--- title: Then she made haste to change his smock and to wash his face and han… — The Book of Dragons · tree and pragmatics description: Then she made haste to change his smock and to wash his face and hands and brush his hair, and all the time she was doing it Lionel kept wriggling and fidgeting and saying, "Oh, don't, Nurse," and, "I'm sure my ears are quite clean," or, "Never mind my hair, it's all right," and, "That'll do." 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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 (Nurse, haste, Lionel, ears), 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:pg23661:1:72 # text = Then she made haste to change his smock and to wash his face and hands and brush his hair, and all the time she was doing it Lionel kept wriggling and fidgeting and saying, "Oh, don't, Nurse," and, "I'm sure my ears are quite clean," or, "Never mind my hair, it's all right," and, "That'll do." 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 haste haste NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 change change VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 smock smock NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 wash wash VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 conj _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 brush brush VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 conj _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 22 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 24 det:predet _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl:unmarked _ _ 25 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 doing do VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 24 acl:relcl _ _ 28 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ _ 29 Lionel Lionel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 30 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 31 wriggling wriggle VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 30 xcomp _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 fidgeting fidget VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 31 conj _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 saying say VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 31 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 " " PUNCT `` _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 Oh oh INTJ UH _ 40 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 40 do do VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 30 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 41 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 40 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 43 Nurse nurse VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 40 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 48 " " PUNCT `` _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 'm be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 51 cop _ _ 51 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ 52 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 53 nmod:poss _ _ 53 ears ear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 56 nsubj _ _ 54 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 56 cop _ _ 55 quite quite ADV RB _ 56 advmod _ _ 56 clean clean ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 58 " " PUNCT '' _ 56 punct _ _ 59 or or CCONJ CC _ 63 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 60 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 61 " " PUNCT `` _ 63 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 62 Never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 63 advmod _ _ 63 mind mind VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 56 conj _ _ 64 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 65 nmod:poss _ _ 65 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 66 , , PUNCT , _ 70 punct _ _ 67 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 70 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 68 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 70 cop _ _ 69 all all ADV RB _ 70 advmod _ _ 70 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 71 , , PUNCT , _ 70 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 72 " " PUNCT '' _ 70 punct _ _ 73 and and CCONJ CC _ 78 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 74 , , PUNCT , _ 73 punct _ _ 75 " " PUNCT `` _ 78 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 76 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 78 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 77 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 78 aux _ _ 78 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 51 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 79 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 80 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past | Nurse | haste | | | then | | tree rules | | 2 | **change** | to-infinitive | haste *not said here* | Lionel's smock | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent smock=Patient | | 3 | **wash** | to-infinitive | haste *not said here* | Lionel's face and hands | | | | | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent face=Patient | | 4 | **brush** | infinitive | haste *not said here* | Lionel's hair | | | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent hair=Theme | | 5 | **do** | past · progressive | Nurse | hair | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | | 6 | **keep** | past | Lionel | | | | time | | tree rules | | 7 | **wriggle** | gerund | Lionel *not said here* | | | | | | vn body\_internal\_motion-49.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **fidget** | gerund | Lionel *not said here* | | | | | | vn body\_internal\_motion-49.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | Lionel *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **not** **do** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **nurse** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | | vn captain-29.8-1 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent | | 12 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Lionel | | | | | sure *property* | tree rules | | 13 | **is** *in a quote* | present | my ears | | | | | clean *property* | tree rules | | 14 | **not** **mind** *in a quote* | infinitive | my ears *not said here* | my hair | | | | | vn caring-75.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hair=Theme | | 15 | **is** *in a quote* | present | hair | | | | | all, right *property* | tree rules | | 16 | **do** *in a quote* | future | That | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=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 71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/1/71/) - next →: [sentence 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/1/73/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/1/)