The Book of Dragons, The Fiery Dragon], sentence 229
"See the dear creature," said the nurse, wiping away a tear. "
Who acts: nurse · What happens: see, say, wipe away · To what, where: dear creature, tear · 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 (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 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 See | punct |
| 2 | See | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 said | ccomp |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 creature | det |
| 4 | dear | dear | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 creature | amod |
| 5 | creature | creature | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 See | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 See | punct |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 See | punct |
| 8 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 nurse | det |
| 10 | nurse | nurse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 said | obj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 wiping | punct |
| 12 | wiping | wipe | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 8 said | advcl |
| 13 | away | away | ADV | _ | 12 wiping | advmod |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 tear | det |
| 15 | tear | tear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 wiping | obj |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 said | punct |
| 17 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see in a quote | infinitive | the dear creature | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer creature=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | the nurse | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | wipe away | gerund | the nurse not said here | a tear | away property | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent tear=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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