--- title: One of them had a stone crown on its head and a stone scepter in its… — The Book of Dragons · tree and pragmatics description: One of them had a stone crown on its head and a stone scepter in its hand; but the other held a stone tablet with words on it, which the griffin and the dragon could not read, though they had both had a very good education. Who acts: One, other, griffin, powers. 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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 (One, other, griffin, powers), 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:pg23661:10:41 # text = One of them had a stone crown on its head and a stone scepter in its hand; but the other held a stone tablet with words on it, which the griffin and the dragon could not read, though they had both had a very good education. 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nsubj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 nmod _ _ 4 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 crown crown NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 on on ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ _ 14 scepter scepter NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 19 but but CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 nsubj _ _ 22 held hold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 compound _ _ 25 tablet tablet NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 26 with with ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obl _ _ 28 on on ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 33 nsubj _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 griffin griffin NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 conj _ _ 37 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 38 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 39 advmod _ _ 39 read read VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 though though SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 42 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 44 both both DET DT PronType=Tot 45 nsubj _ _ 45 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 ccomp _ _ 46 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 47 very very ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 48 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 education education NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | One of powers | a stone crown | | crown's head and a stone scepter in crown's hand | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crown=Patient | | 2 | **hold** | past | the other | a stone tablet | | | | with words on crown | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tablet=Theme | | 3 | **griffin** | | | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **not** **read** | could | the griffin and the dragon | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **have** | past | powers *= power* | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **have** | past | both | a good education | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent education=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. 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