The Book of Dragons, The Fiery Dragon], sentence 34

And they swept across the field and into the gate of the town, and the Princess heard the gate bang, and the children were out of sight--but on the other side of the field the rose-thorns crackled and smashed in the hedge, and something very large and glaring and horrible trampled the ferns in the ditch for one moment before it hid itself again in the covert of the wood.

Who acts: voices, Princess, children, something, bang · What happens: sweep, hear, be, crackle, smash, trample · To what, where: field, gate bang, sight, rose thorns, hedge, ferns

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 (voices, Princess, children, something), 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	And	and	CCONJ	_	3 swept	cc
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 swept	nsubj
3	swept	sweep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	across	across	ADP	_	6 field	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 field	det
6	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 swept	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 gate	cc
8	into	into	ADP	_	10 gate	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 gate	det
10	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 field	conj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 town	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 town	det
13	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 gate	nmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 heard	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 heard	cc
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 Princess	det
17	Princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 heard	nsubj
18	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 swept	parataxis
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 bang	det
20	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 bang	compound
21	bang	bang	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 heard	obj
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	29 sight	punct
23	and	and	CCONJ	_	29 sight	cc
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 children	det
25	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	29 sight	nsubj
26	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	29 sight	cop
27	out	out	ADP	_	29 sight	case
28	of	of	ADP	_	29 sight	case
29	sight	sight	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 heard	conj
30	--	--	PUNCT	_	35 side	punct
31	but	but	CCONJ	_	35 side	cc
32	on	on	ADP	_	35 side	case
33	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	35 side	det
34	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	35 side	amod
35	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 swept	obl
36	of	of	ADP	_	38 field	case
37	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	38 field	det
38	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 side	nmod
39	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	42 thorns	det
40	rose	rose	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 thorns	compound
41	-	-	PUNCT	_	40 rose	punct
42	thorns	thorn	NOUN	Number=Plur	35 side	nmod
43	crackled	crackle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	42 thorns	acl
44	and	and	CCONJ	_	45 smashed	cc
45	smashed	smash	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	43 crackled	conj
46	in	in	ADP	_	48 hedge	case
47	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	48 hedge	det
48	hedge	hedge	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 smashed	obl
49	,	,	PUNCT	_	58 trampled	punct
50	and	and	CCONJ	_	58 trampled	cc
51	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	58 trampled	nsubj
52	very	very	ADV	_	53 large	advmod
53	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	51 something	amod
54	and	and	CCONJ	_	55 glaring	cc
55	glaring	glaring	ADJ	Degree=Pos	53 large	conj
56	and	and	CCONJ	_	57 horrible	cc
57	horrible	horrible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	53 large	conj
58	trampled	trample	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	42 thorns	acl
59	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	60 ferns	det
60	ferns	fern	NOUN	Number=Plur	58 trampled	obj
61	in	in	ADP	_	63 ditch	case
62	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	63 ditch	det
63	ditch	ditch	NOUN	Number=Sing	60 ferns	nmod
64	for	for	ADP	_	66 moment	case
65	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	66 moment	nummod
66	moment	moment	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 trampled	obl
67	before	before	SCONJ	_	69 hid	mark
68	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	69 hid	nsubj
69	hid	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	58 trampled	advcl
70	itself	itself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	69 hid	obj
71	again	again	ADV	_	69 hid	advmod
72	in	in	ADP	_	74 covert	case
73	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	74 covert	det
74	covert	covert	NOUN	Number=Sing	69 hid	obl
75	of	of	ADP	_	77 wood	case
76	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	77 wood	det
77	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	74 covert	nmod
78	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 swept	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sweep	past	voices = voice		the field and the gate of the town		on the other side of the field the rose thorns	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme across field=Trajectory
2	hear	past	the Princess	the gate bang				vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer bang=Stimulus
3	is	past	the children		sight			tree rules
4	crackle	participle		the rose thorns not said here				vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	smash	participle			the hedge			vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent in hedge=Destination
6	trample	participle	something	the ferns	the ditch	moment		tree rules
7	hide	past	bang	bang	the covert of the wood	again		vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent itself=Patient in covert=Location

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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