The Book of Dragons, The Fiery Dragon], sentence 188
So that was settled, and they began to talk of really important things, such as the dragon and the Prince, and all the time Elfin did not know that this was the Princess, but he knew that she had a heart of gold, and he told her so, many times.
Who acts: Sabrinetta, this, Elfin, Princess · What happens: settle, begin, talk, not know, be, know · To what, where: that, Princess, heart · 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 (Sabrinetta, this, Elfin, Princess), 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 | So | so | ADV | _ | 4 settled | advmod |
| 2 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 settled | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 settled | aux:pass |
| 4 | settled | settle | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 began | punct |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 began | cc |
| 7 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 began | nsubj |
| 8 | began | begin | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 settled | conj |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 talk | mark |
| 10 | talk | talk | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 began | xcomp |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 things | case |
| 12 | really | really | ADV | _ | 13 important | advmod |
| 13 | important | important | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 things | amod |
| 14 | things | thing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 talk | obl |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 dragon | punct |
| 16 | such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP | 19 dragon | case |
| 17 | as | as | ADP | _ | 16 such | fixed |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 dragon | det |
| 19 | dragon | dragon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 things | nmod |
| 20 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 Prince | cc |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 Prince | det |
| 22 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 dragon | conj |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 know | punct |
| 24 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 31 know | cc |
| 25 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 27 time | det:predet |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 time | det |
| 27 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 know | obl |
| 28 | Elfin | Elfin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 27 time | appos |
| 29 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 31 know | aux |
| 30 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 31 know | advmod |
| 31 | know | know | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 settled | conj |
| 32 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 36 Princess | mark |
| 33 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 36 Princess | nsubj |
| 34 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 36 Princess | cop |
| 35 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 Princess | det |
| 36 | Princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 know | ccomp |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 knew | punct |
| 38 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 40 knew | cc |
| 39 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 40 knew | nsubj |
| 40 | knew | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 settled | parataxis |
| 41 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 43 had | mark |
| 42 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 43 had | nsubj |
| 43 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 40 knew | ccomp |
| 44 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 45 heart | det |
| 45 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 had | obj |
| 46 | of | of | ADP | _ | 47 gold | case |
| 47 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 heart | nmod |
| 48 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 51 told | punct |
| 49 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 51 told | cc |
| 50 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 51 told | nsubj |
| 51 | told | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 40 knew | conj |
| 52 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 51 told | iobj |
| 53 | so | so | ADV | _ | 51 told | advmod |
| 54 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 56 times | punct |
| 55 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 56 times | amod |
| 56 | times | time | NOUN | Number=Plur | 51 told | obl:unmarked |
| 57 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 settled | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | settle | past · passive | that | vn odge-46-1 «NP V ADV»: subject=Location | |||||
| 2 | begin | past | Sabrinetta | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 3 | talk | to-infinitive | Sabrinetta not said here | of important things such the dragon and the Prince | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | not know | past · do-support | time | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 5 | is a | past | this | the Princess | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | know | past | Elfin | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 7 | have | past | Princess | a heart of gold | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heart=Patient | ||||
| 8 | tell speech: assert | past | Elfin | Princess | time | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient |
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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