--- title: It's all fair and smooth, and 'Please rivet me, and I'll eat you las… — The Book of Dragons · tree and pragmatics description: It's all fair and smooth, and 'Please rivet me, and I'll eat you last'--and then you get to work and you give a gentleman a bit of a nip or a dig under his rivets--and then it's fire and smoke, and no apologies will meet the case." Who acts: One, I, you, apologies. 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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 (One, I, you, apologies), 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:pg23661:12:77 # text = It's all fair and smooth, and 'Please rivet me, and I'll eat you last'--and then you get to work and you give a gentleman a bit of a nip or a dig under his rivets--and then it's fire and smoke, and no apologies will meet the case." 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 all all ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 smooth smooth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 9 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 Please please INTJ UH _ 11 discourse _ _ 11 rivet rivet VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 12 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 15 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 conj _ _ 18 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 19 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 -- -- PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 23 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 25 advmod _ _ 24 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 get get VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 work work VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 xcomp _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 give give VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 gentleman gentleman NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 bit bit NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 nip nip NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ _ 38 or or CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 dig dig NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 conj _ _ 41 under under ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 rivets rivet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 -- -- PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 46 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 49 advmod _ _ 47 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 49 cop _ _ 49 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 parataxis _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 51 smoke smoke NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 54 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 55 det _ _ 55 apologies apology NOUN NNS Number=Plur 57 nsubj _ _ 56 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 57 aux _ _ 57 meet meet VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 58 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 59 case case NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 60 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 61 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | One | | | | | all, fair *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | | One *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **rivet** | infinitive | One *not said here* | me | | | | | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Patient | | 4 | **eat** | future | I | you | | | | last *obl* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Patient | | 5 | **get** | present | you | | | | then | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 6 | **work** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **give** | present | you | a bit of a nip or a dig under gentleman's rivets | a gentleman | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent gentleman=Recipient bit=Theme | | 8 | **is a** | present | One | fire and smoke | | | then | | tree rules | | 9 | **meet** | future | no apologies | the case | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent case=Co-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 76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/12/76/) - next →: [sentence 78](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/12/78/) - ↑ back to [The Dragon Tamers\]](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/12/)