The Book of Dragons, Opening, part 4, sentence 3
It happened to be a Wednesday, so when the Princess's friends were asked what they would like to do, all the little dukes and marquises and earls said, "Let's go and see the dragon."
Who acts: It, friends, little dukes, 's · What happens: happen, be, ask, like, do, say · To what, where: Wednesday, friends, 's, dragon · 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 (It, friends, little dukes, 's), 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 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 happened | nsubj |
| 2 | happened | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 Wednesday | mark |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 Wednesday | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 Wednesday | det |
| 6 | Wednesday | Wednesday | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 happened | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 asked | punct |
| 8 | so | so | ADV | _ | 15 asked | advmod |
| 9 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 15 asked | mark |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 Princess | det |
| 11 | Princess | Princess | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 friends | nmod:poss |
| 12 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 11 Princess | case |
| 13 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 asked | nsubj:pass |
| 14 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 asked | aux:pass |
| 15 | asked | ask | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 31 said | advcl |
| 16 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 19 like | obj |
| 17 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 like | nsubj |
| 18 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 19 like | aux |
| 19 | like | like | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 15 asked | ccomp |
| 20 | to | to | PART | _ | 21 do | mark |
| 21 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 19 like | xcomp |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 dukes | punct |
| 23 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 26 dukes | det:predet |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 dukes | det |
| 25 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 26 dukes | amod |
| 26 | dukes | duke | NOUN | Number=Plur | 31 said | nsubj |
| 27 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 28 marquises | cc |
| 28 | marquises | marquis | NOUN | Number=Plur | 26 dukes | conj |
| 29 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 30 earls | cc |
| 30 | earls | earl | NOUN | Number=Plur | 26 dukes | conj |
| 31 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 happened | parataxis |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 Let | punct |
| 33 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 34 Let | punct |
| 34 | Let | let | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 31 said | ccomp |
| 35 | 's | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 34 Let | obj |
| 36 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 34 Let | xcomp |
| 37 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 38 see | cc |
| 38 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 36 go | conj |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 dragon | det |
| 40 | dragon | dragon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 see | obj |
| 41 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 34 Let | punct |
| 42 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 34 Let | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | past | It | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | is a | to-infinitive | a Wednesday | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | ask speech: ask | past · passive | the Princess's friends | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic | |||||
| 4 | like | would | friends = friend | tree rules | |||||
| 5 | do not said to happen | to-infinitive | friends = friend not said here | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 6 | say speech: assert | past | all little dukes and marquises and earls | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 7 | let in a quote | infinitive | 's | tree rules | |||||
| 8 | go in a quote | infinitive | 's not said here | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 9 | see in a quote | infinitive | 's not said here | the dragon | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer dragon=Stimulus |
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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