--- title: And when the whirlpools suddenly stopped whirling and the tide sank,… — The Book of Dragons · tree and pragmatics description: And when the whirlpools suddenly stopped whirling and the tide sank, like water in a basin that has a hole in it, he stuck to his oars and put his back into his stroke, and presently beached the boat on the yellow sand. Who acts: whirlpools, tide, basin, Nigel. 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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 (whirlpools, tide, basin, Nigel), 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:pg23661:10:78 # text = And when the whirlpools suddenly stopped whirling and the tide sank, like water in a basin that has a hole in it, he stuck to his oars and put his back into his stroke, and presently beached the boat on the yellow sand. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 2 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 whirlpools whirlpool NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 5 suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 stopped stop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 whirling whirl VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 xcomp _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 tide tide NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 sank sink VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 like like ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 basin basin NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 18 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 19 nsubj _ _ 19 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 acl:relcl _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 hole hole NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 22 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 stuck stick VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 27 to to ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 oars oar NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obl _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 conj _ _ 32 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 into into ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 stroke stroke NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 39 presently presently ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 beached beach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 boat boat NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 43 on on ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 45 yellow yellow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 sand sand NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** | past | the whirlpools | | | | | suddenly *property* | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **whirl** | gerund | the whirlpools *not said here* | | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **sink** | past | the tide | water | | a basin | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent water=Patient | | 4 | **have** | present | a basin | a hole | | tide | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hole=Patient | | 5 | **stick** | past | Nigel | | | | | to Nigel's oars | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent to oar=Co-Patient | | 6 | **put** | infinitive | Nigel *not said here* | Nigel's back | | Nigel's stroke | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent back=Goal | | 7 | **beach** | past | the whirlpools *not said here* | the boat | | the yellow sand | | presently *property* | vn pocket-9.10 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent boat=Theme on sand=Destination | | 8 | **stroke** | | Nigel | | | | | | nom stroke «act transitive»: poss=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 77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/10/77/) - next →: [sentence 79](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/10/79/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/10/)