--- title: And the great sea knew all the other stories of the Princes who had… — The Book of Dragons · tree and pragmatics description: And the great sea knew all the other stories of the Princes who had come from very far, and had seen the whirlpools, and had shaken their wise young heads and said: "'Bout ship!" and gone discreetly home to their nice, safe, comfortable kingdoms. Who acts: great sea, Princes. 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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 (great sea, Princes), 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:pg23661:10:48 # text = And the great sea knew all the other stories of the Princes who had come from very far, and had seen the whirlpools, and had shaken their wise young heads and said: "'Bout ship!" and gone discreetly home to their nice, safe, comfortable kingdoms. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 9 det:predet _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 stories story NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 Princes Prince PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 9 nmod _ _ 13 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 15 nsubj _ _ 14 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 12 acl:relcl _ _ 16 from from ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 very very ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 whirlpools whirlpool NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 27 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 shaken shake VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 29 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 30 wise wise ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 31 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 heads head NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obj _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 : : PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 36 " " PUNCT `` _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ' 's PART POS _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 Bout Bout PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 compound _ _ 39 ship ship NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ! ! PUNCT . _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 " " PUNCT '' _ 39 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 conj _ _ 44 discreetly discreetly ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 45 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ _ 46 to to ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 47 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 53 nmod:poss _ _ 48 nice nice ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 50 safe safe ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 52 comfortable comfortable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 amod _ _ 53 kingdoms kingdom NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | past | the great sea | all other stories of the Princes | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer story=Stimulus | | 2 | **come** | past · perfect | the Princes | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from far=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **see** | past · perfect | the great sea *not said here* | the whirlpools | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer whirlpool=Stimulus | | 4 | **shake** | past · perfect | the great sea *not said here* | Whirlpools's wise young heads | | | | | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent head=Patient | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the great sea *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **go** | participle | the great sea *not said here* | home | | Whirlpools's nice comfortable kingdoms | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to kingdom=Initial\_Location | 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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