--- title: The Prime Minister and the Chancellor were there, and when Lionel ca… — The Book of Dragons · tree and pragmatics description: The Prime Minister and the Chancellor were there, and when Lionel came in they bowed very low, and were beginning to ask Lionel most politely what on earth he was coming bothering for now--when Lionel cried out: "Oh, what a worldful of books! Who acts: Prime Minister, Lionel, Chancellor. 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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 (Prime Minister, Lionel, Chancellor), 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:pg23661:1:115 # text = The Prime Minister and the Chancellor were there, and when Lionel came in they bowed very low, and were beginning to ask Lionel most politely what on earth he was coming bothering for now--when Lionel cried out: "Oh, what a worldful of books! 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 Prime Prime PROPN NNP _ 3 compound _ _ 3 Minister Minister PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Chancellor Chancellor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 7 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 8 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 40 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 11 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 13 advmod _ _ 12 Lionel Lionel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 advcl _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 13 obl _ _ 15 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 bowed bow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 17 very very ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 low low ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 beginning begin VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 advcl _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 xcomp _ _ 25 Lionel Lionel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 26 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 27 advmod _ _ 27 politely politely ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 28 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 33 obj _ _ 29 on on ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 coming come VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 24 ccomp _ _ 34 bothering bother VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 33 xcomp _ _ 35 for for ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 -- -- PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 40 advmod _ _ 39 Lionel Lionel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 40 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 41 out out ADP RP _ 40 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 42 : : PUNCT : _ 46 punct _ _ 43 " " PUNCT `` _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 Oh oh INTJ UH _ 46 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 46 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 40 parataxis _ _ 47 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 worldful worldful NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nsubj _ _ 49 of of ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 books book NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ! ! PUNCT . _ 40 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the Prime Minister and the Chancellor | | | | | there *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **come in** | past | Lionel | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **bow** | past | Chancellor | | | | | low *property* | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **begin** | past · progressive | Chancellor *not said here* | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 5 | **ask** *speech: ask* | to-infinitive | Chancellor *not said here* | | Lionel | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S»: agent=Agent lionel=Recipient clause=Topic | | 6 | **come** | past · progressive | Lionel | | | earth | | | tree rules | | 7 | **bother** | gerund | Lionel *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **cry out** *speech: express* | past | Lionel | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | 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 114](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/1/114/) - next →: [sentence 116](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/1/116/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/1/)