The Book of Dragons, Opening, part 7, sentence 34

George and Jane had sixpence each--and they spent the whole amount on a golden rain, which would not light for ever so long, and when it did light went out almost at once, so they had to look at the fireworks in the gardens next door, and at the ones at the Crystal Palace, which were very glorious indeed.

Who acts: George, golden rain, amount, light, Crystal Palace · What happens: have, spend, not light, do, go out, look · To what, where: sixpence, whole amount, golden rain, next door

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 (George, golden rain, amount, light), 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	George	George	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 had	nsubj
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 Jane	cc
3	Jane	Jane	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 George	conj
4	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	sixpence	sixpence	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 had	obj
6	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	5 sixpence	nmod:unmarked
7	--	--	PUNCT	_	10 spent	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 spent	cc
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 spent	nsubj
10	spent	spend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 had	conj
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 amount	det
12	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 amount	amod
13	amount	amount	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 spent	obj
14	on	on	ADP	_	17 rain	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 rain	det
16	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 rain	amod
17	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 spent	obl
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 light	punct
19	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	22 light	nsubj
20	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	22 light	aux
21	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	22 light	advmod
22	light	light	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 rain	conj
23	for	for	ADP	_	24 ever	case
24	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	22 light	obl
25	so	so	ADV	_	26 long	advmod
26	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	22 light	advmod
27	,	,	PUNCT	_	33 went	punct
28	and	and	CCONJ	_	33 went	cc
29	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	31 did	advmod
30	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	31 did	nsubj
31	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	33 went	advcl
32	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 went	nsubj
33	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 had	parataxis
34	out	out	ADV	_	33 went	advmod
35	almost	almost	ADV	_	37 once	advmod
36	at	at	ADP	_	37 once	case
37	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	33 went	advmod
38	,	,	PUNCT	_	41 had	punct
39	so	so	ADV	_	41 had	advmod
40	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	41 had	nsubj
41	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	33 went	conj
42	to	to	PART	_	43 look	mark
43	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	41 had	xcomp
44	at	at	ADP	_	46 fireworks	case
45	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	46 fireworks	det
46	fireworks	firework	NOUN	Number=Plur	43 look	obl
47	in	in	ADP	_	49 gardens	case
48	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	49 gardens	det
49	gardens	garden	NOUN	Number=Plur	43 look	obl
50	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	51 door	amod
51	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 look	obl
52	,	,	PUNCT	_	56 ones	punct
53	and	and	CCONJ	_	56 ones	cc
54	at	at	ADP	_	56 ones	case
55	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	56 ones	det
56	ones	one	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 had	obl
57	at	at	ADP	_	60 Palace	case
58	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	60 Palace	det
59	Crystal	Crystal	PROPN	Number=Sing	60 Palace	compound
60	Palace	Palace	PROPN	Number=Sing	56 ones	nmod
61	,	,	PUNCT	_	65 glorious	punct
62	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	65 glorious	nsubj
63	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	65 glorious	cop
64	very	very	ADV	_	65 glorious	advmod
65	glorious	glorious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	60 Palace	conj
66	indeed	indeed	ADV	_	65 glorious	advmod
67	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 had	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	have	past	George and Jane	sixpence each	at the ones at the Crystal Palace	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sixpence=Patient
2	spend	past	George	the whole amount	on a golden rain goal	vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent amount=Asset on rain=Goal
3	not light	would	a golden rain		long property	vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for ever=Beneficiary
4	do	past	amount			vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	go out	past	light		once, out property	vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent
6	have	past	George			tree rules
7	look	to-infinitive	George not said here	next door	in the gardens; at the fireworks	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at firework=Theme
8	is	past	the Crystal Palace		glorious, indeed property	tree 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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