--- title: "He'll jolly well have to believe it soon, anyhow," said Edmund to h… — The Book of Dragons · tree and pragmatics description: "He'll jolly well have to believe it soon, anyhow," said Edmund to himself, and though he was a very tender-hearted boy--I think it only fair to tell you that he was this--I am afraid he was not as sorry as he ought to have been to think of the way in which his master was going to learn how to belie --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/14/110/) [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/) / [Kind Little Edmund\]](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/14/) / 110 # The Book of Dragons, Kind Little Edmund\], sentence 110 "He'll jolly well have to believe it soon, anyhow," said Edmund to himself, and though he was a very tender-hearted boy--I think it only fair to tell you that he was this--I am afraid he was not as sorry as he ought to have been to think of the way in which his master was going to learn how to believe what Edmund said. **Who acts:** shower, Edmund, I, master · **What happens:** have, believe, say, be, think, tell · **To what, where:** heart, shower, tender hearted boy, you, this, way · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Book of Dragons» by E. Nesbit, Kind Little Edmund\]. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (shower, Edmund, I, master), 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:pg23661:14:110 # text = "He'll jolly well have to believe it soon, anyhow," said Edmund to himself, and though he was a very tender-hearted boy--I think it only fair to tell you that he was this--I am afraid he was not as sorry as he ought to have been to think of the way in which his master was going to learn how to believe what Edmund said. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 4 jolly jolly ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 5 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 4 fixed _ _ 6 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 ccomp _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 believe believe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 anyhow anyhow INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 15 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 16 Edmund Edmund PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 21 though though SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 23 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 25 very very ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 26 tender tender ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 hearted hearted ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 -- -- PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 think think VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 parataxis _ _ 33 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ _ 34 only only ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 ccomp _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 csubj _ _ 38 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 37 iobj _ _ 39 that that SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 40 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 cop _ _ 42 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 -- -- PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 45 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 cop _ _ 46 afraid afraid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 conj _ _ 47 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 48 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 cop _ _ 49 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 51 advmod _ _ 50 as as ADV RB _ 51 advmod _ _ 51 sorry sorry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 ccomp _ _ 52 as as SCONJ IN _ 54 mark _ _ 53 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 54 ought ought AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 55 to to PART TO _ 56 mark _ _ 56 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 54 xcomp _ _ 57 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 56 xcomp _ _ 58 to to PART TO _ 59 mark _ _ 59 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 57 xcomp _ _ 60 of of ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 61 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 62 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 obl _ _ 63 in in ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 64 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 68 obl _ _ 65 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 66 nmod:poss _ _ 66 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 nsubj _ _ 67 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 68 aux _ _ 68 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 62 acl:relcl _ _ 69 to to PART TO _ 70 mark _ _ 70 learn learn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 68 xcomp _ _ 71 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 73 advmod _ _ 72 to to PART TO _ 73 mark _ _ 73 believe believe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 70 ccomp _ _ 74 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 76 obj _ _ 75 Edmund Edmund PROPN NNP Number=Sing 76 nsubj _ _ 76 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 73 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 77 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** *in a quote* | future | shower | | | | | jolly *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **believe** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | shower *not said here* | heart | | | | soon *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Edmund | | shower | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to himself=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **is a** | past | shower | a tender hearted boy | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **think** *speech: other* | present | I | heart | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot it=Theme | | 6 | **tell** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | | | you | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | | 7 | **is a** | past | shower | this | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **is** | present | I | | | | | afraid *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **not** **is** | ought · past | shower | | | | | sorry *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **have** | to-infinitive | shower *not said here* | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **think** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | shower *not said here* | | | | | of the way | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 12 | **go** | past · progressive | shower's master | | | the way | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 13 | **learn** | to-infinitive | shower's master *not said here* | | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 14 | **believe** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 15 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Edmund | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic | 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. 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