--- title: When he opened his eyes again there was no town--only a bare place w… — The Book of Dragons · tree and pragmatics description: When he opened his eyes again there was no town--only a bare place where it had stood, and the dragon licking her lips and curling herself up to go to sleep, just as Kitty does when she has quite finished with a mouse. Who acts: shower, town, dragon, Kitty. A sentence of «The Book of Dragons» by E. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/14/113/) [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/) / 113 # The Book of Dragons, Kind Little Edmund\], sentence 113 When he opened his eyes again there was no town--only a bare place where it had stood, and the dragon licking her lips and curling herself up to go to sleep, just as Kitty does when she has quite finished with a mouse. **Who acts:** shower, town, dragon, Kitty · **What happens:** open, be, stand, lick, curl up, go · **To what, where:** eyes, town, lips, granny, sleep 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, town, dragon, Kitty), 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:pg23661:14:113 # text = When he opened his eyes again there was no town--only a bare place where it had stood, and the dragon licking her lips and curling herself up to go to sleep, just as Kitty does when she has quite finished with a mouse. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 opened open VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 6 again again ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 7 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 8 expl _ _ 8 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 10 det _ _ 10 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 -- -- PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 only only ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 bare bare ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 appos _ _ 16 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 19 advmod _ _ 17 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj:pass _ _ 18 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 stood stand VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 24 licking lick VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 19 conj _ _ 25 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 lips lip NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obj _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 curling curl VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 24 conj _ _ 29 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 28 obj _ _ 30 up up ADP RP _ 28 compound:prt _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 advcl _ _ 33 to to ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 sleep sleep NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 36 just just ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 37 as as SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 38 Kitty Kitty PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 39 does do VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 40 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 44 advmod _ _ 41 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 42 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 43 quite quite ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 44 finished finish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 39 advcl _ _ 45 with with ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 mouse mouse NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **open** | past | shower | shower's eyes | | | again | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location eye=Theme | | 2 | **be** | past | no town | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **stand** | past · perfect · passive | | town | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | | 4 | **lick** | gerund | the dragon | granny's lips | | | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent lip=Source | | 5 | **curl up** | gerund | the dragon *not said here* | granny | | | | | vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent herself=Patient | | 6 | **go** | to-infinitive | the dragon *not said here* | | | sleep | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to sleep=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **do** | present | Kitty | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **finish** | present · perfect | Kitty | | | | | with a mouse | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality PP.subeventuality»: agent=Affector with mouse=Subeventuality | 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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