--- title: "I don't know that you can kill him," said Elfin, "but you can take… — The Book of Dragons · tree and pragmatics description: "I don't know that you can kill him," said Elfin, "but you can take him away if you've brought anything to put him in. Who acts: Elfin, you. A sentence of «The Book of Dragons» by E. Nesbit, The Fiery Dragon], with its dependency tree and the pragmatics of every clause. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/13/119/) [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/) / 119 # The Book of Dragons, The Fiery Dragon\], sentence 119 "I don't know that you can kill him," said Elfin, "but you can take him away if you've brought anything to put him in. **Who acts:** Elfin, you · **What happens:** not know, kill, say, take away, bring, put in · **To what, where:** kingdom, anything · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (Elfin, you), 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:pg23661:13:119 # text = "I don't know that you can kill him," said Elfin, "but you can take him away if you've brought anything to put him in. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 4 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 ccomp _ _ 6 that that SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 7 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 ccomp _ _ 10 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 13 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 Elfin Elfin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 16 " " PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 but but CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 18 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 conj _ _ 21 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 away away ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 23 if if SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 24 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 've have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 20 advcl _ _ 27 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 26 obj _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 acl _ _ 30 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 in in ADP RP _ 29 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 32 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **know** *in a quote* | present · do-support | Elfin | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **kill** *in a quote* | can | you | kingdom | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Elfin | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **take away** *in a quote* | can | you | kingdom | | | | away *property* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 5 | **bring** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present · perfect | you | anything | | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent anything=Theme | | 6 | **put in** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | anything *not said here* | kingdom | | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent he=Goal | 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 118](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/13/118/) - next →: [sentence 120](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/13/120/) - ↑ back to [The Fiery Dragon\]](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/13/)