The Book of Dragons, The Fiery Dragon], sentence 147
Then the Prince turned and ran for his life, and as he ran toward the dragonproof tower the little white Princess saw him coming, and she ran down and unlocked the door and let him in, and slammed the dragonproof door in the fiery face of the dragon, who sat down and whined outside, because he wanted the Prince very much indeed.
Who acts: Prince, little white Princess, Princess, dragon · What happens: turn, run, see, come, run down, unlock · To what, where: dragonproof tower, Prince, door, dragonproof door, fiery face
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 (Prince, little white Princess, Princess, dragon), 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 | 4 turned | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Prince | det |
| 3 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 turned | nsubj |
| 4 | turned | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 ran | cc |
| 6 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 turned | conj |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 life | case |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 life | nmod:poss |
| 9 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 ran | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 ran | punct |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 ran | cc |
| 12 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 14 ran | mark |
| 13 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 ran | nsubj |
| 14 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 turned | conj |
| 15 | toward | toward | ADP | _ | 18 tower | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 tower | det |
| 17 | dragonproof | dragonproof | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 tower | amod |
| 18 | tower | tower | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 ran | obl |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 Princess | det |
| 20 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 Princess | amod |
| 21 | white | white | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 Princess | amod |
| 22 | Princess | Princess | PROPN | Number=Sing | 23 saw | nsubj |
| 23 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 ran | parataxis |
| 24 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 23 saw | obj |
| 25 | coming | come | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 23 saw | xcomp |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 ran | punct |
| 27 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 29 ran | cc |
| 28 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 29 ran | nsubj |
| 29 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 turned | conj |
| 30 | down | down | ADV | _ | 29 ran | advmod |
| 31 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 32 unlocked | cc |
| 32 | unlocked | unlock | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 turned | conj |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 door | det |
| 34 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 unlocked | obj |
| 35 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 36 let | cc |
| 36 | let | let | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 32 unlocked | conj |
| 37 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 36 let | obj |
| 38 | in | in | ADP | _ | 36 let | compound:prt |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 slammed | punct |
| 40 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 41 slammed | cc |
| 41 | slammed | slam | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 turned | conj |
| 42 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 44 door | det |
| 43 | dragonproof | dragonproof | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 44 door | amod |
| 44 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 slammed | obj |
| 45 | in | in | ADP | _ | 48 face | case |
| 46 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 48 face | det |
| 47 | fiery | fiery | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 48 face | amod |
| 48 | face | face | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 slammed | obl |
| 49 | of | of | ADP | _ | 51 dragon | case |
| 50 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 51 dragon | det |
| 51 | dragon | dragon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 face | nmod |
| 52 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 54 sat | punct |
| 53 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 54 sat | nsubj |
| 54 | sat | sit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 51 dragon | acl:relcl |
| 55 | down | down | ADP | _ | 54 sat | compound:prt |
| 56 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 57 whined | cc |
| 57 | whined | whine | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 54 sat | conj |
| 58 | outside | outside | ADV | _ | 57 whined | advmod |
| 59 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 62 wanted | punct |
| 60 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 62 wanted | mark |
| 61 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 62 wanted | nsubj |
| 62 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 41 slammed | parataxis |
| 63 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 64 Prince | det |
| 64 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 62 wanted | obj |
| 65 | very | very | ADV | _ | 66 much | advmod |
| 66 | much | much | ADV | _ | 62 wanted | advmod |
| 67 | indeed | indeed | ADV | _ | 66 much | advmod |
| 68 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 turned | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn | past | the Prince | then | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | run | past | the Prince not said here | for Prince's life | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for life=Beneficiary | ||||
| 3 | run | past | Prince | the dragonproof tower | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme toward tower=Trajectory | ||||
| 4 | see | past | the little white Princess | Prince | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | come | gerund | Prince not said here | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 6 | run down | past | Princess | down property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 7 | unlock | past | the Prince not said here | the door | vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Patient | ||||
| 8 | let in | infinitive | the Prince not said here | Prince | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | ||||
| 9 | slam | past | the Prince not said here | the dragonproof door | the fiery face of the dragon | vn spank-18.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent door=Patient in face=Location | |||
| 10 | sit down | past | the dragon | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 11 | whine | participle | the dragon not said here | outside property | vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 12 | want | past | Prince | the Prince | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot prince=Theme |
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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