The Book of Dragons, Opening, part 4, sentence 130
The first time she ran around a long way from the pillar, and then nearer and nearer--with the dragon after her all the time; and he was so busy trying to catch her that he never noticed that Tom had tied the very end of his long, tight, whipcordy tail to the rock, so that the more the dragon ran around, the more times he twisted his tail around the pillar.
Who acts: Princess, Mary, dragon · What happens: run, be, try, catch, not notice, tie · To what, where: long way, Princess, Tom, tail, pillar · 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 (Princess, Mary, dragon), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 time | det |
| 2 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 3 time | amod |
| 3 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 ran | obl:unmarked |
| 4 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 ran | nsubj |
| 5 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | around | around | ADP | _ | 9 way | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 way | det |
| 8 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 way | amod |
| 9 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 ran | obl |
| 10 | from | from | ADP | _ | 12 pillar | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 pillar | det |
| 12 | pillar | pillar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 way | nmod |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 nearer | punct |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 nearer | cc |
| 15 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 16 nearer | advmod |
| 16 | nearer | near | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 5 ran | parataxis |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 nearer | cc |
| 18 | nearer | near | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 16 nearer | conj |
| 19 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 22 dragon | punct |
| 20 | with | with | ADP | _ | 22 dragon | case |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 dragon | det |
| 22 | dragon | dragon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 ran | obl |
| 23 | after | after | ADP | _ | 24 her | case |
| 24 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 22 dragon | nmod |
| 25 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 27 time | det:predet |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 time | det |
| 27 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 ran | obl:unmarked |
| 28 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 33 busy | punct |
| 29 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 33 busy | cc |
| 30 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 33 busy | nsubj |
| 31 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 33 busy | cop |
| 32 | so | so | ADV | _ | 33 busy | advmod |
| 33 | busy | busy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 ran | parataxis |
| 34 | trying | try | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 33 busy | advcl |
| 35 | to | to | PART | _ | 36 catch | mark |
| 36 | catch | catch | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 34 trying | xcomp |
| 37 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 36 catch | obj |
| 38 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 41 noticed | mark |
| 39 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 41 noticed | nsubj |
| 40 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 41 noticed | advmod |
| 41 | noticed | notice | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 36 catch | advcl |
| 42 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 45 tied | mark |
| 43 | Tom | Tom | PROPN | Number=Sing | 45 tied | nsubj:pass |
| 44 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 45 tied | aux |
| 45 | tied | tie | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 41 noticed | ccomp |
| 46 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 48 end | det |
| 47 | very | very | ADV | _ | 48 end | advmod |
| 48 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 tied | obj |
| 49 | of | of | ADP | _ | 56 tail | case |
| 50 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 56 tail | nmod:poss |
| 51 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 56 tail | amod |
| 52 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 51 long | punct |
| 53 | tight | tight | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 56 tail | amod |
| 54 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 53 tight | punct |
| 55 | whipcordy | whipcordy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 56 tail | amod |
| 56 | tail | tail | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 end | nmod |
| 57 | to | to | ADP | _ | 59 rock | case |
| 58 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 59 rock | det |
| 59 | rock | rock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 56 tail | nmod |
| 60 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 67 ran | punct |
| 61 | so | so | SCONJ | ExtPos=SCONJ | 67 ran | mark |
| 62 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 61 so | fixed |
| 63 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 64 more | det |
| 64 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 67 ran | advmod |
| 65 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 66 dragon | det |
| 66 | dragon | dragon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 67 ran | nsubj |
| 67 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 ran | conj |
| 68 | around | around | ADV | _ | 67 ran | advmod |
| 69 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 74 twisted | punct |
| 70 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 72 times | det |
| 71 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 72 times | amod |
| 72 | times | time | NOUN | Number=Plur | 74 twisted | obl:unmarked |
| 73 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 74 twisted | nsubj |
| 74 | twisted | twist | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 ran | conj |
| 75 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 76 tail | nmod:poss |
| 76 | tail | tail | NOUN | Number=Sing | 74 twisted | obj |
| 77 | around | around | ADP | _ | 79 pillar | case |
| 78 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 79 pillar | det |
| 79 | pillar | pillar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 74 twisted | obl |
| 80 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 ran | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run | past | Princess | a long way from the pillar | time | with the dragon after Bo | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme around way=Trajectory | ||
| 2 | is | past | Mary | busy property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | try | gerund | Mary not said here | vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 4 | catch not said to happen | to-infinitive | Mary not said here | Princess | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | ||||
| 5 | not notice | past | Mary | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 6 | tie | past · perfect · passive | Tom | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP ADJP»: subject=Patient end=Result | |||||
| 7 | run around | past | the dragon | around property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 8 | twist | past | Mary | Mary's tail | the pillar | time | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent tail=Theme around pillar=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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