The Book of Dragons, Opening, part 2, sentence 68

The book fell open wide, almost in the middle, and there was written at the bottom of the page, "Hippogriff," and before Lionel had time to see what the picture was, there was a fluttering of great wings and a stamping of hoofs, and a sweet, soft, friendly neighing; and there came out of the book a beautiful white horse with a long, long, white mane and a long, long, white tail, and he had great wings like swan's wings, and the softest, kindest eyes in the world, and he stood there among the roses.

Who acts: book, Lionel, picture, fluttering, beautiful white horse, great wings · What happens: fall, write, have, see, be, neigh · To what, where: middle, bottom, time, book, great wings, roses

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 (book, Lionel, picture, fluttering), 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	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 book	det
2	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fell	nsubj
3	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 fell	xcomp
5	wide	wide	ADV	_	3 fell	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 middle	punct
7	almost	almost	ADV	_	10 middle	advmod
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 middle	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 middle	det
10	middle	middle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fell	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 written	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 written	cc
13	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	15 written	expl
14	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 written	aux:pass
15	written	write	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 fell	parataxis
16	at	at	ADP	_	18 bottom	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 bottom	det
18	bottom	bottom	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 written	obl
19	of	of	ADP	_	21 page	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 page	det
21	page	page	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 bottom	nmod
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 Hippogriff	punct
23	"	"	PUNCT	_	24 Hippogriff	punct
24	Hippogriff	hippogriff	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 bottom	appos
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 Hippogriff	punct
26	"	"	PUNCT	_	24 Hippogriff	punct
27	and	and	CCONJ	_	40 was	cc
28	before	before	SCONJ	_	30 had	mark
29	Lionel	Lionel	PROPN	Number=Sing	30 had	nsubj
30	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	40 was	advcl
31	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 had	obj
32	to	to	PART	_	33 see	mark
33	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	31 time	acl
34	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	33 see	obj
35	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	36 picture	det
36	picture	picture	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 what	nsubj
37	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	34 what	cop
38	,	,	PUNCT	_	30 had	punct
39	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	40 was	expl
40	was	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 written	parataxis
41	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	42 fluttering	det
42	fluttering	fluttering	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 was	nsubj
43	of	of	ADP	_	45 wings	case
44	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	45 wings	amod
45	wings	wing	NOUN	Number=Plur	42 fluttering	nmod
46	and	and	CCONJ	_	48 stamping	cc
47	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	48 stamping	det
48	stamping	stamping	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 wings	conj
49	of	of	ADP	_	50 hoofs	case
50	hoofs	hoof	NOUN	Number=Plur	48 stamping	nmod
51	,	,	PUNCT	_	59 neighing	punct
52	and	and	CCONJ	_	59 neighing	cc
53	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	59 neighing	det
54	sweet	sweet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	59 neighing	compound
55	,	,	PUNCT	_	56 soft	punct
56	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	54 sweet	conj
57	,	,	PUNCT	_	58 friendly	punct
58	friendly	friendly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	54 sweet	conj
59	neighing	neigh	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 fell	conj
60	;	;	PUNCT	_	63 came	punct
61	and	and	CCONJ	_	62 there	cc
62	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	63 came	advmod
63	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 fell	parataxis
64	out	out	ADP	_	67 book	case
65	of	of	ADP	_	67 book	case
66	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	67 book	det
67	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	63 came	obl
68	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	71 horse	det
69	beautiful	beautiful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	71 horse	amod
70	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	71 horse	amod
71	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	63 came	nsubj
72	with	with	ADP	_	79 mane	case
73	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	79 mane	det
74	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	79 mane	amod
75	,	,	PUNCT	_	74 long	punct
76	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	79 mane	amod
77	,	,	PUNCT	_	76 long	punct
78	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	79 mane	amod
79	mane	mane	NOUN	Number=Sing	71 horse	nmod
80	and	and	CCONJ	_	87 tail	cc
81	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	87 tail	det
82	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	87 tail	amod
83	,	,	PUNCT	_	82 long	punct
84	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	87 tail	amod
85	,	,	PUNCT	_	84 long	punct
86	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	87 tail	amod
87	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	79 mane	conj
88	,	,	PUNCT	_	91 had	punct
89	and	and	CCONJ	_	91 had	cc
90	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	91 had	nsubj
91	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	63 came	conj
92	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	93 wings	amod
93	wings	wing	NOUN	Number=Plur	91 had	obj
94	like	like	ADP	_	97 wings	case
95	swan	swan	NOUN	Number=Sing	97 wings	nmod:poss
96	's	's	PART	_	95 swan	case
97	wings	wing	NOUN	Number=Plur	93 wings	nmod
98	,	,	PUNCT	_	101 softest	punct
99	and	and	CCONJ	_	101 softest	cc
100	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	101 softest	det
101	softest	soft	ADJ	Degree=Sup	63 came	parataxis
102	,	,	PUNCT	_	104 eyes	punct
103	kindest	kind	ADJ	Degree=Sup	104 eyes	amod
104	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	101 softest	conj
105	in	in	ADP	_	107 world	case
106	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	107 world	det
107	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	104 eyes	nmod
108	,	,	PUNCT	_	111 stood	punct
109	and	and	CCONJ	_	111 stood	cc
110	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	111 stood	nsubj
111	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	63 came	conj
112	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	111 stood	advmod
113	among	among	ADP	_	115 roses	case
114	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	115 roses	det
115	roses	rose	NOUN	Number=Plur	111 stood	obl
116	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 fell	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall	past	the book		the middle		open, wide property	vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in middle=Location
2	write	past · passive			the bottom of the page; there			vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»
3	have	past	Lionel			time		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	see	to-infinitive	Lionel not said here					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
5	is a	past	the picture	time				tree rules
6	be	past	a fluttering of great wings and a stamping of hoofs		there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
7	neigh	gerund	the book not said here					vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent
8	come out	past	a beautiful white horse with a long long white mane and a long long white tail	the book	there			vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient book=Result
9	have	past	Lionel	great wings			like swan's wings	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wing=Patient
10	stand	past	Lionel		the roses; there			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent among rose=Location
11	flutter		great wings and a stamping of hoofs					nom fluttering «event intransitive»: of=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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