--- title: "Sire, your great-great-great-great-great-grandfather's death happen… — The Book of Dragons · tree and pragmatics description: "Sire, your great-great-great-great-great-grandfather's death happened when my grandfather was a little boy," said the Prime Minister, "and since then your loyal people have been saving up to buy you a crown--so much a week, you know, according to people's means--sixpence a week from those who have --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/1/100/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Book of Dragons](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/) / [Opening, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/1/) / 100 # The Book of Dragons, Opening, part 1, sentence 100 "Sire, your great-great-great-great-great-grandfather's death happened when my grandfather was a little boy," said the Prime Minister, "and since then your loyal people have been saving up to buy you a crown--so much a week, you know, according to people's means--sixpence a week from those who have first-rate pocket money, down to a halfpenny a week from those who haven't so much. **Who acts:** Sire, grandfather, loyal people, you, according, first rate · **What happens:** happen, be, say, save up, buy, know · **To what, where:** little boy, crown, you, people, sixpence, those · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Book of Dragons» by E. Nesbit, Opening, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Sire, grandfather, loyal people, 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 {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg23661:1:100 # text = "Sire, your great-great-great-great-great-grandfather's death happened when my grandfather was a little boy," said the Prime Minister, "and since then your loyal people have been saving up to buy you a crown--so much a week, you know, according to people's means--sixpence a week from those who have first-rate pocket money, down to a halfpenny a week from those who haven't so much. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Sire sire NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 5 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 grandfather grandfather NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 16 's 's PART POS _ 15 case _ _ 17 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 18 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 19 when when SCONJ WRB _ 25 mark _ _ 20 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 grandfather grandfather NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 22 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 " " PUNCT '' _ 25 punct _ _ 28 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 parataxis _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 Prime Prime PROPN NNP _ 31 compound _ _ 31 Minister Minister PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 33 " " PUNCT '' _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 35 since since ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 42 obl _ _ 37 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 38 loyal loyal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 nsubj _ _ 40 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 41 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 42 aux _ _ 42 saving save VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 28 advcl _ _ 43 up up ADP RP _ 42 compound:prt _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 45 buy buy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 advcl _ _ 46 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 45 iobj _ _ 47 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 crown crown NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 -- -- PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 so so ADV RB _ 51 advmod _ _ 51 much much ADV RB _ 53 advmod _ _ 52 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 week week NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 55 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 56 nsubj _ _ 56 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 58 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 62 csubj _ _ 59 to to ADP IN _ 58 fixed _ _ 60 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 58 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 61 's 's PART POS _ 60 case _ _ 62 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 63 -- -- PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 64 sixpence sixpence NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 obj _ _ 65 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 66 det _ _ 66 week week NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 nmod:unmarked _ _ 67 from from ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 68 those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 64 nmod _ _ 69 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 70 nsubj _ _ 70 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 68 acl:relcl _ _ 71 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 73 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 72 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 71 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 73 rate rate NOUN NN Number=Sing 75 nsubj _ _ 74 pocket pocket NOUN NN Number=Sing 75 compound _ _ 75 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 70 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 76 , , PUNCT , _ 77 punct _ _ 77 down down ADV RB _ 64 advmod _ _ 78 to to ADP IN _ 80 case _ _ 79 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 80 det _ _ 80 halfpenny halfpenny NOUN NN Number=Sing 77 obl _ _ 81 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 82 det _ _ 82 week week NOUN NN Number=Sing 84 obl:unmarked _ _ 83 from from ADP IN _ 84 case _ _ 84 those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 64 nmod _ _ 85 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 86 nsubj _ _ 86 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 84 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 87 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 86 advmod _ _ 88 so so ADV RB _ 89 advmod _ _ 89 much much ADV RB _ 86 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 90 . . PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** *in a quote* | past | Sire | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | my grandfather | a little boy | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **save up** *in a quote* | present · perfect · progressive | your loyal people | | | | week | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **buy** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | your loyal people *not said here* | a crown | you | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent you=Beneficiary crown=Theme | | 6 | **know** *in a quote* | present | you | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **accord** *in a quote* | gerund | | people | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent people=Theme | | 8 | **mean** *in a quote* | present | according | sixpence a week | | those | | from those | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sixpence=Topic | | 9 | **have** *in a quote* | present | | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **money** *in a quote* | | first rate | | | | | | tree rules | | 11 | **not** **have** *in a quote* | present | | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 12 | **die** *in a quote* | | your great great great great great grandfather | | | | | | nom death «event intransitive»: poss=agent | 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. - ← previous: [sentence 99](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/1/99/) - next →: [sentence 101](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/1/101/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/1/)