--- title: She thought and thought of what was written on the stone about the g… — The Book of Dragons · tree and pragmatics description: She thought and thought of what was written on the stone about the griffin being artificial--and next day she said to Nigel: "You know a griffin is half a lion and half an eagle, and the other two halves when they've joined make the leo-griff. Who acts: Princess, You, griffin, lion. 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Nesbit, Opening, part 11. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Princess, You, griffin, lion), 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:pg23661:11:38 # text = She thought and thought of what was written on the stone about the griffin being artificial--and next day she said to Nigel: "You know a griffin is half a lion and half an eagle, and the other two halves when they've joined make the leo-griff. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 5 of of SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 6 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 written write VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 ccomp _ _ 9 on on ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 12 about about ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 griffin griffin NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 15 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 cop _ _ 16 artificial artificial ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 17 -- -- PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 19 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl:unmarked _ _ 21 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 23 to to ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 Nigel Nigel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 : : PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 26 " " PUNCT `` _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 ccomp _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 griffin griffin NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 31 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 cop _ _ 32 half half DET PDT NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac|PronType=Ind 34 det:predet _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 lion lion NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 ccomp _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 36 half half DET PDT NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac|PronType=Ind 38 det:predet _ _ 37 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 eagle eagle NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 42 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 43 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 44 nummod _ _ 44 halves half NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 nsubj _ _ 45 when when SCONJ WRB _ 48 mark _ _ 46 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 've have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 48 joined join VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 44 acl _ _ 49 make make VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 51 leo leo NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 52 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 griff griff NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | Princess | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | past | Princess *not said here* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **write** | past · passive | | | | the stone | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme on stone=Destination | | 4 | **is** | gerund | | | | | | about the griffin; artificial *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Princess | | Nigel | | day | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to nigel=Recipient clause=Topic | | 6 | **know** *in a quote* | present | You | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | a griffin | half lion and half eagle | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **join** *in a quote* | present · perfect | lion | | | | | | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 9 | **make** *in a quote* | present | the other two halves | the leo griff | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset griff=Product | 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 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/11/37/) - next →: [sentence 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/11/39/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/11/)