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The Book of Dragons, Opening, part 6, sentence 57

The dragon swooped down and caught the two children in his claws; he caught Effie by her green silk sash, and Harry by the little point at the back of his Eton jacket--and then, spreading his great yellow wings, he rose into the air, rattling like a third-class carriage when the brake is hard on.

Who acts: dragon, Harry, brake · What happens: swoop down, catch, spread, rise, rattle, be · To what, where: two children, claws, Effie, great yellow wings, air

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 (dragon, Harry, brake), 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

detnsubjadvmodccconjdetnummodobjcasenmod:possoblpunctnsubjparataxisobjcasenmod:possamodcompoundoblpunctccoblcasedetamodoblcasedetnmodcasenmod:posscompoundnmodpunctccadvmodpunctadvclnmod:possamodamodobjpunctnsubjconjcasedetoblpunctadvclcasedetamodpunctcompoundobladvmoddetnsubjcopparataxiscompound:prtpunctrootTheDETdragonNOUNswoopedVERBdownADVandCCONJcaughtVERBtheDETtwoNUMchildrenNOUNinADPhisPRONclawsNOUN;PUNCThePRONcaughtVERBEffiePROPNbyADPherPRONgreenADJsilkNOUNsashNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJHarryPROPNbyADPtheDETlittleADJpointNOUNatADPtheDETbackNOUNofADPhisPRONEtonPROPNjacketNOUN--PUNCTandCCONJthenADV,PUNCTspreadingVERBhisPRONgreatADJyellowADJwingsNOUN,PUNCThePRONroseVERBintoADPtheDETairNOUN,PUNCTrattlingVERBlikeADPaDETthirdADJ-PUNCTclassNOUNcarriageNOUNwhenADVtheDETbrakeNOUNisAUXhardADJonADP.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 dragondet
2dragondragonNOUNNumber=Sing3 swoopednsubj
3swoopedswoopVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
4downdownADV_3 swoopedadvmod
5andandCCONJ_6 caughtcc
6caughtcatchVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 swoopedconj
7thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art9 childrendet
8twotwoNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card9 childrennummod
9childrenchildNOUNNumber=Plur6 caughtobj
10ininADP_12 clawscase
11hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs12 clawsnmod:poss
12clawsclawNOUNNumber=Plur6 caughtobl
13;;PUNCT_15 caughtpunct
14hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs15 caughtnsubj
15caughtcatchVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 swoopedparataxis
16EffieEffiePROPNNumber=Sing15 caughtobj
17bybyADP_21 sashcase
18herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs21 sashnmod:poss
19greengreenADJDegree=Pos21 sashamod
20silksilkNOUNNumber=Sing21 sashcompound
21sashsashNOUNNumber=Sing15 caughtobl
22,,PUNCT_24 Harrypunct
23andandCCONJ_24 Harrycc
24HarryHarryPROPNNumber=Sing15 caughtobl
25bybyADP_28 pointcase
26thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art28 pointdet
27littlelittleADJDegree=Pos28 pointamod
28pointpointNOUNNumber=Sing15 caughtobl
29atatADP_31 backcase
30thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art31 backdet
31backbackNOUNNumber=Sing28 pointnmod
32ofofADP_35 jacketcase
33hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs35 jacketnmod:poss
34EtonEtonPROPNNumber=Sing35 jacketcompound
35jacketjacketNOUNNumber=Sing31 backnmod
36----PUNCT_40 spreadingpunct
37andandCCONJ_40 spreadingcc
38thenthenADVPronType=Dem40 spreadingadvmod
39,,PUNCT_40 spreadingpunct
40spreadingspreadVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part15 caughtadvcl
41hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs44 wingsnmod:poss
42greatgreatADJDegree=Pos44 wingsamod
43yellowyellowADJDegree=Pos44 wingsamod
44wingswingNOUNNumber=Plur40 spreadingobj
45,,PUNCT_47 rosepunct
46hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs47 rosensubj
47roseriseVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 swoopedconj
48intointoADP_50 aircase
49thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art50 airdet
50airairNOUNNumber=Sing47 roseobl
51,,PUNCT_52 rattlingpunct
52rattlingrattleVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part47 roseadvcl
53likelikeADP_58 carriagecase
54aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art58 carriagedet
55thirdthirdADJDegree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord57 classamod
56--PUNCT_55 thirdpunct
57classclassNOUNNumber=Sing58 carriagecompound
58carriagecarriageNOUNNumber=Sing52 rattlingobl
59whenwhenADVPronType=Int63 hardadvmod
60thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art61 brakedet
61brakebrakeNOUNNumber=Sing63 hardnsubj
62isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin63 hardcop
63hardhardADJDegree=Pos52 rattlingparataxis
64ononADP_63 hardcompound:prt
65..PUNCT_3 swoopedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1swoop downpastthe dragondown propertytree rules
2catchpastthe dragon not said herethe two childrenHarry's clawsvn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Theme
3catchpastHarryEffieby Effie's green silk sash; by the little point at the back of Harry's Eton jacket; Harry oblvn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent effie=Theme
4spreadgerundHarry not said hereHarry's great yellow wingsthenvn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location wing=Theme
5risepastHarrythe airvn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into air=Initial_Location
6rattlegerundHarry not said herelike a class carriagevn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent
7ispresentthe brakehard propertytree 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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