The Book of Dragons, Opening, part 6, sentence 122

And now the floods of rain were pouring down on the country, and great sheets of water flowed toward the center of the map, and cataracts of water poured into the great round hole in the middle of the map, and the dragons were being washed away and disappearing down the waste pipe in great green masses and scattered green shoals--single dragons and dragons by the dozen; of all sizes, from the ones that carry off elephants down to the ones that get in your tea.

Who acts: floods, great sheets, ones, rain · What happens: pour down, flow, pour, wash away, disappear, scatter · To what, where: country, cataracts, great round hole, dragons, green shoals, elephants

This is a sentence of «The Book of Dragons» by E. Nesbit, Opening, part 6. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (floods, great sheets, ones, rain), 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	And	and	CCONJ	_	8 pouring	cc
2	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	8 pouring	advmod
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 floods	det
4	floods	flood	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 pouring	nsubj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 rain	case
6	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 floods	nmod
7	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 pouring	aux
8	pouring	pour	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
9	down	down	ADV	_	8 pouring	advmod
10	on	on	ADP	_	12 country	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 country	det
12	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 pouring	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 flowed	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 flowed	cc
15	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 sheets	amod
16	sheets	sheet	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 flowed	nsubj
17	of	of	ADP	_	18 water	case
18	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 sheets	nmod
19	flowed	flow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 pouring	parataxis
20	toward	toward	ADP	_	22 center	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 center	det
22	center	center	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 flowed	obl
23	of	of	ADP	_	25 map	case
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 map	det
25	map	map	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 center	nmod
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 cataracts	punct
27	and	and	CCONJ	_	28 cataracts	cc
28	cataracts	cataract	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 flowed	obl
29	of	of	ADP	_	30 water	case
30	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 cataracts	nmod
31	poured	pour	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	28 cataracts	acl
32	into	into	ADP	_	36 hole	case
33	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	36 hole	det
34	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	36 hole	amod
35	round	round	ADJ	Degree=Pos	36 hole	amod
36	hole	hole	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 poured	obl
37	in	in	ADP	_	39 middle	case
38	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	39 middle	det
39	middle	middle	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 hole	nmod
40	of	of	ADP	_	42 map	case
41	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	42 map	det
42	map	map	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 middle	nmod
43	,	,	PUNCT	_	49 washed	punct
44	and	and	CCONJ	_	49 washed	cc
45	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	46 dragons	det
46	dragons	dragon	NOUN	Number=Plur	49 washed	nsubj:pass
47	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	49 washed	aux:pass
48	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	49 washed	aux:pass
49	washed	wash	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	19 flowed	conj
50	away	away	ADV	_	49 washed	advmod
51	and	and	CCONJ	_	52 disappearing	cc
52	disappearing	disappear	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	49 washed	conj
53	down	down	ADP	_	56 pipe	case
54	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	56 pipe	det
55	waste	waste	NOUN	Number=Sing	56 pipe	compound
56	pipe	pipe	NOUN	Number=Sing	52 disappearing	obl
57	in	in	ADP	_	60 masses	case
58	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	60 masses	amod
59	green	green	ADJ	Degree=Pos	60 masses	amod
60	masses	mass	NOUN	Number=Plur	56 pipe	nmod
61	and	and	CCONJ	_	62 scattered	cc
62	scattered	scatter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	49 washed	conj
63	green	green	ADJ	Degree=Pos	64 shoals	amod
64	shoals	shoal	NOUN	Number=Plur	62 scattered	obj
65	--	--	PUNCT	_	67 dragons	punct
66	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	67 dragons	amod
67	dragons	dragon	NOUN	Number=Plur	64 shoals	conj
68	and	and	CCONJ	_	69 dragons	cc
69	dragons	dragon	NOUN	Number=Plur	64 shoals	conj
70	by	by	ADP	_	72 dozen	case
71	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	72 dozen	det
72	dozen	dozen	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	62 scattered	obl
73	;	;	PUNCT	_	76 sizes	punct
74	of	of	ADP	_	76 sizes	case
75	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	76 sizes	det
76	sizes	size	NOUN	Number=Plur	49 washed	advcl
77	,	,	PUNCT	_	80 ones	punct
78	from	from	ADP	_	80 ones	case
79	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	80 ones	det
80	ones	one	NOUN	Number=Plur	76 sizes	appos
81	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	82 carry	nsubj
82	carry	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	80 ones	acl:relcl
83	off	off	ADP	_	82 carry	compound:prt
84	elephants	elephant	NOUN	Number=Plur	82 carry	obj
85	down	down	ADV	_	82 carry	advmod
86	to	to	ADP	_	88 ones	case
87	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	88 ones	det
88	ones	one	NOUN	Number=Plur	82 carry	obl
89	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	90 get	nsubj
90	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	88 ones	acl:relcl
91	in	in	ADP	_	93 tea	case
92	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	93 tea	nmod:poss
93	tea	tea	NOUN	Number=Sing	90 get	obl
94	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 pouring	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pour down	past · progressive	the floods of rain			the country	now	down property	vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source
2	flow	participle	great sheets of water	cataracts of water				toward the center of the map	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	pour	participle		cataracts of water not said here		the great round hole in the middle of the map			vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into hole=Location
4	wash away	past · passive		the dragons				away property	vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
5	disappear	gerund						down the waste pipe in great green masses	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
6	scatter	past		green shoals and single dragons and dragons				by the dozen	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent shoal=Theme by dozen=Destination
7	carry off	present	the ones	elephants	the ones			down property	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent elephant=Theme to one=Destination
8	get	present	the ones			your tea			vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
9	flood		rain						nom flood «phenomenon intransitive»: of=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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