The Book of Dragons, The Fiery Dragon], sentence 40
For she knew, of course, that the gates of the town were not dragonproof, and that the dragon could just walk in whenever he liked.
Who acts: Princess, gates, dragon, town · What happens: know, not be, walk, like
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 (Princess, gates, dragon, town), 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 | For | for | SCONJ | _ | 3 knew | mark |
| 2 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 knew | nsubj |
| 3 | knew | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 course | punct |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 course | case |
| 6 | course | course | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 knew | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 dragonproof | punct |
| 8 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 16 dragonproof | mark |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 gates | det |
| 10 | gates | gate | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 dragonproof | nsubj |
| 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 gates | nmod |
| 14 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 dragonproof | cop |
| 15 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 16 dragonproof | advmod |
| 16 | dragonproof | dragonproof | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 knew | conj |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 walk | punct |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 24 walk | cc |
| 19 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 24 walk | mark |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 dragon | det |
| 21 | dragon | dragon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 walk | nsubj |
| 22 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 24 walk | aux |
| 23 | just | just | ADV | _ | 24 walk | advmod |
| 24 | walk | walk | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 16 dragonproof | parataxis |
| 25 | in | in | ADP | _ | 26 whenever | case |
| 26 | whenever | whenever | ADV | PronType=Rel | 24 walk | advmod |
| 27 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 28 liked | nsubj |
| 28 | liked | like | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 26 whenever | advcl:relcl |
| 29 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 knew | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know | past | Princess | of course | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer of course=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | not is | past | the gates of the town | dragonproof property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | walk | could | the dragon | whenever property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 4 | like | past | town | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot |
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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