The Book of Dragons, Opening, part 3, sentence 95

Because, of course, another consequence of the island's having spun the wrong way is that all the things we have to make--buns and cakes and shortbread--grow on trees and bushes, but in Rotundia they have to make their cauliflowers and cabbages and carrots and apples and onions, just as our cooks make puddings and turnovers.

Who acts: island, we, things, bushes, cooks · What happens: have, spin, make, be · To what, where: wrong way, things, trees, Rotundia, cauliflowers, puddings

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 (island, we, things, bushes), 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	Because	because	SCONJ	_	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 of	punct
3	of	of	ADP	_	1 Because	conj
4	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 of	fixed
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 consequence	punct
6	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	7 consequence	det
7	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Because	conj
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 island	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 island	det
10	island	island	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 consequence	nmod
11	's	's	PART	_	10 island	case
12	having	have	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 island	acl
13	spun	spin	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 having	xcomp
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 way	det
15	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 way	amod
16	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 spun	obj
17	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	33 grow	cop
18	that	that	SCONJ	_	33 grow	mark
19	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	21 things	det:predet
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 things	det
21	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	33 grow	nsubj
22	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	23 have	nsubj
23	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	21 things	acl:relcl
24	to	to	PART	_	25 make	mark
25	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	23 have	xcomp
26	--	--	PUNCT	_	27 buns	punct
27	buns	bun	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 things	conj
28	and	and	CCONJ	_	29 cakes	cc
29	cakes	cake	NOUN	Number=Plur	27 buns	conj
30	and	and	CCONJ	_	31 shortbread	cc
31	shortbread	shortbread	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 cakes	conj
32	--	--	PUNCT	_	21 things	punct
33	grow	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 way	acl:relcl
34	on	on	ADP	_	35 trees	case
35	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	33 grow	obl
36	and	and	CCONJ	_	37 bushes	cc
37	bushes	bush	NOUN	Number=Plur	35 trees	conj
38	,	,	PUNCT	_	43 have	punct
39	but	but	CCONJ	_	43 have	cc
40	in	in	ADP	_	41 Rotundia	case
41	Rotundia	Rotundia	PROPN	Number=Sing	43 have	obl
42	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	43 have	nsubj
43	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	33 grow	conj
44	to	to	PART	_	45 make	mark
45	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	43 have	xcomp
46	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	47 cauliflowers	nmod:poss
47	cauliflowers	cauliflower	NOUN	Number=Plur	45 make	obj
48	and	and	CCONJ	_	49 cabbages	cc
49	cabbages	cabbage	NOUN	Number=Plur	47 cauliflowers	conj
50	and	and	CCONJ	_	51 carrots	cc
51	carrots	carrot	NOUN	Number=Plur	47 cauliflowers	conj
52	and	and	CCONJ	_	53 apples	cc
53	apples	apple	NOUN	Number=Plur	47 cauliflowers	conj
54	and	and	CCONJ	_	55 onions	cc
55	onions	onion	NOUN	Number=Plur	47 cauliflowers	conj
56	,	,	PUNCT	_	61 make	punct
57	just	just	ADV	_	61 make	advmod
58	as	as	SCONJ	_	61 make	mark
59	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	60 cooks	nmod:poss
60	cooks	cook	NOUN	Number=Plur	61 make	nsubj
61	make	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	45 make	conj
62	puddings	pudding	NOUN	Number=Plur	61 make	obj
63	and	and	CCONJ	_	64 turnovers	cc
64	turnovers	turnover	NOUN	Number=Plur	62 puddings	conj
65	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 consequence	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	have	gerund	the island not said here				tree rules
2	spin	participle	the island not said here	the wrong way			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent way=Theme
3	have	present	we	all things and buns and cakes and shortbread not said here			tree rules
4	make	to-infinitive	all things and buns and cakes and shortbread not said here				vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
5	is	present	all things and buns and cakes and shortbread	the wrong way not said here	trees and bushes	grow property	tree rules
6	have	present	bushes = bush		Rotundia		tree rules
7	make	to-infinitive	bushes = bush not said here	bushes's cauliflowers and cabbages and carrots and apples and onions			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset cauliflower=Product
8	make	present	our cooks	puddings and turnovers			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset pudding=Product

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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