The Book of Dragons, The Fiery Dragon], sentence 43

It was his custom to hunt big game with hippopotamuses, and people would not have minded that so much--but he would swagger about in the streets of the town with his pack yelping and gamboling at his heels, and when he did that, the green-grocer, who had his stall in the marketplace, always regretted it; and the crockery merchant, who spread his wares on the pavement, was ruined for life every time the Prince chose to show off his pack.

Who acts: pack, people, Prince, green grocer, marketplace, crockery merchant · What happens: be, hunt, not mind, swagger, yelp, gambol · To what, where: custom, big game, that, streets, heels, stall

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 (pack, people, Prince, green grocer), 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	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 custom	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 custom	cop
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 custom	nmod:poss
4	custom	custom	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 hunt	mark
6	hunt	hunt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 custom	acl
7	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 game	amod
8	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hunt	obj
9	with	with	ADP	_	10 hippopotamuses	case
10	hippopotamuses	hippopotamus	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 game	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 minded	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 minded	cc
13	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 minded	nsubj
14	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 minded	aux
15	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	17 minded	advmod
16	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	17 minded	aux
17	minded	mind	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 custom	parataxis
18	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	17 minded	obj
19	so	so	ADV	_	20 much	advmod
20	much	much	ADV	_	17 minded	advmod
21	--	--	PUNCT	_	25 swagger	punct
22	but	but	CCONJ	_	25 swagger	cc
23	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 swagger	nsubj
24	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	25 swagger	aux
25	swagger	swagger	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 minded	conj
26	about	about	ADV	_	25 swagger	advmod
27	in	in	ADP	_	29 streets	case
28	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	29 streets	det
29	streets	street	NOUN	Number=Plur	25 swagger	obl
30	of	of	ADP	_	32 town	case
31	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	32 town	det
32	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 streets	nmod
33	with	with	ADP	_	35 pack	case
34	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	35 pack	nmod:poss
35	pack	pack	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 town	nmod
36	yelping	yelp	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	35 pack	acl
37	and	and	CCONJ	_	38 gamboling	cc
38	gamboling	gambol	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	36 yelping	conj
39	at	at	ADP	_	41 heels	case
40	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	41 heels	nmod:poss
41	heels	heel	NOUN	Number=Plur	38 gamboling	obl
42	,	,	PUNCT	_	46 did	punct
43	and	and	CCONJ	_	46 did	cc
44	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	46 did	advmod
45	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	46 did	nsubj
46	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	25 swagger	advcl
47	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	46 did	obj
48	,	,	PUNCT	_	52 grocer	punct
49	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	52 grocer	det
50	green	green	ADJ	Degree=Pos	52 grocer	amod
51	-	-	PUNCT	_	50 green	punct
52	grocer	grocer	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 did	parataxis
53	,	,	PUNCT	_	55 had	punct
54	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	55 had	nsubj
55	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	52 grocer	acl:relcl
56	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	57 stall	nmod:poss
57	stall	stall	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 had	obj
58	in	in	ADP	_	60 marketplace	case
59	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	60 marketplace	det
60	marketplace	marketplace	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 had	obl
61	,	,	PUNCT	_	63 regretted	punct
62	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	63 regretted	advmod
63	regretted	regret	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	60 marketplace	acl:relcl
64	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	63 regretted	obj
65	;	;	PUNCT	_	80 ruined	punct
66	and	and	CCONJ	_	80 ruined	cc
67	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	69 merchant	det
68	crockery	crockery	NOUN	Number=Sing	69 merchant	compound
69	merchant	merchant	NOUN	Number=Sing	80 ruined	nsubj:pass
70	,	,	PUNCT	_	72 spread	punct
71	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	72 spread	nsubj
72	spread	spread	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	69 merchant	acl:relcl
73	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	74 wares	nmod:poss
74	wares	ware	NOUN	Number=Plur	72 spread	obj
75	on	on	ADP	_	77 pavement	case
76	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	77 pavement	det
77	pavement	pavement	NOUN	Number=Sing	72 spread	obl
78	,	,	PUNCT	_	69 merchant	punct
79	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	80 ruined	aux:pass
80	ruined	ruin	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 custom	parataxis
81	for	for	ADP	_	82 life	case
82	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	80 ruined	obl
83	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	84 time	det
84	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	87 chose	obl:unmarked
85	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	86 Prince	det
86	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	87 chose	nsubj
87	chose	choose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	80 ruined	conj
88	to	to	PART	_	89 show	mark
89	show	show	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	87 chose	xcomp
90	off	off	ADP	_	89 show	compound:prt
91	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	92 pack	nmod:poss
92	pack	pack	NOUN	Number=Sing	89 show	obj
93	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 custom	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	pack	Prince's custom				tree rules
2	hunt	to-infinitive		big game			with hippopotamuses	vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Theme
3	not mind	would · perfect	people	that				vn caring-75.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Theme
4	swagger	would	Prince		the streets of the town with Prince's pack		about property	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in street=Trajectory
5	yelp	gerund	Prince's pack not said here					vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent
6	gambol	gerund	Prince's pack not said here		Prince's heels			vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at heel=Trajectory
7	do	past	Prince	that				vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Eventuality
8	have	past	the green grocer	Prince's stall	the marketplace			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stall=Patient
9	regret	past	the marketplace not said here	pack			always property	vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus
10	spread	past	the crockery merchant	Prince's wares	the pavement			vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent ware=Theme on pavement=Destination
11	ruin	past · passive		the crockery merchant			for life	vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
12	choose	past	the Prince			time		tree rules
13	show off	to-infinitive	the Prince not said here	Prince's pack				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent pack=Recipient

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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