--- title: "Well!" said the Prime Minister, as soon as he could speak for the l… — The Book of Dragons · tree and pragmatics description: "Well!" said the Prime Minister, as soon as he could speak for the lump of wonder that had got into his throat and tried to choke him, "that's magic, that is." Who acts: Prime Minister, Lionel, lump, that. 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 (Prime Minister, Lionel, lump, that), 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:pg23661:1:147 # text = "Well!" said the Prime Minister, as soon as he could speak for the lump of wonder that had got into his throat and tried to choke him, "that's magic, that is." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Well well INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ! ! PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 5 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 Prime Prime PROPN NNP _ 8 compound _ _ 8 Minister Minister PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 10 as as ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 15 advmod _ _ 12 as as SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 speak speak VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 16 for for ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 lump lump NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 wonder wonder NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ _ 21 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 23 nsubj _ _ 22 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 18 acl:relcl _ _ 24 into into ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 throat throat NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 tried try VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 choke choke VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 xcomp _ _ 31 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 " " PUNCT `` _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 36 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 36 magic magic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 39 nsubj _ _ 39 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Prime Minister | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | could | Lionel | | | | | for the lump of wonder; soon *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **get** | past · perfect | the lump of wonder | | | Lionel's throat | | | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into throat=Destination | | 4 | **try** | past | the Prime Minister *not said here* | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 5 | **choke** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the Prime Minister *not said here* | Lionel | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **is** *in a quote* | present | that | | | | | magic *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. 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 146](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/1/146/) - next →: [sentence 148](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/1/148/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/1/)