--- title: But when her father and mother had died, leaving her cousin to take… — The Book of Dragons · tree and pragmatics description: But when her father and mother had died, leaving her cousin to take care of the kingdom till she grew up, he, being a very evil Prince, took everything away from her, and all the people followed him, and now nothing was left her of all her possessions except the great dragon proof tower that her gra --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/13/11/) [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 Fiery Dragon\]](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/13/) / 11 # The Book of Dragons, The Fiery Dragon\], sentence 11 But when her father and mother had died, leaving her cousin to take care of the kingdom till she grew up, he, being a very evil Prince, took everything away from her, and all the people followed him, and now nothing was left her of all her possessions except the great dragon proof tower that her grandfather, St. George, had built, and of all who should have been her servants only the good nurse. **Who acts:** father, cousin, Princess, whirlpool, people · **What happens:** die, leave, take, grow up, be, take away · **To what, where:** cousin, care, evil Prince, everything, whirlpool, nothing This is a sentence of «The Book of Dragons» by E. Nesbit, The Fiery Dragon\]. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (father, cousin, Princess, whirlpool), 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:pg23661:13:11 # text = But when her father and mother had died, leaving her cousin to take care of the kingdom till she grew up, he, being a very evil Prince, took everything away from her, and all the people followed him, and now nothing was left her of all her possessions except the great dragon proof tower that her grandfather, St. George, had built, and of all who should have been her servants only the good nurse. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 2 when when SCONJ WRB _ 8 mark _ _ 3 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ 7 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 died die VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 32 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 leaving leave VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ _ 11 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 cousin cousin NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 xcomp _ _ 15 care care NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 19 till till SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 20 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 advcl _ _ 22 up up ADP RP _ 21 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 26 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 30 cop _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 28 very very ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 29 evil evil ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 32 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 33 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 32 obj _ _ 34 away away ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 35 from from ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 39 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 41 det:predet _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 nsubj _ _ 42 followed follow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ _ 43 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 46 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 49 advmod _ _ 47 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 49 nsubj:pass _ _ 48 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 aux:pass _ _ 49 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 conj _ _ 50 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 obj _ _ 51 of of ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 52 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 54 det _ _ 53 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 54 nmod:poss _ _ 54 possessions possession NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 obl _ _ 55 except except ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 57 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 60 amod _ _ 58 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 compound _ _ 59 proof proof NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 compound _ _ 60 tower tower NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ _ 61 that that SCONJ IN _ 69 mark _ _ 62 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 63 nmod:poss _ _ 63 grandfather grandfather NOUN NN Number=Sing 69 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 64 , , PUNCT , _ 66 punct _ _ 65 St. St. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 66 nmod:desc _ _ 66 George George PROPN NNP Number=Sing 63 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 67 , , PUNCT , _ 63 punct _ _ 68 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 69 aux _ _ 69 built build VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 60 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 70 , , PUNCT , _ 73 punct _ _ 71 and and CCONJ CC _ 73 cc _ _ 72 of of ADP IN _ 73 case _ _ 73 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 32 conj _ _ 74 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 79 nsubj _ _ 75 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 79 aux _ _ 76 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 79 aux _ _ 77 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 79 cop _ _ 78 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 79 nmod:poss _ _ 79 servants servant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 73 acl:relcl _ _ 80 only only ADV RB _ 83 advmod _ _ 81 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 83 det _ _ 82 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 83 amod _ _ 83 nurse nurse NOUN NN Number=Sing 79 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 84 . . PUNCT . _ 32 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **die** | past · perfect | Princess's father and mother | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 2 | **leave** | gerund | Princess's father and mother *not said here* | Princess's cousin | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **take** | to-infinitive | Princess's cousin *not said here* | care | | | | of the kingdom | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent care=Theme of kingdom=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **grow up** | past | Princess | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **is a** | gerund | | a evil Prince | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **take away** | past | whirlpool | everything | | | | from Princess; away *property* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent everything=Theme from she=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **follow** | past | all people | whirlpool | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 8 | **leave** | past · passive | | nothing | | | now | of Princess's possessions; except the great proof tower | vn sustain-55.6-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Theme she=Attribute | | 9 | **build** | past · perfect · passive | | Princess's grandfather | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | | 10 | **is a** | should · perfect | | Princess's servants | | | | the good nurse *nmod* | tree rules | | 11 | **possess** | | Princess | | | | | | nom possession «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. 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 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/13/10/) - next →: [sentence 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/13/12/) - ↑ back to [The Fiery Dragon\]](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/13/)