--- title: "Would you like me to bring Nurse, or what time would you like me to… — The Book of Dragons · tree and pragmatics description: "Would you like me to bring Nurse, or what time would you like me to be fetched, and hadn't I better put on my velvet suit with the lace collar?" said Lionel, who had often been out to tea. Who acts: you, Lionel. 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 (you, Lionel), 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:pg23661:1:78 # text = "Would you like me to bring Nurse, or what time would you like me to be fetched, and hadn't I better put on my velvet suit with the lace collar?" said Lionel, who had often been out to tea. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 like like VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 ccomp _ _ 5 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 8 Nurse nurse NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 10 or or CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 11 what what DET WDT PronType=Int 12 det _ _ 12 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl:unmarked _ _ 13 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 14 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 like like VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 16 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 18 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 19 aux:pass _ _ 19 fetched fetch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 23 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 25 advmod _ _ 24 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 22 ccomp _ _ 26 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 csubj _ _ 27 on on ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 29 velvet velvet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 suit suit NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 31 with with ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 lace lace NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 compound _ _ 34 collar collar NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 37 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 38 Lionel Lionel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 40 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 46 nsubj _ _ 41 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 42 often often ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 43 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 46 cop _ _ 44 out out ADP RP _ 43 compound:prt _ _ 45 to to ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 tea tea NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 37 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **like** *in a quote* | would | you | Lionel | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **bring** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | Nurse | | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent nurse=Theme | | 3 | **like** *in a quote* | would | you | Lionel | | | time | | tree rules | | 4 | **fetch** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive · passive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP» | | 5 | **have** *in a quote* | past | | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **put** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | my velvet suit | | with the lace collar | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent on suit=Destination | | 7 | **say** *speech: ask* | past | Lionel | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **is** | past · perfect | Lionel | | | | | to tea; often *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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