--- title: But Lionel had got the gold clasps undone, and he opened the first p… — The Book of Dragons · tree and pragmatics description: But Lionel had got the gold clasps undone, and he opened the first page, and there was a beautiful Butterfly all red, and brown, and yellow, and blue, so beautifully painted that it looked as if it were alive. Who acts: Lionel, it, Gold. A sentence of «The Book of Dragons» by E. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Lionel, it, Gold), 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:pg23661:1:143 # text = But Lionel had got the gold clasps undone, and he opened the first page, and there was a beautiful Butterfly all red, and brown, and yellow, and blue, so beautifully painted that it looked as if it were alive. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 Lionel Lionel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 clasps clasp AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 undone undo VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 opened open VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 nsubj _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 15 amod _ _ 15 page page NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 18 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 19 expl _ _ 19 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 cop _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 Butterfly butterfly NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 parataxis _ _ 23 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 24 det _ _ 24 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 brown brown ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 yellow yellow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 blue blue ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 so so ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 36 beautifully beautifully ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 37 painted paint VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 38 that that SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 39 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 advcl _ _ 41 as as SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 42 if if SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 43 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 44 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 cop _ _ 45 alive alive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past · perfect | Lionel | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **undo** | present · passive | | the gold | | | | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 3 | **open** | past | Lionel | the first page | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location page=Theme | | 4 | **is a** | past | | a beautiful Butterfly | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **paint** | past | Lionel *not said here* | | | | | beautifully *property* | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **look** | past | it | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 7 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | Gold | | | | | alive *property* | tree rules | 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. 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