guineas	nmod:poss
24	guineas	guinea	NOUN	Number=Plur	22 gave	obj
25	and	and	CCONJ	_	27 guineas	cc
26	half	half	NOUN	Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac	27 guineas	compound
27	guineas	guinea	NOUN	Number=Plur	24 guineas	conj
28	and	and	CCONJ	_	30 crowns	cc
29	half	half	NOUN	Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac	30 crowns	compound
30	crowns	crown	NOUN	Number=Plur	24 guineas	conj
31	and	and	CCONJ	_	32 crowns	cc
32	crowns	crown	NOUN	Number=Plur	24 guineas	conj
33	,	,	PUNCT	_	40 made	punct
34	and	and	CCONJ	_	40 made	cc
35	while	while	SCONJ	_	40 made	mark
36	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	37 subscription	det
37	subscription	subscription	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 made	nsubj:pass
38	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	40 made	aux:pass
39	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	40 made	aux:pass
40	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	22 gave	conj
41	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	42 mayor	det
42	mayor	mayor	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 ordered	nsubj
43	ordered	order	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	40 made	parataxis
44	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	45 poems	nummod
45	poems	poem	NOUN	Number=Plur	43 ordered	obj
46	at	at	ADP	_	49 expense	case
47	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	49 expense	nmod:poss
48	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	49 expense	amod
49	expense	expense	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 poems	nmod
50	from	from	ADP	_	53 poet	case
51	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	53 poet	det
52	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 poet	compound
53	poet	poet	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 expense	nmod
54	to	to	PART	_	55 celebrate	mark
55	celebrate	celebrate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	43 ordered	xcomp
56	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	57 occasion	det
57	occasion	occasion	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 celebrate	obj
58	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 put	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	put down	past	the mayor	preserver's name		for five pounds; down property	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent name=Goal
2	give	past	the corporation each	three			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent three=Theme
3	give	past	other people	people's guineas and half guineas and half crowns and crowns			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent guinea=Theme
4	make	past · passive		the subscription			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product
5	order	past	the mayor	three poems	preserver's own expense from the town poet		vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent poem=Recipient clause=Topic
6	celebrate not said to happen	to-infinitive	three poems not said here	the occasion			vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent occasion=Theme
7	name		preserver				nom name «communication transitive»: 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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