The Book of Dragons, Opening, part 9, sentence 63

And besides being a King he was an enchanter, and considered to be quite at the top of his profession, so he was very wise, and he knew that when Kings and Queens want children, the Queen always goes to see a witch.

Who acts: King, Kings, Queen · What happens: beside, be, consider, know, want, go · To what, where: King, enchanter, top, children, witch · 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 (King, Kings, Queen), 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	And	and	CCONJ	_	2 besides	cc
2	besides	beside	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 King	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 King	det
5	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 besides	obj
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 enchanter	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 enchanter	cop
8	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 enchanter	det
9	enchanter	enchanter	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 King	acl:relcl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 considered	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 considered	cc
12	considered	consider	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 besides	parataxis
13	to	to	PART	_	18 top	mark
14	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	18 top	cop
15	quite	quite	ADV	_	18 top	advmod
16	at	at	ADP	_	18 top	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 top	det
18	top	top	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 considered	xcomp
19	of	of	ADP	_	21 profession	case
20	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	21 profession	nmod:poss
21	profession	profession	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 top	nmod
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 wise	punct
23	so	so	ADV	_	27 wise	advmod
24	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	27 wise	nsubj
25	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	27 wise	cop
26	very	very	ADV	_	27 wise	advmod
27	wise	wise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 considered	conj
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	31 knew	punct
29	and	and	CCONJ	_	31 knew	cc
30	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	31 knew	nsubj
31	knew	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 besides	conj
32	that	that	SCONJ	_	43 goes	mark
33	when	when	SCONJ	_	37 want	mark
34	Kings	king	NOUN	Number=Plur	37 want	nsubj
35	and	and	CCONJ	_	36 Queens	cc
36	Queens	queen	NOUN	Number=Plur	34 Kings	conj
37	want	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	43 goes	advcl
38	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	37 want	obj
39	,	,	PUNCT	_	37 want	punct
40	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	41 Queen	det
41	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	43 goes	nsubj
42	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	43 goes	advmod
43	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	31 knew	ccomp
44	to	to	PART	_	45 see	mark
45	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	43 goes	advcl
46	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	47 witch	det
47	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 see	obj
48	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 besides	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	beside	present					tree rules
2	is a	gerund		a King			tree rules
3	is a	past	King	a enchanter			tree rules
4	consider	past					vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V whether/if S»: agent=Agent
5	is	to-infinitive			the top	of King's profession	tree rules
6	is	past	King			wise property	tree rules
7	know	past	King				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
8	want	present	Kings and Queens	children			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot child=Theme
9	go	present	the Queen			always property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
10	see	to-infinitive	the Queen not said here	a witch			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer witch=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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