The Book of Dragons, The Fiery Dragon], sentence 200
So Sabrinetta went in and kissed her nurse and made her a cup of tea and explained what was going to happen, and that she had a heart of gold, so the dragon couldn't eat her; and the nurse saw that of course the Princess was quite safe, and kissed her and let her go.
Who acts: Sabrinetta, Dragon, nurse · What happens: go in, kiss, make, explain, go, happen · To what, where: nurse, cup, Dragon, 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, Dragon, nurse), 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 | _ | 3 went | advmod |
| 2 | Sabrinetta | Sabrinetta | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 went | nsubj |
| 3 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADV | _ | 3 went | advmod |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 kissed | cc |
| 6 | kissed | kiss | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 went | conj |
| 7 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 nurse | nmod:poss |
| 8 | nurse | nurse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 kissed | obj |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 made | cc |
| 10 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 went | conj |
| 11 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 made | obj |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 cup | det |
| 13 | cup | cup | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 made | obj |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 tea | case |
| 15 | tea | tea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 cup | nmod |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 explained | cc |
| 17 | explained | explain | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 made | conj |
| 18 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 20 going | nsubj |
| 19 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 20 going | aux |
| 20 | going | go | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 17 explained | ccomp |
| 21 | to | to | PART | _ | 22 happen | mark |
| 22 | happen | happen | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 20 going | xcomp |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 had | punct |
| 24 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 27 had | cc |
| 25 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 27 had | mark |
| 26 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 27 had | nsubj |
| 27 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 went | conj |
| 28 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 29 heart | det |
| 29 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 had | obj |
| 30 | of | of | ADP | _ | 31 gold | case |
| 31 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 heart | nmod |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 eat | punct |
| 33 | so | so | ADV | _ | 38 eat | advmod |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 dragon | det |
| 35 | dragon | dragon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 eat | nsubj |
| 36 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 38 eat | aux |
| 37 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 38 eat | advmod |
| 38 | eat | eat | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 27 had | parataxis |
| 39 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 38 eat | obj |
| 40 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 44 saw | punct |
| 41 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 44 saw | cc |
| 42 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 43 nurse | det |
| 43 | nurse | nurse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 saw | nsubj |
| 44 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 went | conj |
| 45 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 52 safe | mark |
| 46 | of | of | ADP | _ | 49 Princess | case |
| 47 | course | course | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 of | fixed |
| 48 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 49 Princess | det |
| 49 | Princess | Princess | PROPN | Number=Sing | 52 safe | obl |
| 50 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 52 safe | cop |
| 51 | quite | quite | ADV | _ | 52 safe | advmod |
| 52 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 44 saw | ccomp |
| 53 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 55 kissed | punct |
| 54 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 55 kissed | cc |
| 55 | kissed | kiss | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 went | parataxis |
| 56 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 55 kissed | obj |
| 57 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 58 let | cc |
| 58 | let | let | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 55 kissed | conj |
| 59 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 58 let | obj |
| 60 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 58 let | xcomp |
| 61 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 went | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go in | past | Sabrinetta | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | kiss | past | Sabrinetta not said here | Dragon's nurse | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nurse=Co-Agent | ||||
| 3 | make | past | Sabrinetta not said here | a cup of tea | Dragon | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset she=Beneficiary cup=Product | |||
| 4 | explain speech: assert | past | Sabrinetta not said here | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 5 | go | past · progressive | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||||
| 6 | happen | to-infinitive | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 7 | have | past | Dragon | a heart of gold | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heart=Patient | ||||
| 8 | not eat | could | the dragon | nurse | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient | ||||
| 9 | see | past | the nurse | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 10 | is | past | of the Princess; safe property | tree rules | |||||
| 11 | kiss | past | Dragon | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Co-Agent | |||||
| 12 | let | infinitive | Dragon | tree rules | |||||
| 13 | go | infinitive | Dragon not said here | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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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