--- title: And the years went by in tens and in hundreds, and still the Nine Wh… — The Book of Dragons · tree and pragmatics description: And the years went by in tens and in hundreds, and still the Nine Whirlpools spun around, roaring in triumph the story of many a good ship that had gone down in their swirl, bearing with it some Prince who had tried to win the Princess and her dowry. Who acts: years, many good ship. 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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 (years, many good ship), 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:pg23661:10:47 # text = And the years went by in tens and in hundreds, and still the Nine Whirlpools spun around, roaring in triumph the story of many a good ship that had gone down in their swirl, bearing with it some Prince who had tried to win the Princess and her dowry. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 tens ten NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 hundreds hundred NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 13 still still ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 Nine nine NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 16 nummod _ _ 16 Whirlpools whirlpool NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 parataxis _ _ 17 spun spin VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 acl _ _ 18 around around ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 roaring roar VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 triumph triumph NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 26 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 ship ship NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ _ 30 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 32 nsubj _ _ 31 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 29 acl:relcl _ _ 33 down down ADP RP _ 32 compound:prt _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 swirl swirl NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 38 bearing bear VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 20 conj _ _ 39 with with ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obl _ _ 41 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 42 det _ _ 42 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 nsubj:pass _ _ 43 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 45 nsubj _ _ 44 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 tried try VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 38 advcl _ _ 46 to to PART TO _ 47 mark _ _ 47 win win VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 xcomp _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 Princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 51 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 52 dowry dowry NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | the years | | | | | by tens and hundreds | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by ten=Location | | 2 | **spin around** | participle | | the Nine Whirlpools *not said here* | | | | around *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **roar** | gerund | the years *not said here* | the story of a many good ship | | triumph | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location story=Theme | | 4 | **go down** | past · perfect | a many good ship | | | | | in Whirlpools's swirl | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in swirl=Attribute | | 5 | **bear** | gerund | the years *not said here* | | | | | with swirl | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **try** | past · perfect · passive | | some Prince | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **win** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | the Princess and Princess's dowry | | | | | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=Eventuality | 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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