--- title: The wicked King died, and some one else took his kingdom, and many t… — The Book of Dragons · tree and pragmatics description: The wicked King died, and some one else took his kingdom, and many things were changed in the world; but the island did not change, nor the Nine Whirlpools, nor the griffin, nor the dragon, nor the two stone ladies. Who acts: wicked King, one, island. 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 (wicked King, one, island), 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:pg23661:10:44 # text = The wicked King died, and some one else took his kingdom, and many things were changed in the world; but the island did not change, nor the Nine Whirlpools, nor the griffin, nor the dragon, nor the two stone ladies. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 wicked wicked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 died die VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 7 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 8 det _ _ 8 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 9 else else ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 10 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 15 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nsubj:pass _ _ 17 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux:pass _ _ 18 changed change VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 conj _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 23 but but CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 island island NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 26 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 27 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 28 advmod _ _ 28 change change VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 33 cc _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 Nine nine NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 33 nummod _ _ 33 Whirlpools whirlpool NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 37 cc _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 griffin griffin NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 41 cc _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 43 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 47 cc _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 45 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 47 nummod _ _ 46 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 compound _ _ 47 ladies lady NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **die** | past | the wicked King | the griffin | | | | the dragon *obl*; the two stone ladies *obl* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 2 | **take** | past | some one | King's kingdom | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kingdom=Theme | | 3 | **change** | past · passive | | many things | | the world | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 4 | **not** **change** | past · do-support | the island | the Nine Whirlpools | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/10/43/) - next →: [sentence 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/10/45/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/10/)