--- title: But the pieces that were left of the griffin were buried under the h… — The Book of Dragons · tree and pragmatics description: But the pieces that were left of the griffin were buried under the herb-bed in the palace garden, because it had been so good at housework, and it wasn't its fault that it had been made so badly and put to such poor work as guarding a lady from her lover. Who acts: garden. 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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 (garden), 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:pg23661:11:71 # text = But the pieces that were left of the griffin were buried under the herb-bed in the palace garden, because it had been so good at housework, and it wasn't its fault that it had been made so badly and put to such poor work as guarding a lady from her lover. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 pieces piece NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl:relcl _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 griffin griffin NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux:pass _ _ 11 buried bury VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 12 under under ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 14 herb herb NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 15 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 compound _ _ 20 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 22 because because SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 23 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 24 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 25 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 27 cop _ _ 26 so so ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 conj _ _ 28 at at ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 housework housework NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 32 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 33 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 34 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 36 advmod _ _ 35 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 fault fault NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 parataxis _ _ 37 that that SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 38 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj:pass _ _ 39 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 40 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 41 aux:pass _ _ 41 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 advcl _ _ 42 so so ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 43 badly badly ADV RB Degree=Pos 41 advmod _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 conj _ _ 46 to to ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 47 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 48 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ _ 50 as as SCONJ IN _ 51 mark _ _ 51 guarding guard VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 45 advcl _ _ 52 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obj _ _ 54 from from ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 56 nmod:poss _ _ 56 lover lover NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave** | past · passive | | the pieces | | | | of the griffin | vn leave-51.2-1 «NP V NP.initial\_location PP.destination»: subject=Source of griffin=Destination | | 2 | **bury** | past · passive | | the pieces | | the herb bed | | in the palace garden | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme under bed=Destination | | 3 | **is** | past · perfect | garden | | | housework | | good *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **not** **is a** | past | garden | garden's fault | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **make** | past · perfect · passive | | garden | | | | badly *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | | 6 | **put** | infinitive | | | | | | to such poor work | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **guard** | gerund | | | a lady | | | from dragon's lover | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent lady=Beneficiary from lover=Theme | 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 70](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/11/70/) - next →: [sentence 72](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/11/72/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/11/)