--- title: In doing this for you I lose all my witch's powers, and when I say t… — The Book of Dragons · tree and pragmatics description: In doing this for you I lose all my witch's powers, and when I say the spell that changes you to stone, I shall change with you, and if ever we come out of the stone, I shall be a witch no more, but only a happy old woman." Who acts: I, spell, we. 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 (I, spell, we), 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:pg23661:10:39 # text = In doing this for you I lose all my witch's powers, and when I say the spell that changes you to stone, I shall change with you, and if ever we come out of the stone, I shall be a witch no more, but only a happy old woman." 1 In in SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 doing do VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 3 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 obj _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ _ 6 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 lose lose VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 10 det:predet _ _ 9 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 witch witch NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 11 's 's PART POS _ 10 case _ _ 12 powers power NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 15 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 17 advmod _ _ 16 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 advcl _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 spell spell NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 20 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 21 nsubj _ _ 21 changes change VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 acl:relcl _ _ 22 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ 23 to to ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 26 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 change change VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 29 with with ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 33 if if SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 34 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 36 advmod _ _ 35 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 37 out out ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 42 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 43 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 44 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 46 cop _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 witch witch NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 47 no no ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 48 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 46 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 50 but but CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 51 only only ADV RB _ 55 advmod _ _ 52 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 53 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 55 amod _ _ 54 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 55 amod _ _ 55 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 55 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 57 " " PUNCT '' _ 55 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | gerund | I *not said here* | this | | | | for you | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent this=Eventuality | | 2 | **lose** | present | I | my witch's powers | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent power=Eventuality | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | I | the spell | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent spell=Topic | | 4 | **change** | present | the spell | you | | | | to stone | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Patient | | 5 | **change** | shall | I | | | | | with you | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **come out** | present | we | the stone | | | ever | | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient stone=Result | | 7 | **is a** | shall | I | a witch | | | | | 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. 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 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/10/38/) - next →: [sentence 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/10/40/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/10/)