The Book of Dragons, Opening, part 9, sentence 47

He went slower and slower, and in the bonfire field he stopped altogether, and because the Arctic regions had not got down so far as that, and because the bonfire was very hot, the dragon began to melt and melt and melt--and before the children knew what he was doing they found themselves sitting in a large pool of water, and their boots were as wet as wet, and there was not a bit of dragon left!

Who acts: sportsman, Arctic regions, bonfire, dragon, children, boots · What happens: go, stop, not get down, be, begin, melt · To what, where: bonfire field, children, large pool, bit · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Book of Dragons» by E. Nesbit, Opening, part 9. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (sportsman, Arctic regions, bonfire, dragon), 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	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 went	nsubj
2	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	slower	slow	ADV	Degree=Cmp	2 went	advmod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 slower	cc
5	slower	slow	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 went	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 stopped	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 stopped	cc
8	in	in	ADP	_	11 field	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 field	det
10	bonfire	bonfire	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 field	compound
11	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 stopped	obl
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 stopped	nsubj
13	stopped	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 went	parataxis
14	altogether	altogether	ADV	_	13 stopped	advmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 got	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 got	cc
17	because	because	SCONJ	_	23 got	mark
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 regions	det
19	Arctic	arctic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 regions	amod
20	regions	region	NOUN	Number=Plur	23 got	nsubj
21	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	23 got	aux
22	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	23 got	advmod
23	got	get	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	13 stopped	conj
24	down	down	ADP	_	23 got	compound:prt
25	so	so	ADV	_	26 far	advmod
26	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	23 got	advmod
27	as	as	ADP	_	28 that	case
28	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	26 far	obl
29	,	,	PUNCT	_	40 began	punct
30	and	and	CCONJ	_	40 began	cc
31	because	because	SCONJ	_	36 hot	mark
32	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	33 bonfire	det
33	bonfire	bonfire	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 hot	nsubj
34	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	36 hot	cop
35	very	very	ADV	_	36 hot	advmod
36	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	40 began	advcl
37	,	,	PUNCT	_	36 hot	punct
38	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	39 dragon	det
39	dragon	dragon	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 began	nsubj
40	began	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 went	conj
41	to	to	PART	_	42 melt	mark
42	melt	melt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	40 began	xcomp
43	and	and	CCONJ	_	44 melt	cc
44	melt	melt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	42 melt	conj
45	and	and	CCONJ	_	46 melt	cc
46	melt	melt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	44 melt	conj
47	--	--	PUNCT	_	52 knew	punct
48	and	and	CCONJ	_	52 knew	cc
49	before	before	SCONJ	_	52 knew	mark
50	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	51 children	det
51	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	52 knew	nsubj
52	knew	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 went	parataxis
53	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	56 doing	obj
54	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	56 doing	nsubj
55	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	56 doing	aux
56	doing	do	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	52 knew	ccomp
57	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	58 found	nsubj
58	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	56 doing	ccomp
59	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	58 found	obj
60	sitting	sit	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	58 found	xcomp
61	in	in	ADP	_	64 pool	case
62	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	64 pool	det
63	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	64 pool	amod
64	pool	pool	NOUN	Number=Sing	60 sitting	obl
65	of	of	ADP	_	66 water	case
66	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	64 pool	nmod
67	,	,	PUNCT	_	73 wet	punct
68	and	and	CCONJ	_	73 wet	cc
69	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	70 boots	nmod:poss
70	boots	boot	NOUN	Number=Plur	73 wet	nsubj
71	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	73 wet	cop
72	as	as	ADV	_	73 wet	advmod
73	wet	wet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	52 knew	parataxis
74	as	as	ADP	_	75 wet	case
75	wet	wet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	73 wet	obl
76	,	,	PUNCT	_	79 was	punct
77	and	and	CCONJ	_	79 was	cc
78	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	79 was	expl
79	was	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 went	parataxis
80	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	82 bit	advmod
81	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	82 bit	det
82	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	85 left	nsubj:pass
83	of	of	ADP	_	84 dragon	case
84	dragon	dragon	NOUN	Number=Sing	82 bit	nmod
85	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	79 was	ccomp
86	!	!	PUNCT	_	2 went	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	go	past	sportsman			slow property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	stop	past	sportsman		the bonfire field	altogether property	vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in field=Location
3	not get down	past · perfect	the Arctic regions			far property	vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient
4	is	past	the bonfire			hot property	tree rules
5	begin	past	the dragon				vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
6	melt	to-infinitive	the dragon not said here				vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
7	melt	infinitive	the dragon not said here				vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
8	melt	infinitive	the dragon not said here				vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
9	know	past	the children				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
10	do	past · progressive	sportsman				tree rules
11	find	past	children = child	children = child			vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent themselves=Attribute clause=Theme
12	sit	gerund	children = child not said here		a large pool of water		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in pool=Location
13	is	past	children's boots			as wet; wet property	tree rules
14	be	past			there		tree rules
15	leave	participle · passive		a bit of dragon			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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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