The Book of Dragons, Opening, part 6, sentence 89

They could not see any sunshine--the cave was lighted by a skylight of blue glass--so they supposed the sunlight was pouring out by some other way, as it does with the tap that washes out the underneath parts of patent sinks in kitchens.

Who acts: taps, skylight, sunlight, tap, underneath parts · What happens: not see, light, suppose, pour out, do, wash out · To what, where: sunshine, cave, underneath parts, kitchens

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 (taps, skylight, sunlight, tap), 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	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 see	nsubj
2	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 see	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 see	advmod
4	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	6 sunshine	det
6	sunshine	sunshine	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 see	obj
7	--	--	PUNCT	_	11 lighted	punct
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 cave	det
9	cave	cave	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 lighted	nsubj:pass
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 lighted	aux:pass
11	lighted	light	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 sunshine	acl:relcl
12	by	by	ADP	_	14 skylight	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 skylight	det
14	skylight	skylight	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 lighted	obl
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 glass	case
16	blue	blue	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 glass	amod
17	glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 skylight	nmod
18	--	--	PUNCT	_	21 supposed	punct
19	so	so	ADV	_	21 supposed	advmod
20	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 supposed	nsubj
21	supposed	suppose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 see	conj
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 sunlight	det
23	sunlight	sunlight	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 pouring	nsubj
24	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	25 pouring	aux
25	pouring	pour	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	21 supposed	xcomp
26	out	out	ADP	_	25 pouring	compound:prt
27	by	by	ADP	_	30 way	case
28	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	30 way	det
29	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	30 way	amod
30	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 pouring	obl
31	,	,	PUNCT	_	34 does	punct
32	as	as	SCONJ	_	34 does	mark
33	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	34 does	nsubj
34	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 see	conj
35	with	with	ADP	_	37 tap	case
36	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	37 tap	det
37	tap	tap	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 does	obl
38	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	39 washes	nsubj
39	washes	wash	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	37 tap	acl:relcl
40	out	out	ADP	_	39 washes	compound:prt
41	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	43 parts	det
42	underneath	underneath	ADJ	Degree=Pos	43 parts	amod
43	parts	part	NOUN	Number=Plur	39 washes	obj
44	of	of	ADP	_	45 patent	case
45	patent	patent	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 sinks	obl
46	sinks	sink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	43 parts	acl:relcl
47	in	in	ADP	_	48 kitchens	case
48	kitchens	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Plur	46 sinks	obl
49	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 see	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	not see	could	taps = tap	any sunshine			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sunshine=Stimulus
2	light	past · passive	a skylight of blue glass	the cave			vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Product
3	suppose	past	taps = tap				vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
4	pour out	past · progressive	the sunlight			by some other way	vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source
5	do	present	sunlight			with the tap	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
6	wash out	present	the tap	the underneath parts			vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent part=Patient
7	sink	present	the underneath parts not said here		kitchens	of patent	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

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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