The Book of Dragons, The Dragon Tamers], sentence 44
But the dragon was too quick for him--it put out a great claw and caught him by the leg, and as it moved it rattled like a great bunch of keys, or like the sheet iron they make thunder out of in pantomimes.
Who acts: dragon, side, steps · What happens: be, put out, catch, move, rattle, make · To what, where: great claw, goodness, claw, thunder, pantomimes
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, side, steps), 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 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 6 quick | cc |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 dragon | det |
| 3 | dragon | dragon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 quick | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 quick | cop |
| 5 | too | too | ADV | _ | 6 quick | advmod |
| 6 | quick | quick | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 him | case |
| 8 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 quick | obl |
| 9 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 11 put | punct |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 put | nsubj |
| 11 | put | put | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 quick | parataxis |
| 12 | out | out | ADP | _ | 11 put | compound:prt |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 claw | det |
| 14 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 claw | amod |
| 15 | claw | claw | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 put | obj |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 caught | cc |
| 17 | caught | catch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 put | conj |
| 18 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 caught | obj |
| 19 | by | by | ADP | _ | 21 leg | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 leg | det |
| 21 | leg | leg | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 caught | obl |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 moved | punct |
| 23 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 26 moved | cc |
| 24 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 26 moved | mark |
| 25 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 26 moved | nsubj |
| 26 | moved | move | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 quick | parataxis |
| 27 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 26 moved | obj |
| 28 | rattled | rattle | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 26 moved | xcomp |
| 29 | like | like | ADP | _ | 32 bunch | case |
| 30 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 32 bunch | det |
| 31 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 32 bunch | amod |
| 32 | bunch | bunch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 rattled | obl |
| 33 | of | of | ADP | _ | 34 keys | case |
| 34 | keys | key | NOUN | Number=Plur | 32 bunch | nmod |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 make | punct |
| 36 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 42 make | cc |
| 37 | like | like | ADP | _ | 40 iron | case |
| 38 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 iron | det |
| 39 | sheet | sheet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 iron | compound |
| 40 | iron | iron | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 make | obl |
| 41 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 42 make | nsubj |
| 42 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 26 moved | parataxis |
| 43 | thunder | thunder | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 make | obj |
| 44 | out | out | ADP | _ | 47 pantomimes | case |
| 45 | of | of | ADP | _ | 47 pantomimes | case |
| 46 | in | in | ADP | _ | 47 pantomimes | case |
| 47 | pantomimes | pantomime | NOUN | Number=Plur | 42 make | obl |
| 48 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 quick | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the dragon | for goodness; quick property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | put out | past | side | a great claw | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent claw=Goal | ||||
| 3 | catch | past | side not said here | goodness | by the leg | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | |||
| 4 | move | past | side | claw | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | rattle | participle | side not said here | like a great bunch of keys | vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 6 | make | present | steps = step | thunder | pantomimes | like the sheet iron | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset thunder=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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