The Book of Dragons, Opening, part 7, sentence 33

So there were fireworks and torchlight processions, and set pieces at the Crystal Palace, with "Blessings on our Prince" and "Long Live our Royal Darling" in different-colored fires; and the most private of boarding schools had a half holiday; and even the children of plumbers and authors had tuppence each given them to spend as they liked.

Who acts: private, schools · What happens: color, have, give, spend, like · To what, where: half holiday, each

This is a sentence of «The Book of Dragons» by E. Nesbit, Opening, part 7. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (private, schools), 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	So	so	ADV	_	3 were	advmod
2	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	3 were	expl
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	61 given	aux:pass
4	fireworks	firework	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 were	nsubj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 processions	cc
6	torchlight	torchlight	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 processions	compound
7	processions	procession	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 fireworks	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 pieces	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 pieces	cc
10	set	set	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 pieces	amod
11	pieces	piece	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 were	obl
12	at	at	ADP	_	15 Palace	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 Palace	det
14	Crystal	Crystal	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 Palace	compound
15	Palace	Palace	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 pieces	nmod
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 Blessings	punct
17	with	with	ADP	_	19 Blessings	case
18	"	"	PUNCT	_	19 Blessings	punct
19	Blessings	blessing	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 were	nsubj
20	on	on	ADP	_	22 Prince	case
21	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	22 Prince	nmod:poss
22	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 Blessings	nmod
23	"	"	PUNCT	_	22 Prince	punct
24	and	and	CCONJ	_	27 Live	cc
25	"	"	PUNCT	_	27 Live	punct
26	Long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	27 Live	amod
27	Live	Live	PROPN	Number=Plur	22 Prince	conj
28	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	30 Darling	nmod:poss
29	Royal	Royal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	30 Darling	amod
30	Darling	Darling	PROPN	Number=Sing	27 Live	nmod
31	"	"	PUNCT	_	30 Darling	punct
32	in	in	ADP	_	36 fires	case
33	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	35 colored	compound
34	-	-	PUNCT	_	33 different	punct
35	colored	color	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	36 fires	amod
36	fires	fire	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 Blessings	nmod
37	;	;	PUNCT	_	45 had	punct
38	and	and	CCONJ	_	45 had	cc
39	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	41 private	det
40	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	41 private	advmod
41	private	private	ADJ	Degree=Pos	45 had	nsubj
42	of	of	ADP	_	44 schools	case
43	boarding	boarding	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 schools	compound
44	schools	school	NOUN	Number=Plur	45 had	nsubj
45	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 were	conj
46	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	48 holiday	det
47	half	half	NOUN	Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac	48 holiday	compound
48	holiday	holiday	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 had	obj
49	;	;	PUNCT	_	58 had	punct
50	and	and	CCONJ	_	53 children	cc
51	even	even	ADV	_	53 children	advmod
52	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	53 children	det
53	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	58 had	nsubj
54	of	of	ADP	_	55 plumbers	case
55	plumbers	plumber	NOUN	Number=Plur	53 children	nmod
56	and	and	CCONJ	_	57 authors	cc
57	authors	author	NOUN	Number=Plur	55 plumbers	conj
58	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	61 given	aux
59	tuppence	tuppence	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 had	obj
60	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	61 given	nsubj:pass
61	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
62	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	61 given	obj
63	to	to	PART	_	64 spend	mark
64	spend	spend	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	61 given	advcl
65	as	as	SCONJ	_	67 liked	mark
66	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	67 liked	nsubj
67	liked	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	64 spend	advcl
68	.	.	PUNCT	_	61 given	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	color	participle			vn coloring-24 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	have	past	the private	a half holiday	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent holiday=Patient
3	give	past · perfect · passive		each	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient they=Theme
4	spend	to-infinitive			vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
5	like	past	schools = school		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot

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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