--- title: "I don't know what a granny may be," said the cockatrice, who seemed… — The Book of Dragons · tree and pragmatics description: "I don't know what a granny may be," said the cockatrice, who seemed to be growing weary of the subject, "but if it's a possession to which you attach any importance----" Who acts: cockatrice, granny, subject, you. A sentence of «The Book of Dragons» by E. 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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 (cockatrice, granny, subject, you), 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:pg23661:14:125 # text = "I don't know what a granny may be," said the cockatrice, who seemed to be growing weary of the subject, "but if it's a possession to which you attach any importance----" 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 4 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 ccomp _ _ 6 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 10 obj _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 granny granny NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 9 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 be be VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 13 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 cockatrice cockatrice NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 18 nsubj _ _ 18 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 acl:relcl _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 20 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 21 aux _ _ 21 growing grow VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 18 xcomp _ _ 22 weary weary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 xcomp _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 subject subject NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 27 " " PUNCT '' _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 but but CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 29 if if SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 30 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 cop _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 possession possession NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 conj _ _ 34 to to ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 37 obl _ _ 36 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 attach attach VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 parataxis _ _ 38 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 39 det _ _ 39 importance importance NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ---- ---- PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 " " PUNCT '' _ 33 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **know** *in a quote* | present · do-support | the cockatrice but a possession *= cockatrice* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **be** *in a quote* | may | a granny | | | | | | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=Theme | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the cockatrice but a possession | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **seem** | past | the cockatrice but a possession | | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | | 5 | **grow** | to-infinitive · progressive | the cockatrice but a possession *not said here* | | | | | weary *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **is a** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | subject | a possession | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **attach** *in a quote* | present | you | any importance | | | | to a possession | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent importance=Patient to which=Co-Patient | 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 124](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/14/124/) - next →: [sentence 126](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/14/126/) - ↑ back to [Kind Little Edmund\]](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/14/)