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The Book of Dragons, Opening, part 2, sentence 46

It edged off when it saw him coming, for it was not at all the Dragon-fighting kind; and, seeing no other door open, the poor, hunted creature took refuge in the General Post Office, and there the Dragon found it, trying to conceal itself among the ten o'clock mail.

Who acts: picture, Dragon, poor hunted creature · What happens: edge off, see, come, fight, not be, hunt · To what, where: Dragon, other door, refuge, General Post Office, picture, o'clock mail

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 (picture, Dragon, poor hunted creature), 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

nsubjcompound:prtadvmodnsubjadvclobjxcomppunctcasensubjcopadvmodcasedet:predetdetcompoundpunctamodoblpunctccpunctadvcldetamodobjxcomppunctdetamodpunctamodnsubjparataxisobjcasedetamodcompoundoblpunctccexpldetnsubjconjobjpunctadvclmarkxcompobjcasedetnummodcompoundoblpunctrootItPRONedgedVERBoffADPwhenADVitPRONsawVERBhimPRONcomingVERB,PUNCTforADPitPRONwasAUXnotPARTatADPallDETtheDETDragonPROPN-PUNCTfightingVERBkindNOUN;PUNCTandCCONJ,PUNCTseeingVERBnoDETotherADJdoorNOUNopenADJ,PUNCTtheDETpoorADJ,PUNCThuntedVERBcreatureNOUNtookVERBrefugeNOUNinADPtheDETGeneralADJPostPROPNOfficePROPN,PUNCTandCCONJtherePRONtheDETDragonPROPNfoundVERBitPRON,PUNCTtryingVERBtoPARTconcealVERBitselfPRONamongADPtheDETtenNUMo'clockNOUNmailNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ItitPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 edgednsubj
2edgededgeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
3offoffADP_2 edgedcompound:prt
4whenwhenADVPronType=Int6 sawadvmod
5ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs6 sawnsubj
6sawseeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin2 edgedadvcl
7himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs6 sawobj
8comingcomeVERBVerbForm=Ger6 sawxcomp
9,,PUNCT_20 kindpunct
10forforADP_20 kindcase
11ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs20 kindnsubj
12wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin20 kindcop
13notnotPARTPolarity=Neg20 kindadvmod
14atatADP_20 kindcase
15allallDETPronType=Tot20 kinddet:predet
16thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art20 kinddet
17DragonDragonPROPNNumber=Sing20 kindcompound
18--PUNCT_17 Dragonpunct
19fightingfightVERBVerbForm=Ger20 kindamod
20kindkindNOUNNumber=Sing8 comingobl
21;;PUNCT_35 tookpunct
22andandCCONJ_35 tookcc
23,,PUNCT_22 andpunct
24seeingseeVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part35 tookadvcl
25nonoDETPronType=Neg27 doordet
26otherotherADJDegree=Pos27 dooramod
27doordoorNOUNNumber=Sing24 seeingobj
28openopenADJDegree=Pos24 seeingxcomp
29,,PUNCT_24 seeingpunct
30thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art34 creaturedet
31poorpoorADJDegree=Pos34 creatureamod
32,,PUNCT_31 poorpunct
33huntedhuntVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass34 creatureamod
34creaturecreatureNOUNNumber=Sing35 tooknsubj
35tooktakeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin2 edgedparataxis
36refugerefugeNOUNNumber=Sing35 tookobj
37ininADP_41 Officecase
38thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art41 Officedet
39GeneralGeneralADJDegree=Pos41 Officeamod
40PostPostPROPNNumber=Sing41 Officecompound
41OfficeOfficePROPNNumber=Sing35 tookobl
42,,PUNCT_47 foundpunct
43andandCCONJ_47 foundcc
44theretherePRONPronType=Dem47 foundexpl
45thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art46 Dragondet
46DragonDragonPROPNNumber=Sing47 foundnsubj
47foundfindVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin35 tookconj
48ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs47 foundobj
49,,PUNCT_50 tryingpunct
50tryingtryVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part47 foundadvcl
51totoPART_52 concealmark
52concealconcealVERBVerbForm=Inf50 tryingxcomp
53itselfitselfPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes52 concealobj
54amongamongADP_58 mailcase
55thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art58 maildet
56tentenNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card57 o'clocknummod
57o'clocko'clockNOUNNumber=Sing58 mailcompound
58mailmailNOUNNumber=Sing52 concealobl
59..PUNCT_2 edgedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1edge offpastpicturevn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location
2seepastpictureDragontree rules
3comegerundDragon not said herevn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4fightgerundvn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5not ispastpicturefor all Dragon fighting kindtree rules
6seegerundthe poor hunted creature not said hereno other dooropen propertyvn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer door=Stimulus
7huntparticiplevn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
8takepastthe poor hunted creaturerefugethe General Post Officevn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent refuge=Value in office=Location
9findpastthe Dragonpicturetherevn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic
10trygerundthe Dragon not said herevn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
11conceal not said to happento-infinitivethe Dragon not said herepicturethe o'clock mailvn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent itself=Patient among mail=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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