The Book of Dragons, Opening, part 8, sentence 29

When they had picked themselves out and thumped each other on the back to get rid of the snow, they shaded their eyes and looked, and there, right in front of them, was the wonder of wonders--the North Pole--towering high and white and glistening, like an ice-lighthouse, and it was quite, quite close, so that you had to put your head as far back as it would go, and farther, before you could see the high top of it.

Who acts: moth, snow, you · What happens: pick out, thump, get, shade, look, be · To what, where: moth, each, eyes, wonder, head, high top

This is a sentence of «The Book of Dragons» by E. Nesbit, Opening, part 8. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (moth, snow, you), 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	When	when	SCONJ	_	4 picked	mark
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 picked	nsubj:pass
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 picked	aux
4	picked	pick	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	22 shaded	advcl
5	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	4 picked	obj
6	out	out	ADP	_	4 picked	compound:prt
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 thumped	cc
8	thumped	thump	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 picked	conj
9	each	each	DET	ExtPos=PRON PronType=Rcp	8 thumped	obj
10	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 each	fixed
11	on	on	ADP	_	13 back	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 back	det
13	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 thumped	obl
14	to	to	PART	_	15 get	mark
15	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 thumped	advcl
16	rid	rid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 get	xcomp
17	of	of	ADP	_	19 snow	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 snow	det
19	snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 rid	obl
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 picked	punct
21	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 shaded	nsubj
22	shaded	shade	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
23	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	24 eyes	nmod:poss
24	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	22 shaded	obj
25	and	and	CCONJ	_	26 looked	cc
26	looked	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	22 shaded	conj
27	,	,	PUNCT	_	29 there	punct
28	and	and	CCONJ	_	29 there	cc
29	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	26 looked	advmod
30	,	,	PUNCT	_	33 front	punct
31	right	right	ADV	_	33 front	advmod
32	in	in	ADP	_	33 front	case
33	front	front	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 looked	obl
34	of	of	ADP	_	35 them	case
35	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	33 front	nmod
36	,	,	PUNCT	_	39 wonder	punct
37	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	39 wonder	cop
38	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	39 wonder	det
39	wonder	wonder	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 shaded	obl
40	of	of	ADP	_	41 wonders	case
41	wonders	wonder	NOUN	Number=Plur	39 wonder	nmod
42	--	--	PUNCT	_	45 Pole	punct
43	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	45 Pole	det
44	North	North	PROPN	Number=Sing	45 Pole	compound
45	Pole	Pole	PROPN	Number=Sing	41 wonders	nmod
46	--	--	PUNCT	_	47 towering	punct
47	towering	tower	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	22 shaded	advcl
48	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	47 towering	xcomp
49	and	and	CCONJ	_	50 white	cc
50	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	48 high	conj
51	and	and	CCONJ	_	52 glistening	cc
52	glistening	glisten	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	47 towering	conj
53	,	,	PUNCT	_	58 lighthouse	punct
54	like	like	ADP	_	58 lighthouse	case
55	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	58 lighthouse	det
56	ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 lighthouse	compound
57	-	-	PUNCT	_	56 ice	punct
58	lighthouse	lighthouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	52 glistening	obl
59	,	,	PUNCT	_	66 close	punct
60	and	and	CCONJ	_	66 close	cc
61	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	66 close	nsubj
62	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	66 close	cop
63	quite	quite	ADV	_	66 close	advmod
64	,	,	PUNCT	_	66 close	punct
65	quite	quite	ADV	_	66 close	advmod
66	close	close	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 shaded	parataxis
67	,	,	PUNCT	_	71 had	punct
68	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	71 had	mark
69	that	that	SCONJ	_	68 so	fixed
70	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	71 had	nsubj
71	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	22 shaded	conj
72	to	to	PART	_	73 put	mark
73	put	put	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	71 had	xcomp
74	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	75 head	nmod:poss
75	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	73 put	obj
76	as	as	ADV	_	77 far	advmod
77	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	78 back	advmod
78	back	back	ADV	_	73 put	advmod
79	as	as	SCONJ	_	82 go	mark
80	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	82 go	nsubj
81	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	82 go	aux
82	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	73 put	advcl
83	,	,	PUNCT	_	85 farther	punct
84	and	and	CCONJ	_	85 farther	cc
85	farther	far	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	22 shaded	conj
86	,	,	PUNCT	_	90 see	punct
87	before	before	SCONJ	_	90 see	mark
88	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	90 see	nsubj
89	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	90 see	aux
90	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	85 farther	parataxis
91	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	93 top	det
92	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	93 top	amod
93	top	top	NOUN	Number=Sing	90 see	obj
94	of	of	ADP	_	95 it	case
95	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	93 top	nmod
96	.	.	PUNCT	_	22 shaded	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	pick out	past · perfect · passive		moth			vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: subject=Beneficiary themselves=Theme
2	thump	past		each		on the back	vn hit-18.1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent each=Instrument on back=Patient
3	get	to-infinitive				rid property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
4	shade	past	moth	moth's eyes			vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Beneficiary
5	look	past	moth not said here		there	in front of moth	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in front=Theme
6	is a	past		the wonder		of wonders the North Pole	tree rules
7	tower	gerund	moth not said here			high property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
8	glisten	gerund	moth not said here			like a ice lighthouse	vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
9	is	past	snow			close property	tree rules
10	have	past	you				tree rules
11	put	to-infinitive	you not said here	your head			vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent head=Goal
12	go	would	snow				vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
13	see	could	you	the high top of snow			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer top=Stimulus

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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