--- title: So Sabrinetta went in and kissed her nurse and made her a cup of tea… — The Book of Dragons · tree and pragmatics description: So Sabrinetta went in and kissed her nurse and made her a cup of tea and explained what was going to happen, and that she had a heart of gold, so the dragon couldn't eat her; and the nurse saw that of course the Princess was quite safe, and kissed her and let her go. 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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 (Sabrinetta, Dragon, nurse), 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:pg23661:13:200 # text = So Sabrinetta went in and kissed her nurse and made her a cup of tea and explained what was going to happen, and that she had a heart of gold, so the dragon couldn't eat her; and the nurse saw that of course the Princess was quite safe, and kissed her and let her go. 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 Sabrinetta Sabrinetta PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 kissed kiss VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 7 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 nurse nurse NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 11 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 cup cup NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 tea tea NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 explained explain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 18 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 20 nsubj _ _ 19 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 17 ccomp _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 25 that that SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 26 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 33 so so ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 36 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 37 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 38 advmod _ _ 38 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 parataxis _ _ 39 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ; ; PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 nurse nurse NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nsubj _ _ 44 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 45 that that SCONJ IN _ 52 mark _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 47 course course NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 fixed _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 52 obl _ _ 50 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 52 cop _ _ 51 quite quite ADV RB _ 52 advmod _ _ 52 safe safe ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 54 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 55 kissed kiss VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 56 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 obj _ _ 57 and and CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ _ 58 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 55 conj _ _ 59 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 58 obj _ _ 60 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 58 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 61 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go in** | past | Sabrinetta | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **kiss** | past | Sabrinetta *not said here* | Dragon's nurse | | | | | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nurse=Co-Agent | | 3 | **make** | past | Sabrinetta *not said here* | a cup of tea | Dragon | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset she=Beneficiary cup=Product | | 4 | **explain** *speech: assert* | past | Sabrinetta *not said here* | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **go** | past · progressive | | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **happen** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **have** | past | Dragon | a heart of gold | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heart=Patient | | 8 | **not** **eat** | could | the dragon | nurse | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient | | 9 | **see** | past | the nurse | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 10 | **is** | past | | | | | | of the Princess; safe *property* | tree rules | | 11 | **kiss** | past | | Dragon | | | | | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Co-Agent | | 12 | **let** | infinitive | | Dragon | | | | | tree rules | | 13 | **go** | infinitive | Dragon *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 199](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/13/199/) - next →: [sentence 201](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/13/201/) - ↑ back to [The Fiery Dragon\]](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/13/)