--- title: But the noise grew louder--and the two were so anxious not to hear i… — The Book of Dragons · tree and pragmatics description: But the noise grew louder--and the two were so anxious not to hear it that he hammered away at the goat-shoe harder than he had ever hammered in his life, and she began to sing to the baby--a thing she had not had the heart to do for weeks. Who acts: noise, two, blacksmith, most. 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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 (noise, two, blacksmith, most), 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:pg23661:12:28 # text = But the noise grew louder--and the two were so anxious not to hear it that he hammered away at the goat-shoe harder than he had ever hammered in his life, and she began to sing to the baby--a thing she had not had the heart to do for weeks. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 noise noise NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 louder loud ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 4 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 -- -- PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 12 nsubj _ _ 10 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 11 so so ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 anxious anxious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 parataxis _ _ 13 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 15 advmod _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 advcl _ _ 16 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ _ 17 that that SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 hammered hammer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 advcl _ _ 20 away away ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 21 at at ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 23 goat goat NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 24 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 shoe shoe NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 26 harder hard ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 25 amod _ _ 27 than than SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 29 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 30 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 31 advmod _ _ 31 hammered hammer VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 26 advcl _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 37 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 sing sing VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 xcomp _ _ 41 to to ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 baby baby NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 -- -- PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 appos _ _ 47 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 48 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 49 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 50 advmod _ _ 50 had have VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 46 acl:relcl _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obj _ _ 53 to to PART TO _ 54 mark _ _ 54 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 50 xcomp _ _ 55 for for ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 56 weeks week NOUN NNS Number=Plur 54 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow** | past | the noise | | | | | loud *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is** | past | the two | | | | | anxious *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **hear** | to-infinitive | the two *not said here* | noise | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | | 4 | **hammer away** | past | blacksmith | | | | | at the goat shoe; away *property* | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent at shoe=Patient | | 5 | **hammer** | past · perfect | blacksmith | | | blacksmith's life | ever | | vn bump-18.4-1 «NP V together»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **begin** | past | most | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 7 | **sing** *speech: express* | to-infinitive | most *not said here* | | the baby | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to baby=Recipient | | 8 | **not** **have** | past · perfect | most | the heart | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **do** | to-infinitive | the heart *not said here* | | | | week | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=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 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/12/27/) - next →: [sentence 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/12/29/) - ↑ back to [The Dragon Tamers\]](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/12/)