--- title: "Don't be a silly boy," said the Princess, pretending to be very gro… — The Book of Dragons · tree and pragmatics description: "Don't be a silly boy," said the Princess, pretending to be very grown up, for, though she had been on the island time only knows how many years, she was just eighteen, and she still liked pretending. " Who acts: Princess. 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 (Princess), 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:pg23661:10:91 # text = "Don't be a silly boy," said the Princess, pretending to be very grown up, for, though she had been on the island time only knows how many years, she was just eighteen, and she still liked pretending. " 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 3 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 cop _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 silly silly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 10 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 pretending pretend VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 16 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 18 aux:pass _ _ 17 very very ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 grown grow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 ccomp _ _ 19 up up ADP RP _ 18 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 21 for for ADP IN _ 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 23 though though SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 24 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 25 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 26 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 30 cop _ _ 27 on on ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 island island NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 compound _ _ 30 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl:unmarked _ _ 31 only only ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 32 knows know VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 ccomp _ _ 33 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 34 advmod _ _ 34 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 38 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 39 just just ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 eighteen eighteen NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 43 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 44 still still ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 45 liked like VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 advcl _ _ 46 pretending pretend VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 45 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 32 punct _ _ 48 " " PUNCT '' _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **not** **is a** *in a quote* | infinitive | | a silly boy | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Princess | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **pretend** | gerund | the Princess *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **grow up** | to-infinitive · passive | the Princess *not said here* | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V» | | 6 | **is** | past · perfect | Princess | | | | on the island time | | tree rules | | 7 | **know** | present | | | | | year | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **is a** | past | Princess | eighteen | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **like** | past | Princess | | | | still | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 10 | **pretend** *not said to happen* | gerund | Princess *not said here* | | | | | | 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. 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