The Book of Dragons, Opening, part 4, sentence 105
We do not like to let such an anniversary go by without some suitable testimonial, especially to one who is a stranger in our midst.
Who acts: We, anniversary, one · What happens: not like, let, go, be · To what, where: anniversary, stranger, midst
This is a sentence of «The Book of Dragons» by E. Nesbit, Opening, part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (We, anniversary, one), 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 | We | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 like | nsubj |
| 2 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 like | aux |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 like | advmod |
| 4 | like | like | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 let | mark |
| 6 | let | let | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 like | xcomp |
| 7 | such | such | DET | PronType=Ind | 9 anniversary | det:predet |
| 8 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 anniversary | det |
| 9 | anniversary | anniversary | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 let | obj |
| 10 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 let | xcomp |
| 11 | by | by | ADP | _ | 15 testimonial | case |
| 12 | without | without | ADP | _ | 15 testimonial | case |
| 13 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 15 testimonial | det |
| 14 | suitable | suitable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 testimonial | amod |
| 15 | testimonial | testimonial | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 go | obl |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 stranger | punct |
| 17 | especially | especially | ADV | _ | 19 one | advmod |
| 18 | to | to | ADP | _ | 19 one | case |
| 19 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 23 stranger | nsubj |
| 20 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 23 stranger | nsubj |
| 21 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 23 stranger | cop |
| 22 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 23 stranger | det |
| 23 | stranger | stranger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 like | conj |
| 24 | in | in | ADP | _ | 26 midst | case |
| 25 | our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 26 midst | nmod:poss |
| 26 | midst | midst | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 stranger | nmod |
| 27 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 like | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not like | present · do-support | We | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | let not said to happen | to-infinitive | We not said here | such anniversary | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | go | infinitive | such anniversary not said here | by some suitable testimonial | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by testimonial=Location | ||||
| 4 | is a | present | one | a stranger | our midst | tree rules |
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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