--- title: But when the whispering was over, Edmund--whose heart, as I may have… — The Book of Dragons · tree and pragmatics description: But when the whispering was over, Edmund--whose heart, as I may have mentioned, was very tender--said to the drakling: "If you are really hungry, poor thing, I can show you where there is plenty of fire." Who acts: whispering, I, Edmund, drakling. A sentence of «The Book of Dragons» by E. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (whispering, I, Edmund, drakling), 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:pg23661:14:175 # text = But when the whispering was over, Edmund--whose heart, as I may have mentioned, was very tender--said to the drakling: "If you are really hungry, poor thing, I can show you where there is plenty of fire." 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 2 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 whispering whispering NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 over over ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 Edmund Edmund PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 -- -- PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 13 as as SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 14 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 15 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 16 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 17 aux _ _ 17 mentioned mention VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 8 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 19 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 20 very very ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 21 tender tender ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 22 -- -- PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 conj _ _ 24 to to ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 drakling drakling NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 : : PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 28 " " PUNCT `` _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 If if SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 30 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 31 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 cop _ _ 32 really really ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 hungry hungry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 show show VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 parataxis _ _ 41 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 40 iobj _ _ 42 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 44 advmod _ _ 43 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 44 expl _ _ 44 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 ccomp _ _ 45 plenty plenty NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nsubj _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 " " PUNCT '' _ 21 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the whispering | | | | | over *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **mention** *speech: other* | may · perfect | I | Edmund *not said here* | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent edmund=Topic | | 3 | **is** | past | Edmund | | | | | tender *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | participle | Edmund *not said here* | | the drakling | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to drakling=Recipient | | 5 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | the drakling *= drakling* | | | | | hungry *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **show** *in a quote* | can | Edmund | | the drakling *= drakling* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent you=Recipient clause=Topic | | 7 | **be** *in a quote* | present | plenty of fire | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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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