The Book of Dragons, The Fiery Dragon], sentence 270
The five and seventy devoted pigs live in white marble sties with brass knockers and Pig on the doorplate, and are washed twice a day with Turkish sponges and soap scented with violets, and no one objects to their following the Prince when he walks abroad, for they behave beautifully, and always keep to the footpath, and obey the notices about not walking on the grass.
Who acts: five devoted pigs, one, Prince, pigs · What happens: live, wash, scent, object, follow, walk · To what, where: white marble sties, Turkish sponges, following Prince, notices, grass
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 (five devoted pigs, one, Prince, pigs), 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 | 6 pigs | det |
| 2 | five | five | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 6 pigs | nummod |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 seventy | cc |
| 4 | seventy | seventy | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 five | conj |
| 5 | devoted | devoted | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 pigs | amod |
| 6 | pigs | pig | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 live | nsubj |
| 7 | live | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 sties | case |
| 9 | white | white | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 sties | amod |
| 10 | marble | marble | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 sties | compound |
| 11 | sties | sty | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 live | obl |
| 12 | with | with | ADP | _ | 14 knockers | case |
| 13 | brass | brass | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 knockers | compound |
| 14 | knockers | knocker | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 sties | nmod |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 Pig | cc |
| 16 | Pig | pig | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 knockers | conj |
| 17 | on | on | ADP | _ | 19 doorplate | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 doorplate | det |
| 19 | doorplate | doorplate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 Pig | nmod |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 washed | punct |
| 21 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 23 washed | cc |
| 22 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 23 washed | aux:pass |
| 23 | washed | wash | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 live | parataxis |
| 24 | twice | twice | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 23 washed | advmod |
| 25 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 26 day | det |
| 26 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 washed | obl:unmarked |
| 27 | with | with | ADP | _ | 29 sponges | case |
| 28 | Turkish | Turkish | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 29 sponges | amod |
| 29 | sponges | sponge | NOUN | Number=Plur | 23 washed | obl |
| 30 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 31 soap | cc |
| 31 | soap | soap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 sponges | conj |
| 32 | scented | scent | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 29 sponges | acl |
| 33 | with | with | ADP | _ | 34 violets | case |
| 34 | violets | violet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 32 scented | obl |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 objects | punct |
| 36 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 39 objects | cc |
| 37 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 38 one | det |
| 38 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 objects | nsubj |
| 39 | objects | object | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 23 washed | conj |
| 40 | to | to | ADP | _ | 44 Prince | case |
| 41 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 44 Prince | nmod:poss |
| 42 | following | follow | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 44 Prince | amod |
| 43 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 44 Prince | det |
| 44 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 39 objects | obl |
| 45 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 47 walks | mark |
| 46 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 47 walks | nsubj |
| 47 | walks | walk | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 39 objects | advcl |
| 48 | abroad | abroad | ADV | _ | 47 walks | advmod |
| 49 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 52 behave | punct |
| 50 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 52 behave | mark |
| 51 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 52 behave | nsubj |
| 52 | behave | behave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 47 walks | conj |
| 53 | beautifully | beautifully | ADV | _ | 52 behave | advmod |
| 54 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 57 keep | punct |
| 55 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 57 keep | cc |
| 56 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 57 keep | advmod |
| 57 | keep | keep | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 7 live | parataxis |
| 58 | to | to | ADP | _ | 60 footpath | case |
| 59 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 60 footpath | det |
| 60 | footpath | footpath | NOUN | Number=Sing | 57 keep | obl |
| 61 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 63 obey | punct |
| 62 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 63 obey | cc |
| 63 | obey | obey | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 57 keep | conj |
| 64 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 65 notices | det |
| 65 | notices | notice | NOUN | Number=Plur | 63 obey | obj |
| 66 | about | about | SCONJ | _ | 68 walking | mark |
| 67 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 68 walking | advmod |
| 68 | walking | walk | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 63 obey | advcl |
| 69 | on | on | ADP | _ | 71 grass | case |
| 70 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 71 grass | det |
| 71 | grass | grass | NOUN | Number=Sing | 68 walking | obl |
| 72 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 live | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | present | the five devoted pigs | white marble sties with brass knockers and Pig on the doorplate | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in sty=Location | ||||
| 2 | wash | present · passive | day | with Turkish sponges and soap; twice property | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V PP.instrument»: with sponge=Instrument | ||||
| 3 | scent | participle | Turkish sponges and soap not said here | with violets | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with violet=Theme | ||||
| 4 | object speech: other | present | no one | pigs's following Prince | vn complain-37.8 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to prince=Recipient | ||||
| 5 | follow | gerund | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 6 | walk | present | Prince | abroad property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 7 | behave | present | pigs = pig | beautifully property | vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 8 | keep | infinitive | to the footpath; always property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 9 | obey | infinitive | the notices | vn abide_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent notice=Theme | |||||
| 10 | not walk | gerund | the grass | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on grass=Trajectory |
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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