--- title: But when Lionel was in bed he could not sleep for thinking of the bo… — The Book of Dragons · tree and pragmatics description: But when Lionel was in bed he could not sleep for thinking of the book, and when the full moon was shining with all her might and light he got up and crept down to the library and climbed up and got _The Book of Beasts_. Who acts: Lionel, full moon, moon. 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, full moon, moon), 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:pg23661:1:161 # text = But when Lionel was in bed he could not sleep for thinking of the book, and when the full moon was shining with all her might and light he got up and crept down to the library and climbed up and got _The Book of Beasts_. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 2 when when SCONJ WRB _ 6 mark _ _ 3 Lionel Lionel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 advcl _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 8 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 9 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 10 advmod _ _ 10 sleep sleep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 11 for for SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 12 thinking think VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 book book NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 18 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 23 advmod _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 moon moon NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 22 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 shining shine VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ _ 24 with with ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 25 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 29 det:predet _ _ 26 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 27 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 acl:relcl _ _ 32 up up ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 crept creep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 35 down down ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 36 to to ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 library library NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 climbed climb VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 41 up up ADP RP _ 40 compound:prt _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 conj _ _ 44 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 Book Book PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 obj _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 Beasts Beast PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 46 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | Lionel | | | bed | | | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **sleep** | could | Lionel | | | | | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **think** *speech: other* | gerund | Lionel *not said here* | | | | | of the book | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **shine** | past · progressive | the full moon | | | | | with moon's light | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with light=Theme | | 5 | **get up** | past | Lionel | moon's light *not said here* | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer light=Stimulus | | 6 | **creep down** | past | Lionel *not said here* | | | the library | | down *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to library=Destination | | 7 | **climb up** | past | Lionel *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **get** | past | Lionel *not said here* | the Book of Beasts | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer book=Stimulus | | 9 | **light** | | moon | | | | | | nom light «phenomenon transitive»: 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 160](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/1/160/) - next →: [sentence 162](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/1/162/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/1/)