The Book of Dragons, Opening, part 2, sentence 4

And I need hardly say that though the Prime Minister and the Chancellor and the Nurse might have the very poorest opinion of Lionel's private judgement, and might even slap him and send him to bed, the minute he got on his throne and set his crown on his head, he became infallible--which means that everything he said was right, and that he couldn't possibly make a mistake.

Who acts: I, Prime Minister, minute, Lionel, everything · What happens: say, have, slap, send, get, set · To what, where: poorest opinion, Lionel, bed, throne, crown, head · Speech: someone speaks here

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 (I, Prime Minister, minute, Lionel), 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	_	5 say	cc
2	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 say	nsubj
3	need	need	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 say	aux
4	hardly	hardly	ADV	_	5 say	advmod
5	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	18 have	mark
7	though	though	SCONJ	_	18 have	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Minister	det
9	Prime	Prime	PROPN	_	10 Minister	compound
10	Minister	Minister	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 have	nsubj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 Chancellor	cc
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Chancellor	det
13	Chancellor	Chancellor	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 Minister	conj
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 Nurse	cc
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 Nurse	det
16	Nurse	nurse	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 Minister	conj
17	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	18 have	aux
18	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 say	ccomp
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 opinion	det
20	very	very	ADV	_	21 poorest	advmod
21	poorest	poor	ADJ	Degree=Sup	22 opinion	amod
22	opinion	opinion	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 have	obj
23	of	of	ADP	_	27 judgement	case
24	Lionel	Lionel	PROPN	Number=Sing	27 judgement	nmod:poss
25	's	's	PART	_	24 Lionel	case
26	private	private	ADJ	Degree=Pos	27 judgement	amod
27	judgement	judgement	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 opinion	nmod
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 slap	punct
29	and	and	CCONJ	_	32 slap	cc
30	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	32 slap	aux
31	even	even	ADV	_	32 slap	advmod
32	slap	slap	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 say	conj
33	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	32 slap	obj
34	and	and	CCONJ	_	35 send	cc
35	send	send	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	32 slap	conj
36	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	35 send	obj
37	to	to	ADP	_	38 bed	case
38	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 send	obl
39	,	,	PUNCT	_	43 got	punct
40	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	41 minute	det
41	minute	minute	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 got	nsubj
42	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	43 got	nsubj
43	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 say	parataxis
44	on	on	ADP	_	46 throne	case
45	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	46 throne	nmod:poss
46	throne	throne	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 got	obl
47	and	and	CCONJ	_	48 set	cc
48	set	set	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	43 got	conj
49	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	50 crown	nmod:poss
50	crown	crown	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 set	obj
51	on	on	ADP	_	53 head	case
52	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	53 head	nmod:poss
53	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 set	obl
54	,	,	PUNCT	_	56 became	punct
55	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	56 became	nsubj
56	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 say	parataxis
57	infallible	infallible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	56 became	xcomp
58	--	--	PUNCT	_	60 means	punct
59	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	60 means	nsubj
60	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	57 infallible	parataxis
61	that	that	SCONJ	_	66 right	mark
62	everything	everything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	66 right	nsubj
63	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	64 said	nsubj
64	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	62 everything	acl:relcl
65	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	66 right	cop
66	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	60 means	ccomp
67	,	,	PUNCT	_	74 make	punct
68	and	and	CCONJ	_	74 make	cc
69	that	that	SCONJ	_	74 make	mark
70	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	74 make	nsubj
71	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	74 make	aux
72	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	74 make	advmod
73	possibly	possibly	ADV	_	74 make	advmod
74	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	56 became	conj
75	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	76 mistake	det
76	mistake	mistake	NOUN	Number=Sing	74 make	obj
77	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 say	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	I			hardly property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	have	might	the Prime Minister and the Chancellor and the Nurse	the poorest opinion of Lionel's private judgement			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent opinion=Patient
3	slap	might	I not said here	Lionel			vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent he=Instrument
4	send	infinitive	I not said here	Lionel	bed		vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to bed=Destination
5	get	past	the minute		Lionel's throne		vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent on throne=Source
6	set	past	the minute not said here	Lionel's crown	Lionel's head		vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent crown=Theme on head=Destination
7	become	past	Lionel			infallible property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
8	mean	present					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
9	say speech: assert	past	Lionel				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
10	is	past	everything			right property	tree rules
11	not make	could	Lionel	a mistake		possibly property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mistake=Product
12	opine			Lionel's private judgement			nom opinion «cognition transitive»: of=patient
13	crown		Lionel				nom crown «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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