The Book of Dragons, Opening, part 8, sentence 45

It's just the North Pole, that's all, and I've found it; and now I shall try to climb up and plant the British flag on the top--my handkerchief will do; and if it really _is_ the North Pole, my pocket compass Uncle James gave me will spin around and around, and then I shall know.

Who acts: ground, I, handkerchief, North Pole, me · What happens: be, find, try, climb up, plant, do · To what, where: North Pole, ground, British flag, 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 (ground, I, handkerchief, North Pole), 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	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 Pole	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 Pole	cop
3	just	just	ADV	_	6 Pole	advmod
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Pole	det
5	North	North	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Pole	compound
6	Pole	Pole	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 all	punct
8	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	10 all	nsubj
9	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 all	cop
10	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 Pole	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 found	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 found	cc
13	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	15 found	nsubj
14	've	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 found	aux
15	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	10 all	conj
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 found	obj
17	;	;	PUNCT	_	22 try	punct
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 try	cc
19	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	22 try	advmod
20	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	22 try	nsubj
21	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	22 try	aux
22	try	try	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 Pole	parataxis
23	to	to	PART	_	24 climb	mark
24	climb	climb	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	22 try	xcomp
25	up	up	ADP	_	24 climb	compound:prt
26	and	and	CCONJ	_	27 plant	cc
27	plant	plant	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 try	conj
28	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	30 flag	det
29	British	British	ADJ	Degree=Pos	30 flag	amod
30	flag	flag	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 plant	obj
31	on	on	ADP	_	33 top	case
32	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	33 top	det
33	top	top	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 plant	obl
34	--	--	PUNCT	_	38 do	punct
35	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	36 handkerchief	nmod:poss
36	handkerchief	handkerchief	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 do	nsubj
37	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	38 do	aux
38	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	22 try	conj
39	;	;	PUNCT	_	56 gave	punct
40	and	and	CCONJ	_	56 gave	cc
41	if	if	SCONJ	_	45 is	mark
42	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	45 is	nsubj
43	really	really	ADV	_	45 is	advmod
44	_	_	PUNCT	_	43 really	punct
45	is	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	49 Pole	advcl
46	_	_	PUNCT	_	45 is	punct
47	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	49 Pole	det
48	North	North	PROPN	Number=Sing	49 Pole	compound
49	Pole	Pole	PROPN	Number=Sing	56 gave	nsubj
50	,	,	PUNCT	_	53 compass	punct
51	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	53 compass	nmod:poss
52	pocket	pocket	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 compass	compound
53	compass	compass	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 Pole	conj
54	Uncle	Uncle	PROPN	Number=Sing	53 compass	appos
55	James	James	PROPN	Number=Sing	54 Uncle	flat
56	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	22 try	parataxis
57	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	59 spin	nsubj
58	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	59 spin	aux
59	spin	spin	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	56 gave	ccomp
60	around	around	ADV	_	59 spin	advmod
61	and	and	CCONJ	_	62 around	cc
62	around	around	ADV	_	60 around	conj
63	,	,	PUNCT	_	68 know	punct
64	and	and	CCONJ	_	68 know	cc
65	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	68 know	advmod
66	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	68 know	nsubj
67	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	68 know	aux
68	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	59 spin	conj
69	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 Pole	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	ground	the North Pole				tree rules
2	find	present · perfect	I	ground				vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic
3	try	shall	I			now		vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
4	climb up not said to happen	to-infinitive	I not said here					vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	plant	present	I not said here	the British flag	the top			vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent flag=Theme on top=Destination
6	do	future	my handkerchief					vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
7	be a condition, not said to happen	present	handkerchief					vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
8	give	past	the North Pole and my pocket compass					tree rules
9	spin	future	me				around property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
10	know	shall	I			then		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

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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