The Book of Dragons, The Fiery Dragon], sentence 198
The dragon had waited patiently for the Prince, and the moment he opened the door and came out--though he was only out for an instant to post a letter to his Prime Minister saying where he was and asking them to send the fire brigade to deal with the fiery dragon--the dragon ate him.
Who acts: Prince, moment, dragon · What happens: wait, open, come out, be, post, say · To what, where: dragon, door, letter, Prime Minister, children, fire brigade · 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 (Prince, moment, 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 dragon | det |
| 2 | dragon | dragon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 waited | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 waited | aux |
| 4 | waited | wait | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | patiently | patiently | ADV | _ | 4 waited | advmod |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 Prince | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 Prince | det |
| 8 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 waited | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 came | punct |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 came | cc |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 moment | det |
| 12 | moment | moment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 came | nsubj |
| 13 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 opened | nsubj |
| 14 | opened | open | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 moment | acl:relcl |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 door | det |
| 16 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 opened | obj |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 opened | cc |
| 18 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 waited | conj |
| 19 | out | out | ADV | _ | 18 came | advmod |
| 20 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 25 out | punct |
| 21 | though | though | SCONJ | _ | 25 out | mark |
| 22 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 25 out | nsubj |
| 23 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 25 out | cop |
| 24 | only | only | ADV | _ | 25 out | advmod |
| 25 | out | out | ADV | _ | 4 waited | advmod |
| 26 | for | for | ADP | _ | 28 instant | case |
| 27 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 28 instant | det |
| 28 | instant | instant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 out | obl |
| 29 | to | to | PART | _ | 30 post | mark |
| 30 | post | post | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 waited | advcl |
| 31 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 32 letter | det |
| 32 | letter | letter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 post | obj |
| 33 | to | to | ADP | _ | 36 Minister | case |
| 34 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 36 Minister | nmod:poss |
| 35 | Prime | Prime | PROPN | _ | 36 Minister | compound |
| 36 | Minister | Minister | PROPN | Number=Sing | 30 post | obl |
| 37 | saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 30 post | advcl |
| 38 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 42 asking | advmod |
| 39 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 42 asking | nsubj |
| 40 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 42 asking | aux |
| 41 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 42 asking | cc |
| 42 | asking | ask | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 37 saying | ccomp |
| 43 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 42 asking | obj |
| 44 | to | to | PART | _ | 45 send | mark |
| 45 | send | send | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 42 asking | xcomp |
| 46 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 48 brigade | det |
| 47 | fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 brigade | compound |
| 48 | brigade | brigade | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 send | obj |
| 49 | to | to | PART | _ | 50 deal | mark |
| 50 | deal | deal | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 45 send | advcl |
| 51 | with | with | ADP | _ | 54 dragon | case |
| 52 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 54 dragon | det |
| 53 | fiery | fiery | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 54 dragon | amod |
| 54 | dragon | dragon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 deal | obl |
| 55 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 58 ate | punct |
| 56 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 57 dragon | det |
| 57 | dragon | dragon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 58 ate | nsubj |
| 58 | ate | eat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 54 dragon | acl:relcl |
| 59 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 58 ate | obj |
| 60 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 waited | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | past · perfect · passive | the dragon | for the Prince; patiently property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | open | past | Prince | the door | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location door=Theme | ||||
| 3 | come out | past | the moment | out property | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 4 | is | past | Prince | for a instant; out property | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | post | to-infinitive | a letter | Prince's Prime Minister | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent letter=Theme to minister=Destination | ||||
| 6 | say speech: assert | gerund | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||||
| 7 | ask speech: ask | past · progressive | Prince | children = child | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 8 | send not said to happen | to-infinitive | Prince not said here | the fire brigade | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brigade=Theme | ||||
| 9 | deal | to-infinitive | Prince not said here | with the fiery dragon | vn cope-83 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with dragon=Theme | ||||
| 10 | eat | past | the dragon | Prince | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=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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