--- title: "I know you wouldn't do it on purpose, sir," said John, "but any gen… — The Book of Dragons · tree and pragmatics description: "I know you wouldn't do it on purpose, sir," said John, "but any gentleman will give a jump and a sniff if he's nipped, and one of your sniffs would be enough for me. Who acts: John, you, gentleman, one. A sentence of «The Book of Dragons» by E. 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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 (John, you, gentleman, one), 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:pg23661:12:79 # text = "I know you wouldn't do it on purpose, sir," said John, "but any gentleman will give a jump and a sniff if he's nipped, and one of your sniffs would be enough for me. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 ccomp _ _ 4 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 5 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 6 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 7 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 on on ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 purpose purpose NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 sir sir NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 15 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 16 John John PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 18 " " PUNCT `` _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 but but CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 20 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 21 det _ _ 21 gentleman gentleman NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 22 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 ccomp _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 jump jump NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 sniff sniff NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 conj _ _ 29 if if SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux:pass _ _ 32 nipped nip VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 35 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 41 nsubj _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 sniffs sniff NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 nmod _ _ 39 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 40 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 41 cop _ _ 41 enough enough ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 parataxis _ _ 42 for for ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** *in a quote* | present | John | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **not** **do** *in a quote* | would | you | case | | purpose and sir | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | John | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **give** *in a quote* | future | any gentleman | a jump and a sniff | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jump=Theme | | 5 | **nip** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present · passive | | gentleman | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | | 6 | **is** *in a quote* | would | one of your sniffs | | | | | for John; enough *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **sniff** *in a quote* | | your | | | | | | nom sniff «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. 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