The Book of Dragons, The Dragon Tamers], sentence 97
"Then bring it here," said the dragon, "and I'll take care of it till you've done riveting me, and you shall tie me up."
Who acts: dragon, you · What happens: bring, say, take, do, rivet, tie up · To what, where: bit, care, dragon · 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 | _ | 3 bring | punct |
| 2 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 3 bring | advmod |
| 3 | bring | bring | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 said | ccomp |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 bring | obj |
| 5 | here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | 3 bring | advmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 bring | punct |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 bring | punct |
| 8 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 dragon | det |
| 10 | dragon | dragon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 said | obj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 said | punct |
| 12 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 said | punct |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 take | cc |
| 14 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 16 take | nsubj |
| 15 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 16 take | aux |
| 16 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 said | conj |
| 17 | care | care | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 take | obj |
| 18 | of | of | ADP | _ | 19 it | case |
| 19 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 take | obl |
| 20 | till | till | SCONJ | _ | 23 done | mark |
| 21 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 23 done | nsubj |
| 22 | 've | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 23 done | aux |
| 23 | done | do | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 16 take | advcl |
| 24 | riveting | rivet | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 23 done | advcl |
| 25 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 24 riveting | obj |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 tie | punct |
| 27 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 30 tie | cc |
| 28 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 30 tie | nsubj |
| 29 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 30 tie | aux |
| 30 | tie | tie | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 16 take | conj |
| 31 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 30 tie | obj |
| 32 | up | up | ADP | _ | 30 tie | compound:prt |
| 33 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 16 take | punct |
| 34 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 16 take | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bring in a quote | infinitive | bit | here | then | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent it=Theme | |||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | the dragon | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | take in a quote | future | the dragon = dragon | care | of care | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent care=Theme of it=Initial_Location | |||
| 4 | do in a quote | present · perfect | you | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 5 | rivet in a quote | gerund | you not said here | the dragon = dragon | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Patient | ||||
| 6 | tie up in a quote | shall | you | the dragon = dragon | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Patient |
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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