--- title: He was making a goat-shoe for the goat of a very rich lady, who wish… — The Book of Dragons · tree and pragmatics description: He was making a goat-shoe for the goat of a very rich lady, who wished to see how the goat liked being shod, and also whether the shoe would come to fivepence or sevenpence before she ordered the whole set. Who acts: blacksmith, rich lady, goat, shoe. 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 (blacksmith, rich lady, goat, shoe), 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:pg23661:12:21 # text = He was making a goat-shoe for the goat of a very rich lady, who wished to see how the goat liked being shod, and also whether the shoe would come to fivepence or sevenpence before she ordered the whole set. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 making make VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 5 goat goat NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 shoe shoe NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 goat goat NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 13 very very ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 18 nsubj _ _ 18 wished wish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 acl:relcl _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 xcomp _ _ 21 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 24 advmod _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 goat goat NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 24 liked like VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 advcl _ _ 25 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 26 aux:pass _ _ 26 shod shoe VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 29 also also ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 30 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 shoe shoe NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 33 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 conj _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 fivepence fivepence NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 37 or or CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 sevenpence sevenpence NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 conj _ _ 39 before before SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 40 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 ordered order VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 advcl _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 set set NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past · progressive | blacksmith | a goat shoe | | | | for the goat of a rich lady | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent shoe=Material for goat=Beneficiary | | 2 | **wish** | past | a rich lady | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 3 | **see** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | a rich lady *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **like** | past | the goat | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 5 | **shoe** *not said to happen* | gerund · passive | the goat *not said here* | | | | | | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination» | | 6 | **come** | would | the shoe | | | fivepence or sevenpence | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to fivepence=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **order** | past | goat | the whole set | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent set=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 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/12/20/) - next →: [sentence 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/12/22/) - ↑ back to [The Dragon Tamers\]](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/12/)