The Book of Dragons, The Fiery Dragon], sentence 158
And there she was, in the street, and on the other side of the way the dragon was sitting whining, but he did not try to eat her, because--though the old nurse did not know it--dragons cannot eat white Princesses with hearts of gold.
Who acts: dragon, Prince, old nurse, dragons · What happens: sit, not be, eat, not know, not eat · To what, where: whining, Princess, white Princesses
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 (dragon, Prince, old nurse, dragons), 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 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 was | cc |
| 2 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 4 was | expl |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 was | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 28 try | cop |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 street | punct |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 street | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 street | det |
| 8 | street | street | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 was | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 side | punct |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 side | cc |
| 11 | on | on | ADP | _ | 14 side | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 side | det |
| 13 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 side | amod |
| 14 | side | side | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 was | obl |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 way | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 way | det |
| 17 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 side | nmod |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 dragon | det |
| 19 | dragon | dragon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 sitting | nsubj |
| 20 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 21 sitting | aux |
| 21 | sitting | sit | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 17 way | acl:relcl |
| 22 | whining | whining | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 sitting | obj |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 try | punct |
| 24 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 28 try | cc |
| 25 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 28 try | nsubj |
| 26 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 28 try | aux |
| 27 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 28 try | advmod |
| 28 | try | try | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 29 | to | to | PART | _ | 30 eat | mark |
| 30 | eat | eat | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 28 try | xcomp |
| 31 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 30 eat | obj |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 know | punct |
| 33 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 41 know | mark |
| 34 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 41 know | punct |
| 35 | though | though | SCONJ | _ | 41 know | mark |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 nurse | det |
| 37 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 38 nurse | amod |
| 38 | nurse | nurse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 know | nsubj |
| 39 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 41 know | aux |
| 40 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 41 know | advmod |
| 41 | know | know | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 30 eat | conj |
| 42 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 41 know | obj |
| 43 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 47 eat | punct |
| 44 | dragons | dragon | NOUN | Number=Plur | 47 eat | nsubj |
| 45 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 47 eat | aux |
| 46 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 47 eat | advmod |
| 47 | eat | eat | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 28 try | conj |
| 48 | white | white | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 49 Princesses | amod |
| 49 | Princesses | princess | NOUN | Number=Plur | 47 eat | obj |
| 50 | with | with | ADP | _ | 51 hearts | case |
| 51 | hearts | heart | NOUN | Number=Plur | 47 eat | obl |
| 52 | of | of | ADP | _ | 53 gold | case |
| 53 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 hearts | nmod |
| 54 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 28 try | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sit | past · progressive | the dragon | whining | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location whining=Theme | ||||
| 2 | not is | past · do-support | Prince | try property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | eat not said to happen | to-infinitive | Prince not said here | Princess | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient | ||||
| 4 | not know | past · do-support | the old nurse | whining | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | ||||
| 5 | not eat | can | dragons | white Princesses | with hearts of gold | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=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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