The Book of Dragons, Opening, part 4, sentence 11
But when it came to the Princess's turn to give an acid drop to the dragon, he smiled a very wide smile, and wagged his tail to the very last long inch of it, as much as to say, "Oh, you nice, kind, pretty little Princess."
Who acts: dragon, Rotundia · What happens: come, give, smile, wag, say · To what, where: turn, acid drop, dragon, wide smile, tail, last long inch · Speech: someone speaks here
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 (dragon, Rotundia), 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 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 20 smiled | cc |
| 2 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 came | advmod |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 came | nsubj |
| 4 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 20 smiled | advcl |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 turn | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Princess | det |
| 7 | Princess | Princess | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 turn | nmod:poss |
| 8 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 7 Princess | case |
| 9 | turn | turn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 came | obl |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 give | mark |
| 11 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 came | advcl |
| 12 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 drop | det |
| 13 | acid | acid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 drop | compound |
| 14 | drop | drop | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 give | obj |
| 15 | to | to | ADP | _ | 17 dragon | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 dragon | det |
| 17 | dragon | dragon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 drop | nmod |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 came | punct |
| 19 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 smiled | nsubj |
| 20 | smiled | smile | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 21 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 24 smile | det |
| 22 | very | very | ADV | _ | 23 wide | advmod |
| 23 | wide | wide | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 smile | amod |
| 24 | smile | smile | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 smiled | obj |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 wagged | punct |
| 26 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 27 wagged | cc |
| 27 | wagged | wag | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 20 smiled | parataxis |
| 28 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 29 tail | nmod:poss |
| 29 | tail | tail | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 wagged | obj |
| 30 | to | to | ADP | _ | 35 inch | case |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 inch | det |
| 32 | very | very | ADV | _ | 33 last | advmod |
| 33 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 35 inch | amod |
| 34 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 35 inch | amod |
| 35 | inch | inch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 wagged | obl |
| 36 | of | of | ADP | _ | 37 it | case |
| 37 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 35 inch | nmod |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 much | punct |
| 39 | as | as | ADV | _ | 40 much | advmod |
| 40 | much | much | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 27 wagged | conj |
| 41 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 43 say | mark |
| 42 | to | to | PART | _ | 43 say | mark |
| 43 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 40 much | acl |
| 44 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 49 nice | punct |
| 45 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 49 nice | punct |
| 46 | Oh | oh | INTJ | _ | 49 nice | discourse |
| 47 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 Oh | punct |
| 48 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 49 nice | nsubj |
| 49 | nice | nice | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 43 say | ccomp |
| 50 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 51 kind | punct |
| 51 | kind | kind | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 49 nice | conj |
| 52 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 55 Princess | punct |
| 53 | pretty | pretty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 55 Princess | amod |
| 54 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 55 Princess | amod |
| 55 | Princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 nice | conj |
| 56 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 20 smiled | punct |
| 57 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 20 smiled | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | past | dragon | the Princess's turn | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to turn=Initial_Location | ||||
| 2 | give | to-infinitive | dragon not said here | a acid drop | the dragon | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent drop=Theme to dragon=Recipient | |||
| 3 | smile | past | Rotundia | a wide smile | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent smile=Topic | ||||
| 4 | wag | past | Rotundia's tail | the last long inch of dragon | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent tail=Patient to inch=Recipient | ||||
| 5 | say speech: assert | to-infinitive | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
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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