The Book of Dragons, The Fiery Dragon], sentence 239
"If a man is burnt by a dragon," said the nurse, "and a certain number of people are willing to die for him, it is enough if each should kiss the burn and wish it well in the depths of his loving heart."
Who acts: dragon, nurse, certain number, number, each · What happens: burnt, say, be, die, kiss, wish · To what, where: man, burn, depths · 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 (dragon, nurse, certain number, number), 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 | _ | 12 said | punct |
| 2 | If | if | SCONJ | _ | 6 burnt | mark |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 man | det |
| 4 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 burnt | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 burnt | aux:pass |
| 6 | burnt | burnt | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 12 said | advcl |
| 7 | by | by | ADP | _ | 9 dragon | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 dragon | det |
| 9 | dragon | dragon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 burnt | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 burnt | punct |
| 11 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 said | punct |
| 12 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 nurse | det |
| 14 | nurse | nurse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 said | obj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 said | punct |
| 16 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 said | punct |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 number | cc |
| 18 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 20 number | det |
| 19 | certain | certain | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 number | amod |
| 20 | number | number | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 willing | nsubj |
| 21 | of | of | ADP | _ | 22 people | case |
| 22 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 20 number | nmod |
| 23 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 24 willing | cop |
| 24 | willing | willing | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 said | ccomp |
| 25 | to | to | PART | _ | 26 die | mark |
| 26 | die | die | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 24 willing | xcomp |
| 27 | for | for | ADP | _ | 28 him | case |
| 28 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 26 die | obl |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 enough | punct |
| 30 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 32 enough | nsubj |
| 31 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 32 enough | cop |
| 32 | enough | enough | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 willing | conj |
| 33 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 36 kiss | mark |
| 34 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 36 kiss | nsubj |
| 35 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 36 kiss | aux |
| 36 | kiss | kiss | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 32 enough | advcl |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 burn | det |
| 38 | burn | burn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 kiss | obj |
| 39 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 40 wish | cc |
| 40 | wish | wish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 24 willing | conj |
| 41 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 40 wish | obj |
| 42 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 40 wish | advmod |
| 43 | in | in | ADP | _ | 45 depths | case |
| 44 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 45 depths | det |
| 45 | depths | depth | NOUN | Number=Plur | 40 wish | obl |
| 46 | of | of | ADP | _ | 49 heart | case |
| 47 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 49 heart | nmod:poss |
| 48 | loving | loving | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 49 heart | amod |
| 49 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 depths | nmod |
| 50 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 24 willing | punct |
| 51 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | burnt a condition, not said to happen, in a quote | present · passive | a dragon | a man | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | the nurse | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | is in a quote | present | a certain number of people | willing property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | die in a quote | to-infinitive | a certain number of people not said here | for man | vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for he=Theme | ||||
| 5 | is in a quote | present | number | enough property | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | kiss a condition, not said to happen, in a quote | should | each | the burn | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent burn=Co-Agent | ||||
| 7 | wish in a quote | present | a certain number of people not said here | burn | the depths of man's loving heart | well property | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot it=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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