--- title: Then the Prime Minister solemnly put Solomon's seal on the mouth of… — The Book of Dragons · tree and pragmatics description: Then the Prime Minister solemnly put Solomon's seal on the mouth of the bottle, and the bottle was put in the Treasury, which was the strongest building in the town, and was made of solid copper, with walls as thick as Waterloo Bridge. Who acts: Prime Minister, Treasury. A sentence of «The Book of D --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/13/138/) [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/) / 138 # The Book of Dragons, The Fiery Dragon\], sentence 138 Then the Prime Minister solemnly put Solomon's seal on the mouth of the bottle, and the bottle was put in the Treasury, which was the strongest building in the town, and was made of solid copper, with walls as thick as Waterloo Bridge. **Who acts:** Prime Minister, Treasury · **What happens:** put, be, make · **To what, where:** seal, mouth, bottle, Treasury, strongest building, town 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 (Prime Minister, Treasury), 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:pg23661:13:138 # text = Then the Prime Minister solemnly put Solomon's seal on the mouth of the bottle, and the bottle was put in the Treasury, which was the strongest building in the town, and was made of solid copper, with walls as thick as Waterloo Bridge. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 Prime Prime PROPN NNP _ 4 compound _ _ 4 Minister Minister PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 solemnly solemnly ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 Solomon Solomon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 8 's 's PART POS _ 7 case _ _ 9 seal seal NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 10 on on ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 bottle bottle NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 bottle bottle NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj:pass _ _ 20 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux:pass _ _ 21 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 conj _ _ 22 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 Treasury Treasury PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 26 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 30 nsubj _ _ 27 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 strongest strong ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 30 amod _ _ 30 building building NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 appos _ _ 31 in in ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 36 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux:pass _ _ 37 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 conj _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 solid solid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 copper copper NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 with with ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 walls wall NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obl _ _ 44 as as ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 45 thick thick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 46 as as ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 Waterloo Waterloo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 compound _ _ 48 Bridge Bridge PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **put** | past | the Prime Minister | Solomon's seal | | the mouth of the bottle | then | solemnly *property* | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent seal=Theme on mouth=Destination | | 2 | **put** | past · passive | | the bottle | | the Treasury | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in treasury=Destination | | 3 | **is a** | past | the Treasury | the strongest building | | the town | | | tree rules | | 4 | **make** | past · passive | | | | | | of solid copper; with walls | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP» | 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 137](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/13/137/) - next →: [sentence 139](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/13/139/) - ↑ back to [The Fiery Dragon\]](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/13/)