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title: Being crowned is much more tiring work than you would suppose, and b… — The Book of Dragons · tree and pragmatics
description: Being crowned is much more tiring work than you would suppose, and by the time it was over, and Lionel had worn the Royal robes for an hour or two and had had his hand kissed by everybody whose business it was to do it, he was quite worn out, and was very glad to get into the Palace nursery. Who act
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# The Book of Dragons, Opening, part 1, sentence 107

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Being crowned is much more tiring work than you would suppose, and by the time it was over, and Lionel had worn the Royal robes for an hour or two and had had his hand kissed by everybody whose business it was to do it, he was quite worn out, and was very glad to get into the Palace nursery.

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**Who acts:** you, Minister · **What happens:** crown, be, suppose, wear, have, kiss · **To what, where:** more tiring work, Lionel, hand, Palace nursery · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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 (you, Minister), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg23661:1:107
# text = Being crowned is much more tiring work than you would suppose, and by the time it was over, and Lionel had worn the Royal robes for an hour or two and had had his hand kissed by everybody whose business it was to do it, he was quite worn out, and was very glad to get into the Palace nursery.
1	Being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	aux:pass	_	_
2	crowned	crown	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	csubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
4	much	much	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	7	amod	_	_
6	tiring	tiring	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	than	than	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
9	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
10	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	suppose	suppose	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
14	by	by	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	_
17	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	_
18	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	19	cop	_	_
19	over	over	ADV	RB	_	52	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
21	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
22	Lionel	Lionel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	24	nsubj:pass	_	_
23	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	24	aux	_	_
24	worn	wear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	19	conj	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
26	Royal	Royal	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	27	compound	_	_
27	robes	robe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	24	obj	_	_
28	for	for	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
29	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
30	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obl	_	_
31	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	32	cc	_	_
32	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	30	conj	_	_
33	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	34	cc	_	_
34	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	24	conj	_	_
35	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	34	ccomp	_	_
36	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	37	nmod:poss	_	_
37	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	obj	_	_
38	kissed	kiss	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	37	acl	_	_
39	by	by	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
40	everybody	everybody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	42	compound	_	_
41	whose	whose	PRON	WP$	Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel	42	nmod:poss	_	_
42	business	business	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	obl	_	_
43	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	46	nsubj	_	_
44	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	46	cop	_	_
45	to	to	PART	TO	_	46	mark	_	_
46	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	42	acl:relcl	_	_
47	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	46	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	52	punct	_	_
49	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	52	nsubj	_	_
50	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	52	aux:pass	_	_
51	quite	quite	ADV	RB	_	52	advmod	_	_
52	worn	wear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	ccomp	_	_
53	out	out	ADP	RP	_	52	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
54	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	58	punct	_	_
55	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	58	cc	_	_
56	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	58	cop	_	_
57	very	very	ADV	RB	_	58	advmod	_	_
58	glad	glad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	52	conj	_	_
59	to	to	PART	TO	_	60	mark	_	_
60	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	58	advcl	_	_
61	into	into	ADP	IN	_	64	case	_	_
62	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	64	det	_	_
63	Palace	Palace	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	64	compound	_	_
64	nursery	nursery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	60	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
65	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **crown** | gerund · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP» |
| 2 | **is a** | present |  | more tiring work |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **suppose** | would | you | more tiring work *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent work=Attribute clause=Theme |
| 4 | **is** | past | Minister |  |  |  | time | over *property* | tree rules |
| 5 | **wear** | past · perfect · passive |  | Lionel |  |  | hour |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **have** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 7 | **have** | past |  | Lionel's hand |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Patient |
| 8 | **kiss** | participle |  | Lionel's hand *not said here* |  |  |  | by everybody business | vn marry-36.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 9 | **is** | past | Minister |  |  |  |  | do *property* | tree rules |
| 10 | **wear out** | past · passive |  | Lionel |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: subject=Source |
| 11 | **is** | past |  |  |  |  |  | glad *property* | tree rules |
| 12 | **get** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | the Palace nursery |  |  | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into nursery=Destination |

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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.

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**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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