--- title: So now the eagle half of the griffin, who was still rather sleepy, b… — The Book of Dragons · tree and pragmatics description: So now the eagle half of the griffin, who was still rather sleepy, believed that it was fighting a lion, and the lion part, being half asleep, thought it was fighting an eagle, and the whole griffin in its deep drowsiness hadn't the sense to pull itself together and remember what it was made of. 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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 (eagle half, half, lion part, whole griffin), 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:pg23661:11:46 # text = So now the eagle half of the griffin, who was still rather sleepy, believed that it was fighting a lion, and the lion part, being half asleep, thought it was fighting an eagle, and the whole griffin in its deep drowsiness hadn't the sense to pull itself together and remember what it was made of. 1 So so ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 2 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 eagle eagle NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 half half NOUN NN Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 16 nsubj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 griffin griffin NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 10 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 14 nsubj _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 12 still still ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 13 rather rather ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 sleepy sleepy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 believed believe VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 17 that that SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 18 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 fighting fight VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 advcl _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 lion lion NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 lion lion NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 compound _ _ 27 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 31 cop _ _ 30 half half ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 31 advmod _ _ 31 asleep asleep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 33 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 34 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 fighting fight VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 33 ccomp _ _ 37 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 eagle eagle NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 griffin griffin NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nsubj _ _ 44 in in ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 45 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 46 deep deep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 drowsiness drowsiness NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nmod _ _ 48 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 51 advmod _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 sense sense NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obj _ _ 52 to to PART TO _ 53 mark _ _ 53 pull pull VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 48 xcomp _ _ 54 itself itself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 53 obj _ _ 55 together together ADV RB _ 53 advmod _ _ 56 and and CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 57 remember remember VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 53 conj _ _ 58 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 57 obj _ _ 59 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 61 nsubj:pass _ _ 60 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 61 aux:pass _ _ 61 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 58 acl:relcl _ _ 62 of of ADP IN _ 61 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 63 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the eagle half of the griffin | | | | still | sleepy *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **believe** | past | the eagle half of the griffin | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **fight** | past · progressive | half | a lion | | | | | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lion=Co-Agent | | 4 | **is** | gerund | the lion part *not said here* | | | | | asleep, half *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **think** *speech: other* | past | the eagle half of the griffin *not said here* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 6 | **fight** | past · progressive | half | a eagle | | | | | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eagle=Co-Agent | | 7 | **have** | past | the whole griffin in half's deep drowsiness | the sense | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **pull** | to-infinitive | the sense *not said here* | half | | | | together *property* | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent itself=Theme | | 9 | **remember** | infinitive | the sense *not said here* | | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent what=Theme | | 10 | **make** | past · passive | | half | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=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. 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