The Book of Dragons, Opening, part 3, sentence 61

There was only one dog in Rotundia--the kingdom could not afford to keep more than one: He was a Mexican lapdog of the kind that in most parts of the world only measures seven inches from the end of his dear nose to the tip of his darling tail--but in Rotundia he was bigger than I can possibly expect you to believe.

Who acts: one dog, kingdom, Tom, that, I, you · What happens: be, not afford, keep, measure, expect, believe · To what, where: Rotundia, one, Mexican lapdog, seven inches, most parts, you

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 (one dog, kingdom, Tom, that), 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	There	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	2 was	expl
2	was	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	only	only	ADV	_	4 one	advmod
4	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 dog	nummod
5	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 was	nsubj
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 Rotundia	case
7	Rotundia	Rotundia	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 afford	obl
8	--	--	PUNCT	_	7 Rotundia	punct
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 kingdom	det
10	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 afford	nsubj
11	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 afford	aux
12	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 afford	advmod
13	afford	afford	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 was	advcl
14	to	to	PART	_	15 keep	mark
15	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 afford	xcomp
16	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp ExtPos=ADV	18 one	advmod
17	than	than	ADP	_	16 more	fixed
18	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	15 keep	obj
19	:	:	PUNCT	_	24 lapdog	punct
20	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 lapdog	nsubj
21	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	24 lapdog	cop
22	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	24 lapdog	det
23	Mexican	Mexican	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 lapdog	amod
24	lapdog	lapdog	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 was	parataxis
25	of	of	ADP	_	27 kind	case
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 kind	det
27	kind	kind	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 lapdog	nmod
28	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	36 measures	nsubj
29	in	in	ADP	_	31 parts	case
30	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	31 parts	amod
31	parts	part	NOUN	Number=Plur	36 measures	obl
32	of	of	ADP	_	34 world	case
33	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	34 world	det
34	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 parts	nmod
35	only	only	ADV	_	36 measures	advmod
36	measures	measure	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	24 lapdog	parataxis
37	seven	seven	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	38 inches	nummod
38	inches	inch	NOUN	Number=Plur	36 measures	obj
39	from	from	ADP	_	41 end	case
40	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	41 end	det
41	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 measures	obl
42	of	of	ADP	_	45 nose	case
43	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	45 nose	nmod:poss
44	dear	dear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	45 nose	amod
45	nose	nose	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 end	nmod
46	to	to	ADP	_	48 tip	case
47	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	48 tip	det
48	tip	tip	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 nose	nmod
49	of	of	ADP	_	52 tail	case
50	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	52 tail	nmod:poss
51	darling	darling	ADJ	Degree=Pos	52 tail	amod
52	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 tip	nmod
53	--	--	PUNCT	_	59 bigger	punct
54	but	but	CCONJ	_	59 bigger	cc
55	in	in	ADP	_	56 Rotundia	case
56	Rotundia	Rotundia	PROPN	Number=Sing	59 bigger	obl
57	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	59 bigger	nsubj
58	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	59 bigger	cop
59	bigger	big	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	36 measures	conj
60	than	than	SCONJ	_	64 expect	mark
61	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	64 expect	nsubj
62	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	64 expect	aux
63	possibly	possibly	ADV	_	64 expect	advmod
64	expect	expect	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	59 bigger	advcl
65	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	64 expect	obj
66	to	to	PART	_	67 believe	mark
67	believe	believe	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	64 expect	xcomp
68	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 was	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	be	past	one dog		there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	not afford	could	the kingdom		Rotundia			tree rules
3	keep	to-infinitive	the kingdom not said here	one				vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme
4	is a	past	Tom	a Mexican lapdog			of the kind	tree rules
5	measure	present	that	seven inches	most parts of the world	from the end of Tom's dear nose to the tip of Tom's darling tail		vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme inch=Value
6	is	past	Tom		Rotundia		big property	tree rules
7	expect	can	I	you			possibly property	tree rules
8	believe not said to happen	to-infinitive	you not said here					vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer

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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