The Book of Dragons, Opening, part 2, sentence 102
Of course he knew his way onto his own page, so there was no danger of his opening the book at the wrong page and letting out a Dragon or anything.
Who acts: King, danger · What happens: know, be, open, let out, page · To what, where: way, own page, book, wrong page, Dragon
This is a sentence of «The Book of Dragons» by E. Nesbit, Opening, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (King, danger), 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 | Of | of | ADP | _ | 2 course | case |
| 2 | course | course | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 knew | obl |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 knew | nsubj |
| 4 | knew | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 way | nmod:poss |
| 6 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 knew | obj |
| 7 | onto | onto | ADP | _ | 10 page | case |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 page | nmod:poss |
| 9 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 page | amod |
| 10 | page | page | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 knew | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 was | punct |
| 12 | so | so | ADV | _ | 14 was | advmod |
| 13 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 14 was | expl |
| 14 | was | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 knew | parataxis |
| 15 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 16 danger | det |
| 16 | danger | danger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 was | nsubj |
| 17 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 19 opening | mark |
| 18 | his | his | PRON | Gender=Masc Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 19 opening | nsubj |
| 19 | opening | open | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 16 danger | acl |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 book | det |
| 21 | book | book | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 opening | obj |
| 22 | at | at | ADP | _ | 25 page | case |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 page | det |
| 24 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 25 page | amod |
| 25 | page | page | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 opening | obl |
| 26 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 27 letting | cc |
| 27 | letting | let | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 19 opening | conj |
| 28 | out | out | ADP | _ | 27 letting | compound:prt |
| 29 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 30 Dragon | det |
| 30 | Dragon | Dragon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 27 letting | obj |
| 31 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 32 anything | cc |
| 32 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 30 Dragon | conj |
| 33 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 knew | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know | past | King | King's way | King's own page | of course | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer way=Stimulus | ||
| 2 | be | past | no danger | there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | open | gerund | King | the book | the wrong page | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent book=Theme at page=Location | |||
| 4 | let out | gerund | King not said here | a Dragon | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dragon=Theme | ||||
| 5 | page | King | nom page «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
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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