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The Book of Dragons, Opening, part 3, sentence 100

Now, he had Tom's prize, the _History of Rotundia_, in his pocket--the one bound in calf, with the Royal arms on the cover--and it happened to drop out, and the dragon ate it, so Tom never got the prize after all.

Who acts: Tom, it, dragon · What happens: have, bind, happen, drop out, eat, not get · To what, where: prize, one

This is a sentence of «The Book of Dragons» by E. Nesbit, Opening, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Tom, it, dragon), 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

advmodpunctnsubjnmod:posscaseobjpunctdetpunctconjcasenmodpunctpunctcasenmod:possconjpunctdetapposaclcaseoblpunctcasedetcompoundoblcasedetnmodpunctccnsubjconjmarkxcompcompound:prtpunctccdetnsubjconjobjpunctadvmodnsubjadvmodparataxisdetobjcaseoblpunctrootNowADV,PUNCThePRONhadVERBTomPROPN'sPARTprizeNOUN,PUNCTtheDET_PUNCTHistoryNOUNofADPRotundiaPROPN_PUNCT,PUNCTinADPhisPRONpocketNOUN--PUNCTtheDEToneNOUNboundVERBinADPcalfNOUN,PUNCTwithADPtheDETRoyalPROPNarmsNOUNonADPtheDETcoverNOUN--PUNCTandCCONJitPRONhappenedVERBtoPARTdropVERBoutADP,PUNCTandCCONJtheDETdragonNOUNateVERBitPRON,PUNCTsoADVTomPROPNneverADVgotVERBtheDETprizeNOUNafterADPallDET.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1NownowADVPronType=Dem4 hadadvmod
2,,PUNCT_1 Nowpunct
3hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs4 hadnsubj
4hadhaveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
5TomTomPROPNNumber=Sing7 prizenmod:poss
6's'sPART_5 Tomcase
7prizeprizeNOUNNumber=Sing4 hadobj
8,,PUNCT_11 Historypunct
9thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art11 Historydet
10__PUNCT_11 Historypunct
11HistoryhistoryNOUNNumber=Sing7 prizeconj
12ofofADP_13 Rotundiacase
13RotundiaRotundiaPROPNNumber=Sing11 Historynmod
14__PUNCT_4 hadpunct
15,,PUNCT_18 pocketpunct
16ininADP_18 pocketcase
17hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs18 pocketnmod:poss
18pocketpocketNOUNNumber=Sing4 hadconj
19----PUNCT_21 onepunct
20thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art21 onedet
21oneoneNOUNNumber=Sing18 pocketappos
22boundbindVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass21 oneacl
23ininADP_24 calfcase
24calfcalfNOUNNumber=Sing22 boundobl
25,,PUNCT_29 armspunct
26withwithADP_29 armscase
27thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art29 armsdet
28RoyalRoyalPROPNNumber=Sing29 armscompound
29armsarmNOUNNumber=Plur22 boundobl
30ononADP_32 covercase
31thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art32 coverdet
32covercoverNOUNNumber=Sing29 armsnmod
33----PUNCT_36 happenedpunct
34andandCCONJ_36 happenedcc
35ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs36 happenednsubj
36happenedhappenVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 hadconj
37totoPART_38 dropmark
38dropdropVERBVerbForm=Inf36 happenedxcomp
39outoutADP_38 dropcompound:prt
40,,PUNCT_44 atepunct
41andandCCONJ_44 atecc
42thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art43 dragondet
43dragondragonNOUNNumber=Sing44 atensubj
44ateeatVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 hadconj
45ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs44 ateobj
46,,PUNCT_50 gotpunct
47sosoADV_50 gotadvmod
48TomTomPROPNNumber=Sing50 gotnsubj
49neverneverADVPronType=Neg50 gotadvmod
50gotgetVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 hadparataxis
51thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art52 prizedet
52prizeprizeNOUNNumber=Sing50 gotobj
53afterafterADP_54 allcase
54allallDETPronType=Tot50 gotobl
55..PUNCT_4 hadpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1havepastTomTom's prize and the History of Rotundianowvn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prize=Patient
2bindparticiplethe one not said herein calf; with the Royal arms on the covervn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent with arm=Co-Patient
3happenpastittree rules
4drop outto-infinitivevn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
5eatpastthe dragonprizevn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient
6not getpastTomthe prizeafter allvn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer prize=Stimulus

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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