--- title: The five and seventy devoted pigs live in white marble sties with br… — The Book of Dragons · tree and pragmatics description: The five and seventy devoted pigs live in white marble sties with brass knockers and Pig on the doorplate, and are washed twice a day with Turkish sponges and soap scented with violets, and no one objects to their following the Prince when he walks abroad, for they behave beautifully, and always kee --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/13/270/) [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/) / 270 # The Book of Dragons, The Fiery Dragon\], sentence 270 The five and seventy devoted pigs live in white marble sties with brass knockers and Pig on the doorplate, and are washed twice a day with Turkish sponges and soap scented with violets, and no one objects to their following the Prince when he walks abroad, for they behave beautifully, and always keep to the footpath, and obey the notices about not walking on the grass. **Who acts:** five devoted pigs, one, Prince, pigs · **What happens:** live, wash, scent, object, follow, walk · **To what, where:** white marble sties, Turkish sponges, following Prince, notices, grass 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 (five devoted pigs, one, Prince, pigs), 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:pg23661:13:270 # text = The five and seventy devoted pigs live in white marble sties with brass knockers and Pig on the doorplate, and are washed twice a day with Turkish sponges and soap scented with violets, and no one objects to their following the Prince when he walks abroad, for they behave beautifully, and always keep to the footpath, and obey the notices about not walking on the grass. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 2 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 seventy seventy NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 conj _ _ 5 devoted devoted ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 pigs pig NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 7 live live VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 10 marble marble NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 sties sty NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ _ 12 with with ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 brass brass NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ _ 14 knockers knocker NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nmod _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 Pig pig NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 conj _ _ 17 on on ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 doorplate doorplate NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux:pass _ _ 23 washed wash VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 parataxis _ _ 24 twice twice ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 23 advmod _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl:unmarked _ _ 27 with with ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 Turkish Turkish ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 sponges sponge NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obl _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 soap soap NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 conj _ _ 32 scented scent VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 acl _ _ 33 with with ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 violets violet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 37 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 38 det _ _ 38 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 39 objects object VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 40 to to ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 41 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 42 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 44 amod _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 45 when when SCONJ WRB _ 47 mark _ _ 46 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 walks walk VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 advcl _ _ 48 abroad abroad ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 50 for for SCONJ IN _ 52 mark _ _ 51 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 52 behave behave VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 47 conj _ _ 53 beautifully beautifully ADV RB _ 52 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 55 and and CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 56 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 57 advmod _ _ 57 keep keep VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 58 to to ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 59 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 60 footpath footpath NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 61 , , PUNCT , _ 63 punct _ _ 62 and and CCONJ CC _ 63 cc _ _ 63 obey obey VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 57 conj _ _ 64 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 65 notices notice NOUN NNS Number=Plur 63 obj _ _ 66 about about SCONJ IN _ 68 mark _ _ 67 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 68 advmod _ _ 68 walking walk VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 63 advcl _ _ 69 on on ADP IN _ 71 case _ _ 70 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 71 det _ _ 71 grass grass NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 72 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **live** | present | the five devoted pigs | | | white marble sties with brass knockers and Pig on the doorplate | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in sty=Location | | 2 | **wash** | present · passive | | | | | day | with Turkish sponges and soap; twice *property* | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V PP.instrument»: with sponge=Instrument | | 3 | **scent** | participle | | Turkish sponges and soap *not said here* | | | | with violets | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with violet=Theme | | 4 | **object** *speech: other* | present | no one | | pigs's following Prince | | | | vn complain-37.8 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to prince=Recipient | | 5 | **follow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **walk** | present | Prince | | | | | abroad *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **behave** | present | pigs *= pig* | | | | | beautifully *property* | vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **keep** | infinitive | | | | | | to the footpath; always *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **obey** | infinitive | | the notices | | | | | vn abide\_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent notice=Theme | | 10 | **not** **walk** | gerund | | | | the grass | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on grass=Trajectory | 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 269](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/13/269/) - next →: [sentence 271](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/13/271/) - ↑ back to [The Fiery Dragon\]](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/13/)