--- title: Then the rich lady who owned the goat was so touched by John's noble… — The Book of Dragons · tree and pragmatics description: Then the rich lady who owned the goat was so touched by John's noble action that she ordered a complete set of shoes at 2 shillings, 4 pence, and even made it up to 2 shillings, 6 pence, in grateful recognition of his public-spirited conduct. Who acts: rich lady, noble action, lady, John. A sentence --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/12/169/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Book of Dragons](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/) / [The Dragon Tamers\]](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/12/) / 169 # The Book of Dragons, The Dragon Tamers\], sentence 169 Then the rich lady who owned the goat was so touched by John's noble action that she ordered a complete set of shoes at 2 shillings, 4 pence, and even made it up to 2 shillings, 6 pence, in grateful recognition of his public-spirited conduct. **Who acts:** rich lady, noble action, lady, John · **What happens:** own, touch, order, make up, spirit, act · **To what, where:** goat, rich lady, complete set, 2 shillings, set, grateful recognition This is a sentence of «The Book of Dragons» by E. Nesbit, The Dragon Tamers\]. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (rich lady, noble action, lady, John), 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:pg23661:12:169 # text = Then the rich lady who owned the goat was so touched by John's noble action that she ordered a complete set of shoes at 2 shillings, 4 pence, and even made it up to 2 shillings, 6 pence, in grateful recognition of his public-spirited conduct. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 11 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 6 owned own VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 goat goat NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux:pass _ _ 10 so so ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 touched touch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 12 by by ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 13 John John PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 14 's 's PART POS _ 13 case _ _ 15 noble noble ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 action action NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 17 that that SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 18 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 ordered order VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 advcl _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 complete complete ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 set set NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 shoes shoe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 nmod _ _ 25 at at ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 2 2 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 27 nummod _ _ 27 shillings shilling NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 4 4 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 30 nummod _ _ 30 pence pence NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 33 even even ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 35 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ _ 36 up up ADP RP _ 34 compound:prt _ _ 37 to to ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 2 2 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 39 nummod _ _ 39 shillings shilling NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 6 6 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 42 nummod _ _ 42 pence pence NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 44 in in ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 grateful grateful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 recognition recognition NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 48 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 49 public public ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 50 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 49 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 spirited spirit VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 52 amod _ _ 52 conduct conduct NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **own** | past | the rich lady | the goat | | | | | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot goat=Theme | | 2 | **touch** | past · passive | John's noble action | the rich lady | | | then | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme subject=Co-Theme | | 3 | **order** | past | lady | a complete set of shoes | | 2 shillings and 4 pence | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent set=Theme at shilling=Asset | | 4 | **make up** | past | | set | | grateful recognition of John's spirited conduct | | to 2 shillings and 6 pence | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Pivot | | 5 | **spirit** | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **act** | | John | | | | | | nom action «act intransitive»: poss=agent | | 7 | **recognize** | | | John's spirited conduct | | | | | nom recognition «state transitive»: of=patient | | 8 | **conduct** | | John | | | | | | nom conduct «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 168](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/12/168/) - next →: [sentence 170](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/12/170/) - ↑ back to [The Dragon Tamers\]](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/12/)