--- title: This was not much, because most of the trade went to the mayor of th… — The Book of Dragons · tree and pragmatics description: This was not much, because most of the trade went to the mayor of the town, who was also a blacksmith in quite a large way of business, and had his huge forge facing the square of the town, and had twelve apprentices, all hammering like a nest of woodpeckers, and twelve journeymen to order the appre --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/12/6/) [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/) / 6 # The Book of Dragons, The Dragon Tamers\], sentence 6 This was not much, because most of the trade went to the mayor of the town, who was also a blacksmith in quite a large way of business, and had his huge forge facing the square of the town, and had twelve apprentices, all hammering like a nest of woodpeckers, and twelve journeymen to order the apprentices about, and a patent forge and a self-acting hammer and electric bellows, and all things handsome about him. **Who acts:** This, most, town, huge forge, all · **What happens:** not be, go, be, have, face, hammer · **To what, where:** patent forge, mayor, blacksmith, large way, huge forge, square 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 (This, most, town, huge forge), 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:pg23661:12:6 # text = This was not much, because most of the trade went to the mayor of the town, who was also a blacksmith in quite a large way of business, and had his huge forge facing the square of the town, and had twelve apprentices, all hammering like a nest of woodpeckers, and twelve journeymen to order the apprentices about, and a patent forge and a self-acting hammer and electric bellows, and all things handsome about him. 1 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 6 because because SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 7 most most ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 11 nsubj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 trade trade NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 11 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 mayor mayor NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 19 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 23 nsubj _ _ 20 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ _ 21 also also ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 blacksmith blacksmith NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 appos _ _ 24 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 25 quite quite DET PDT PronType=Ind 28 det:predet _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 business business NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 34 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 35 huge huge ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 forge forge NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 37 facing face VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 36 acl _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 square square NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 46 twelve twelve NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 47 nummod _ _ 47 apprentices apprentice NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 49 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 50 nsubj _ _ 50 hammering hammer VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 47 acl _ _ 51 like like ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 nest nest NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl _ _ 54 of of ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 55 woodpeckers woodpecker NOUN NNS Number=Plur 53 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 57 and and CCONJ CC _ 59 cc _ _ 58 twelve twelve NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 59 nummod _ _ 59 journeymen journeyman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 parataxis _ _ 60 to to PART TO _ 61 mark _ _ 61 order order VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 59 acl _ _ 62 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 63 det _ _ 63 apprentices apprentice NOUN NNS Number=Plur 61 obj _ _ 64 about about ADV RB _ 61 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 65 , , PUNCT , _ 69 punct _ _ 66 and and CCONJ CC _ 69 cc _ _ 67 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 69 det _ _ 68 patent patent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 69 amod _ _ 69 forge forge NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 70 and and CCONJ CC _ 75 cc _ _ 71 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 75 det _ _ 72 self self NOUN NN Number=Sing 74 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 73 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 72 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 74 acting act VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 75 amod _ _ 75 hammer hammer NOUN NN Number=Sing 69 conj _ _ 76 and and CCONJ CC _ 78 cc _ _ 77 electric electric ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 78 amod _ _ 78 bellows bellow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 69 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 79 , , PUNCT , _ 83 punct _ _ 80 and and CCONJ CC _ 83 cc _ _ 81 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 82 det _ _ 82 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 83 nsubj _ _ 83 handsome handsome ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 69 conj _ _ 84 about about ADP IN _ 85 case _ _ 85 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 83 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 86 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is** | past | This | | | | | much *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **go** | past | most of the trade | a patent forge and a acting hammer and electric bellows | | the mayor of the town | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to mayor=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **is a** | past | the town | a blacksmith | | quite large way of business | | | tree rules | | 4 | **have** | past | most of the trade *not said here* | way's huge forge | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent forge=Patient | | 5 | **face** | gerund | way's huge forge *not said here* | the square of the town | | | | | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme square=Destination | | 6 | **have** | past | most of the trade *not said here* | twelve apprentices | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent apprentice=Patient | | 7 | **hammer** | gerund | all | twelve apprentices *not said here* | | | | like a nest of woodpeckers | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent apprentice=Patient | | 8 | **order** | to-infinitive | most of the trade *not said here* | the apprentices | | | | about *property* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent apprentice=Theme | | 9 | **act** | gerund | | | | | | | vn act-114-1-1 «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 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/12/5/) - next →: [sentence 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/12/7/) - ↑ back to [The Dragon Tamers\]](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/12/)