--- title: And the dragon does the cooking--he's hot inside, so, of course, it'… — The Book of Dragons · tree and pragmatics description: And the dragon does the cooking--he's hot inside, so, of course, it's no trouble to him; and though I don't know what Time is I'm sure it's time for my wedding day, because my golden gown only wants one more white daisy on the sleeve, and a lily on the bosom of it, and then it will be ready." 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Nesbit, Opening, part 10. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (dragon, Nigel, cooking, I), 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:pg23661:10:113 # text = And the dragon does the cooking--he's hot inside, so, of course, it's no trouble to him; and though I don't know what Time is I'm sure it's time for my wedding day, because my golden gown only wants one more white daisy on the sleeve, and a lily on the bosom of it, and then it will be ready." 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 does do VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 cooking cooking NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 -- -- PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 10 hot hot ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 nmod _ _ 11 inside inside ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 so so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 16 course course NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 18 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 20 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 21 det _ _ 21 trouble trouble NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 26 though though SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 27 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 28 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 29 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 30 advmod _ _ 30 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 advcl _ _ 31 what what DET WDT PronType=Int 32 det _ _ 32 Time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 34 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 'm be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 36 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 parataxis _ _ 37 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 39 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 ccomp _ _ 40 for for ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 41 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 42 wedding wedding NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 compound _ _ 43 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 45 because because SCONJ IN _ 50 mark _ _ 46 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 47 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 gown gown NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nsubj _ _ 49 only only ADV RB _ 50 advmod _ _ 50 wants want VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 ccomp _ _ 51 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 54 nummod _ _ 52 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 54 amod _ _ 53 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 amod _ _ 54 daisy daisy NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obj _ _ 55 on on ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 sleeve sleeve NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 59 and and CCONJ CC _ 61 cc _ _ 60 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 61 lily lily NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 ccomp _ _ 62 on on ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 63 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 64 det _ _ 64 bosom bosom NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 nmod _ _ 65 of of ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 66 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 64 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 67 , , PUNCT , _ 73 punct _ _ 68 and and CCONJ CC _ 73 cc _ _ 69 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 73 advmod _ _ 70 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 73 nsubj _ _ 71 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 73 aux _ _ 72 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 73 cop _ _ 73 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 61 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 74 . . PUNCT . _ 61 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 75 " " PUNCT '' _ 36 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | present | the dragon | the cooking | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cooking=Eventuality | | 2 | **is** | present | Nigel | | | | | hot, inside *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | present | cooking | | Nigel | | | of no trouble | tree rules | | 4 | **not** **know** | present · do-support | I | | | | time | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **is** | present | I | | | | | sure *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **is a** | present | cooking | time | | | day | | tree rules | | 7 | **want** | present | my golden gown | one more white daisy | | the sleeve | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot daisy=Theme | | 8 | **is** | future | cooking | | | | then | ready *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **bosom** | | | gown | | | | | nom bosom «state transitive»: of=patient | 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 112](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/10/112/) - next →: [sentence 114](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/10/114/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/10/)