--- title: It is not mentioned in all charts; but it is marked in the old chart… — The Book of Dragons · tree and pragmatics description: It is not mentioned in all charts; but it is marked in the old chart I steer by, which was my father's father's before me, and his father's father's before him. Who acts: I, old chart. 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, old chart), 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:pg23661:10:59 # text = It is not mentioned in all charts; but it is marked in the old chart I steer by, which was my father's father's before me, and his father's father's before him. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 mentioned mention VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 7 det _ _ 7 charts chart NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ; ; PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 but but CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 11 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux:pass _ _ 12 marked mark VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 chart chart NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 17 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 steer steer VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 acl:relcl _ _ 19 by by ADP IN _ 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 21 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 26 nsubj _ _ 22 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 23 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 25 's 's PART POS _ 24 case _ _ 26 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 's 's PART POS _ 26 case _ _ 28 before before ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 32 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 34 's 's PART POS _ 33 case _ _ 35 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 36 's 's PART POS _ 35 case _ _ 37 before before ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **mention** *speech: other* | present · passive | | light | | all charts | before skipper | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic | | 2 | **mark** | present · passive | | light | | the old chart and my father's father | before me | | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: subject=Theme in chart=Destination | | 3 | **steer** | present | I | the old chart and my father's father *not said here* | | | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chart=Theme | | 4 | **is** | past | the old chart and my father's father | | | | | 's my father's father | 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 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/10/58/) - next →: [sentence 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/10/60/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/10/)