The Book of Dragons, Opening, part 3, sentence 31

Well, when the pointed rock smashed into the round bit of earth the shock was so great that it set them spinning together through the air--which was just getting into its proper place, like all the rest of the things--only, as luck would have it, they forgot which way around they had been going, and began to spin around the wrong way.

Who acts: shock, rock, luck, earth · What happens: point, smash, be, set, spin, get · To what, where: pointed rock, round bit, earth, air, rock, way

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 (shock, rock, luck, earth), 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	Well	well	INTJ	_	7 smashed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 smashed	punct
3	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	7 smashed	advmod
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 rock	det
5	pointed	point	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 rock	amod
6	rock	rock	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 smashed	nsubj:pass
7	smashed	smash	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	into	into	ADP	_	11 bit	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 bit	det
10	round	round	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 bit	amod
11	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 great	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 earth	case
13	earth	earth	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 bit	nmod
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 shock	det
15	shock	shock	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 great	nsubj
16	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 great	cop
17	so	so	ADV	_	18 great	advmod
18	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 smashed	parataxis
19	that	that	SCONJ	_	21 set	mark
20	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 set	nsubj
21	set	set	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 great	advcl
22	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 set	obj
23	spinning	spin	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	21 set	xcomp
24	together	together	ADV	_	23 spinning	advmod
25	through	through	ADP	_	27 air	case
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 air	det
27	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 getting	obl
28	--	--	PUNCT	_	32 getting	punct
29	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	32 getting	nsubj
30	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	32 getting	aux
31	just	just	ADV	_	32 getting	advmod
32	getting	get	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	23 spinning	conj
33	into	into	ADP	_	36 place	case
34	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	36 place	nmod:poss
35	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	36 place	amod
36	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 getting	obl
37	,	,	PUNCT	_	41 rest	punct
38	like	like	ADP	_	41 rest	case
39	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	41 rest	det:predet
40	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	41 rest	det
41	rest	rest	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 getting	conj
42	of	of	ADP	_	44 things	case
43	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	44 things	det
44	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	41 rest	nmod
45	--	--	PUNCT	_	46 only	punct
46	only	only	ADV	_	44 things	advmod
47	,	,	PUNCT	_	51 have	punct
48	as	as	SCONJ	_	51 have	mark
49	luck	luck	NOUN	Number=Sing	51 have	nsubj
50	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	51 have	aux
51	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	32 getting	advcl
52	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	51 have	obj
53	,	,	PUNCT	_	55 forgot	punct
54	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	55 forgot	nsubj
55	forgot	forget	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	32 getting	conj
56	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	57 way	det
57	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 forgot	obj
58	around	around	ADP	_	62 going	mark
59	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	62 going	nsubj
60	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	62 going	aux
61	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	62 going	aux
62	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	57 way	acl
63	,	,	PUNCT	_	65 began	punct
64	and	and	CCONJ	_	65 began	cc
65	began	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	55 forgot	conj
66	to	to	PART	_	67 spin	mark
67	spin	spin	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	65 began	xcomp
68	around	around	ADP	_	71 way	case
69	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	71 way	det
70	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	71 way	amod
71	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	67 spin	obl
72	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 smashed	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	point	participle					vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	smash	participle · passive		the pointed rock			vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
3	is	past	the shock		the round bit of earth	great property	tree rules
4	set	past	rock	earth			tree rules
5	spin	gerund	rock not said here			together property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
6	get	past · progressive			the air	into rock's proper place	vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme through air=Initial_Location into place=Destination
7	have	would	luck	rock			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient
8	forget	past	earth	which way			tree rules
9	go	past · perfect · progressive	earth	which way not said here			vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location way=Theme
10	begin	past	earth not said here				vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
11	spin	to-infinitive	earth not said here		the wrong way		vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme around way=Trajectory

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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