--- title: They bowed low to Lionel, and the gravest one said: "Sire, your grea… — The Book of Dragons · tree and pragmatics description: They bowed low to Lionel, and the gravest one said: "Sire, your great-great-great-great-great-grandfather, the King of this country, is dead, and now you have got to come and be King." Who acts: gentlemen, gravest one, you. 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 (gentlemen, gravest one, you), 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:pg23661:1:75 # text = They bowed low to Lionel, and the gravest one said: "Sire, your great-great-great-great-great-grandfather, the King of this country, is dead, and now you have got to come and be King." 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 bowed bow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 low low ADV RB Degree=Pos 2 advmod _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Lionel Lionel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 gravest grave ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 10 amod _ _ 10 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 : : PUNCT : _ 14 punct _ _ 13 " " PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 Sire sire NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 16 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 17 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 grandfather grandfather NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 appos _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 33 det _ _ 33 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 36 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 39 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 42 advmod _ _ 40 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 11 ccomp _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 44 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 xcomp _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 46 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 47 cop _ _ 47 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bow** | past | gentlemen *= gentleman* | | Lionel | | | low *property* | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.pivot»: agent=Agent to lionel=Pivot | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the gravest one | Sire | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the gravest one *not said here* | | | | | dead *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **get** *in a quote* | present · perfect | you | | | | now | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 5 | **come** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **is a** *in a quote* | infinitive | you *not said here* | King | | | | | 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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