The Book of Dragons, The Dragon Tamers], sentence 169
Then the rich lady who owned the goat was so touched by John's noble action that she ordered a complete set of shoes at 2 shillings, 4 pence, and even made it up to 2 shillings, 6 pence, in grateful recognition of his public-spirited conduct.
Who acts: rich lady, noble action, lady, John · What happens: own, touch, order, make up, spirit, act · To what, where: goat, rich lady, complete set, 2 shillings, set, grateful recognition
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 (rich lady, noble action, lady, John), 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 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 11 touched | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 lady | det |
| 3 | rich | rich | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 lady | amod |
| 4 | lady | lady | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 touched | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 owned | nsubj |
| 6 | owned | own | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 lady | acl:relcl |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 goat | det |
| 8 | goat | goat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 owned | obj |
| 9 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 touched | aux:pass |
| 10 | so | so | ADV | _ | 11 touched | advmod |
| 11 | touched | touch | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 12 | by | by | ADP | _ | 16 action | case |
| 13 | John | John | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 action | nmod:poss |
| 14 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 13 John | case |
| 15 | noble | noble | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 action | amod |
| 16 | action | action | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 touched | obl |
| 17 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 19 ordered | mark |
| 18 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 ordered | nsubj |
| 19 | ordered | order | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 touched | advcl |
| 20 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 22 set | det |
| 21 | complete | complete | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 set | amod |
| 22 | set | set | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 ordered | obj |
| 23 | of | of | ADP | _ | 24 shoes | case |
| 24 | shoes | shoe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 22 set | nmod |
| 25 | at | at | ADP | _ | 27 shillings | case |
| 26 | 2 | 2 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 27 shillings | nummod |
| 27 | shillings | shilling | NOUN | Number=Plur | 19 ordered | obl |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 pence | punct |
| 29 | 4 | 4 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 30 pence | nummod |
| 30 | pence | pence | NOUN | Number=Plur | 27 shillings | conj |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 made | punct |
| 32 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 34 made | cc |
| 33 | even | even | ADV | _ | 34 made | advmod |
| 34 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 touched | parataxis |
| 35 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 34 made | obj |
| 36 | up | up | ADP | _ | 34 made | compound:prt |
| 37 | to | to | ADP | _ | 39 shillings | case |
| 38 | 2 | 2 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 39 shillings | nummod |
| 39 | shillings | shilling | NOUN | Number=Plur | 34 made | obl |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 pence | punct |
| 41 | 6 | 6 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 42 pence | nummod |
| 42 | pence | pence | NOUN | Number=Plur | 39 shillings | conj |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 recognition | punct |
| 44 | in | in | ADP | _ | 46 recognition | case |
| 45 | grateful | grateful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 46 recognition | amod |
| 46 | recognition | recognition | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 made | obl |
| 47 | of | of | ADP | _ | 52 conduct | case |
| 48 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 52 conduct | nmod:poss |
| 49 | public | public | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 51 spirited | compound |
| 50 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 49 public | punct |
| 51 | spirited | spirit | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 52 conduct | amod |
| 52 | conduct | conduct | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 recognition | nmod |
| 53 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 touched | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | own | past | the rich lady | the goat | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot goat=Theme | ||||
| 2 | touch | past · passive | John's noble action | the rich lady | then | vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme subject=Co-Theme | |||
| 3 | order | past | lady | a complete set of shoes | 2 shillings and 4 pence | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent set=Theme at shilling=Asset | |||
| 4 | make up | past | set | grateful recognition of John's spirited conduct | to 2 shillings and 6 pence | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Pivot | |||
| 5 | spirit | participle | tree rules | ||||||
| 6 | act | John | nom action «act intransitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 7 | recognize | John's spirited conduct | nom recognition «state transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 8 | conduct | John | nom conduct «act 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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