The Book of Dragons, The Dragon Tamers], sentence 6

This was not much, because most of the trade went to the mayor of the town, who was also a blacksmith in quite a large way of business, and had his huge forge facing the square of the town, and had twelve apprentices, all hammering like a nest of woodpeckers, and twelve journeymen to order the apprentices about, and a patent forge and a self-acting hammer and electric bellows, and all things handsome about him.

Who acts: This, most, town, huge forge, all · What happens: not be, go, be, have, face, hammer · To what, where: patent forge, mayor, blacksmith, large way, huge forge, square

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 (This, most, town, huge forge), 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	This	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 much	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 much	cop
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 much	advmod
4	much	much	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 went	punct
6	because	because	SCONJ	_	11 went	mark
7	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	11 went	nsubj
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 trade	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 trade	det
10	trade	trade	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 most	nmod
11	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 much	conj
12	to	to	ADP	_	14 mayor	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 mayor	det
14	mayor	mayor	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 went	obl
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 town	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 town	det
17	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 mayor	nmod
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 blacksmith	punct
19	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	23 blacksmith	nsubj
20	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	23 blacksmith	cop
21	also	also	ADV	_	23 blacksmith	advmod
22	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	23 blacksmith	det
23	blacksmith	blacksmith	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 town	appos
24	in	in	ADP	_	28 way	case
25	quite	quite	DET	PronType=Ind	28 way	det:predet
26	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	28 way	det
27	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	28 way	amod
28	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 blacksmith	nmod
29	of	of	ADP	_	30 business	case
30	business	business	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 way	nmod
31	,	,	PUNCT	_	33 had	punct
32	and	and	CCONJ	_	33 had	cc
33	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 went	conj
34	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	36 forge	nmod:poss
35	huge	huge	ADJ	Degree=Pos	36 forge	amod
36	forge	forge	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 had	obj
37	facing	face	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	36 forge	acl
38	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	39 square	det
39	square	square	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 facing	obj
40	of	of	ADP	_	42 town	case
41	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	42 town	det
42	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 square	nmod
43	,	,	PUNCT	_	45 had	punct
44	and	and	CCONJ	_	45 had	cc
45	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 went	conj
46	twelve	twelve	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	47 apprentices	nummod
47	apprentices	apprentice	NOUN	Number=Plur	45 had	obj
48	,	,	PUNCT	_	50 hammering	punct
49	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	50 hammering	nsubj
50	hammering	hammer	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	47 apprentices	acl
51	like	like	ADP	_	53 nest	case
52	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	53 nest	det
53	nest	nest	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 hammering	obl
54	of	of	ADP	_	55 woodpeckers	case
55	woodpeckers	woodpecker	NOUN	Number=Plur	53 nest	nmod
56	,	,	PUNCT	_	59 journeymen	punct
57	and	and	CCONJ	_	59 journeymen	cc
58	twelve	twelve	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	59 journeymen	nummod
59	journeymen	journeyman	NOUN	Number=Plur	45 had	parataxis
60	to	to	PART	_	61 order	mark
61	order	order	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	59 journeymen	acl
62	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	63 apprentices	det
63	apprentices	apprentice	NOUN	Number=Plur	61 order	obj
64	about	about	ADV	_	61 order	advmod
65	,	,	PUNCT	_	69 forge	punct
66	and	and	CCONJ	_	69 forge	cc
67	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	69 forge	det
68	patent	patent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	69 forge	amod
69	forge	forge	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 went	obl
70	and	and	CCONJ	_	75 hammer	cc
71	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	75 hammer	det
72	self	self	NOUN	Number=Sing	74 acting	compound
73	-	-	PUNCT	_	72 self	punct
74	acting	act	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	75 hammer	amod
75	hammer	hammer	NOUN	Number=Sing	69 forge	conj
76	and	and	CCONJ	_	78 bellows	cc
77	electric	electric	ADJ	Degree=Pos	78 bellows	amod
78	bellows	bellow	NOUN	Number=Plur	69 forge	conj
79	,	,	PUNCT	_	83 handsome	punct
80	and	and	CCONJ	_	83 handsome	cc
81	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	82 things	det
82	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	83 handsome	nsubj
83	handsome	handsome	ADJ	Degree=Pos	69 forge	conj
84	about	about	ADP	_	85 him	case
85	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	83 handsome	obl
86	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 much	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	not is	past	This			much property	tree rules
2	go	past	most of the trade	a patent forge and a acting hammer and electric bellows	the mayor of the town		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to mayor=Initial_Location
3	is a	past	the town	a blacksmith	quite large way of business		tree rules
4	have	past	most of the trade not said here	way's huge forge			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent forge=Patient
5	face	gerund	way's huge forge not said here	the square of the town			vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme square=Destination
6	have	past	most of the trade not said here	twelve apprentices			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent apprentice=Patient
7	hammer	gerund	all	twelve apprentices not said here		like a nest of woodpeckers	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent apprentice=Patient
8	order	to-infinitive	most of the trade not said here	the apprentices		about property	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent apprentice=Theme
9	act	gerund					vn act-114-1-1 «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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