The Book of Dragons, The Fiery Dragon], sentence 145

The bottle sealed with Solomon's seal had swollen to three times its proper size and seemed to be nearly red hot, and the air got warmer and warmer and the bottle bigger and bigger, till all the junior secretaries agreed that the place was too hot to hold them, and out they went, tumbling over each other in their haste, and just as the last got out and locked the door the bottle burst, and out came the dragon, very fiery, and swelling more and more every minute, and he began to eat the sacks of gold and crunch up the pearls and diamonds and rubies as if they were sugar.

Who acts: air, junior secretaries, place, woods, last, secretary · What happens: seal, swell, seem, be, get, agree · To what, where: bottle, woods, each, door, dragon, more · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Book of Dragons» by E. Nesbit, The Fiery Dragon]. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (air, junior secretaries, place, woods), 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	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bottle	det
2	bottle	bottle	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 swollen	nsubj:pass
3	sealed	seal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 bottle	acl
4	with	with	ADP	_	7 seal	case
5	Solomon	Solomon	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 seal	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 Solomon	case
7	seal	seal	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sealed	obl
8	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 swollen	aux
9	swollen	swell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 times	case
11	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 times	nummod
12	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 swollen	obl
13	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 size	nmod:poss
14	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 size	amod
15	size	size	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 times	nmod
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 seemed	cc
17	seemed	seem	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 swollen	conj
18	to	to	PART	_	22 hot	mark
19	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	22 hot	cop
20	nearly	nearly	ADV	_	22 hot	advmod
21	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 hot	amod
22	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 seemed	xcomp
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 got	punct
24	and	and	CCONJ	_	27 got	cc
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 air	det
26	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 got	nsubj
27	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 swollen	parataxis
28	warmer	warm	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	27 got	xcomp
29	and	and	CCONJ	_	30 warmer	cc
30	warmer	warm	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	28 warmer	conj
31	and	and	CCONJ	_	34 bigger	cc
32	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	33 bottle	det
33	bottle	bottle	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 bigger	nsubj
34	bigger	big	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	28 warmer	conj
35	and	and	CCONJ	_	36 bigger	cc
36	bigger	big	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	34 bigger	conj
37	,	,	PUNCT	_	43 agreed	punct
38	till	till	SCONJ	_	43 agreed	mark
39	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	42 secretaries	det:predet
40	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	42 secretaries	det
41	junior	junior	ADJ	Degree=Pos	42 secretaries	amod
42	secretaries	secretary	NOUN	Number=Plur	43 agreed	nsubj
43	agreed	agree	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	27 got	conj
44	that	that	SCONJ	_	49 hot	mark
45	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	46 place	det
46	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 hot	nsubj
47	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	49 hot	cop
48	too	too	ADV	_	49 hot	advmod
49	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	43 agreed	ccomp
50	to	to	PART	_	51 hold	mark
51	hold	hold	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	49 hot	advcl
52	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	51 hold	obj
53	,	,	PUNCT	_	57 went	punct
54	and	and	CCONJ	_	57 went	cc
55	out	out	ADP	_	57 went	mark
56	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	57 went	nsubj
57	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	27 got	conj
58	,	,	PUNCT	_	59 tumbling	punct
59	tumbling	tumble	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	57 went	advcl
60	over	over	ADP	_	61 each	case
61	each	each	DET	ExtPos=PRON PronType=Rcp	59 tumbling	obl
62	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	61 each	fixed
63	in	in	ADP	_	65 haste	case
64	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	65 haste	nmod:poss
65	haste	haste	NOUN	Number=Sing	59 tumbling	obl
66	,	,	PUNCT	_	72 got	punct
67	and	and	CCONJ	_	72 got	cc
68	just	just	ADV	_	72 got	advmod
69	as	as	SCONJ	_	72 got	mark
70	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	71 last	det
71	last	last	NOUN	Number=Sing	72 got	nsubj
72	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	27 got	parataxis
73	out	out	ADV	_	72 got	advmod
74	and	and	CCONJ	_	75 locked	cc
75	locked	lock	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	72 got	conj
76	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	77 door	det
77	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	75 locked	obj
78	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	80 burst	det
79	bottle	bottle	NOUN	Number=Sing	80 burst	compound
80	burst	burst	NOUN	Number=Sing	75 locked	obj
81	,	,	PUNCT	_	84 came	punct
82	and	and	CCONJ	_	84 came	cc
83	out	out	ADV	_	84 came	advmod
84	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	27 got	conj
85	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	86 dragon	det
86	dragon	dragon	NOUN	Number=Sing	84 came	obj
87	,	,	PUNCT	_	89 fiery	punct
88	very	very	ADV	_	89 fiery	advmod
89	fiery	fiery	ADJ	Degree=Pos	86 dragon	conj
90	,	,	PUNCT	_	92 swelling	punct
91	and	and	CCONJ	_	92 swelling	cc
92	swelling	swell	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	84 came	advcl
93	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	92 swelling	obj
94	and	and	CCONJ	_	97 minute	cc
95	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	97 minute	advmod
96	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	97 minute	det
97	minute	minute	NOUN	Number=Sing	93 more	conj
98	,	,	PUNCT	_	101 began	punct
99	and	and	CCONJ	_	101 began	cc
100	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	101 began	nsubj
101	began	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	27 got	conj
102	to	to	PART	_	103 eat	mark
103	eat	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	101 began	xcomp
104	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	105 sacks	det
105	sacks	sack	NOUN	Number=Plur	103 eat	obj
106	of	of	ADP	_	107 gold	case
107	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	105 sacks	nmod
108	and	and	CCONJ	_	109 crunch	cc
109	crunch	crunch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	103 eat	conj
110	up	up	ADP	_	109 crunch	compound:prt
111	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	112 pearls	det
112	pearls	pearl	NOUN	Number=Plur	109 crunch	obj
113	and	and	CCONJ	_	114 diamonds	cc
114	diamonds	diamond	NOUN	Number=Plur	112 pearls	conj
115	and	and	CCONJ	_	116 rubies	cc
116	rubies	ruby	NOUN	Number=Plur	112 pearls	conj
117	as	as	ADP	_	121 sugar	case
118	if	if	SCONJ	_	121 sugar	mark
119	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	121 sugar	nsubj
120	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	121 sugar	cop
121	sugar	sugar	NOUN	Number=Sing	109 crunch	obl
122	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 swollen	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	seal	participle		the bottle not said here			with Solomon's seal	vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
2	swell	past · perfect · passive		the bottle		time		vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V NP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: subject=Extent
3	seem	past						vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme
4	is	to-infinitive					hot, nearly property	tree rules
5	get	past	the air				warm property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
6	agree speech: agree	past	all junior secretaries					vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
7	is	past	the place				hot property	tree rules
8	hold	to-infinitive	the place not said here	woods = wood				vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
9	go	past	woods = wood					vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
10	tumble	gerund	woods = wood not said here		each		in woods's haste	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in haste=Attribute
11	get out	past	the last				out property	vn withdraw-82-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
12	lock	past	the last not said here	the door				vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP ADJP»: agent=Agent door=Patient burst=Result
13	come	past	the air not said here	the dragon			out property	vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location dragon=Theme
14	swell	gerund	the air not said here	more and every minute				vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V NP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: agent=Patient more=Extent
15	begin	past	secretary					vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
16	eat	to-infinitive	secretary not said here	the sacks of gold				vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sack=Patient
17	crunch up	infinitive	secretary not said here	the pearls and diamonds and rubies				vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pearl=Patient
18	is a condition, not said to happen	past	woods = wood				as sugar	tree rules

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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