--- title: Edmund was a good deal frightened, but he remembered the grim expres… — The Book of Dragons · tree and pragmatics description: Edmund was a good deal frightened, but he remembered the grim expression of the cockatrice's eye, and the fixed determination of his snore still rang in his ears, in spite of the snoring of the drakling, which was, in itself, considerable. Who acts: Edmund, drakling, fixed determination, snore. 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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 (Edmund, drakling, fixed determination, snore), 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:pg23661:14:149 # text = Edmund was a good deal frightened, but he remembered the grim expression of the cockatrice's eye, and the fixed determination of his snore still rang in his ears, in spite of the snoring of the drakling, which was, in itself, considerable. 1 Edmund Edmund PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 deal deal NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 frightened frighten VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 but but CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 remembered remember VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 grim grim ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 expression expression NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 cockatrice cockatrice NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 17 's 's PART POS _ 16 case _ _ 18 eye eye NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 fixed fix VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 amod _ _ 23 determination determination NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 snore snore NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ _ 27 still still ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 28 rang ring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 ears ear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 spite spite NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 snoring snoring NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 drakling drakling NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 42 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 46 nsubj _ _ 43 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 45 in in ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 itself itself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 40 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 48 considerable considerable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | Edmund | a good deal | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **frighten** | participle | | a good deal *not said here* | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **remember** | past | drakling | the grim expression of the cockatrice's eye | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent expression=Theme | | 4 | **fix** | participle | | | | | | | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **ring** | past | the fixed determination of drakling's snore | | | drakling's ears | still | in spite of the snoring of the drakling | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in ear=Location | | 6 | **is** | past | the drakling | | | | | in determination | tree rules | | 7 | **determine** | | drakling's snore | | | | | | nom determination «act intransitive»: of=agent | | 8 | **snore** | | drakling | | | | | | nom snore «event intransitive»: poss=agent | | 9 | **spite** | | | the snoring of the drakling | | | | | nom spite «feeling transitive»: of=patient | | 10 | **snore** | | the drakling | | | | | | nom snoring «act intransitive»: of=agent | 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 148](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/14/148/) - next →: [sentence 150](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/14/150/) - ↑ back to [Kind Little Edmund\]](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/14/)