--- title: "If a man is burnt by a dragon," said the nurse, "and a certain numb… — The Book of Dragons · tree and pragmatics description: "If a man is burnt by a dragon," said the nurse, "and a certain number of people are willing to die for him, it is enough if each should kiss the burn and wish it well in the depths of his loving heart." Who acts: dragon, nurse, certain number, number. A sentence of «The Book of Dragons» by E. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (dragon, nurse, certain number, number), 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:pg23661:13:239 # text = "If a man is burnt by a dragon," said the nurse, "and a certain number of people are willing to die for him, it is enough if each should kiss the burn and wish it well in the depths of his loving heart." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 If if SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 burnt burnt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 advcl _ _ 7 by by ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 " " PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ _ 12 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 nurse nurse NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 16 " " PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 certain certain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nmod _ _ 23 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ _ 24 willing willing ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 ccomp _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 xcomp _ _ 27 for for ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 cop _ _ 32 enough enough ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 conj _ _ 33 if if SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 34 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 36 nsubj _ _ 35 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 kiss kiss VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 advcl _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 burn burn NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 wish wish VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 41 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ _ 42 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 40 advmod _ _ 43 in in ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 depths depth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obl _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 47 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 48 loving loving ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 " " PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **burnt** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present · passive | a dragon | a man | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the nurse | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | a certain number of people | | | | | willing *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **die** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | a certain number of people *not said here* | | | | | for man | vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for he=Theme | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | present | number | | | | | enough *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **kiss** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | should | each | the burn | | | | | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent burn=Co-Agent | | 7 | **wish** *in a quote* | present | a certain number of people *not said here* | burn | | the depths of man's loving heart | | well *property* | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot it=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 238](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/13/238/) - next →: [sentence 240](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/13/240/) - ↑ back to [The Fiery Dragon\]](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/13/)