--- title: The dragon bore it as long as she could, but, like everyone else, sh… — The Book of Dragons · tree and pragmatics description: The dragon bore it as long as she could, but, like everyone else, she couldn't stand being made fun of, so presently she dragged herself up the mountain very slowly, because she had just had a rather heavy meal, and stood outside and said, "What are you laughing at?" in a voice that made Edmund feel --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/14/198/) [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/) / 198 # The Book of Dragons, Kind Little Edmund\], sentence 198 The dragon bore it as long as she could, but, like everyone else, she couldn't stand being made fun of, so presently she dragged herself up the mountain very slowly, because she had just had a rather heavy meal, and stood outside and said, "What are you laughing at?" in a voice that made Edmund feel as if he should never laugh again. **Who acts:** dragon, everyone, mother, you, voice, Edmund · **What happens:** bear, not stand, make, drag up, have, stand · **To what, where:** end, mother, heavy meal, voice, Edmund · **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 (dragon, everyone, mother, 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:pg23661:14:198 # text = The dragon bore it as long as she could, but, like everyone else, she couldn't stand being made fun of, so presently she dragged herself up the mountain very slowly, because she had just had a rather heavy meal, and stood outside and said, "What are you laughing at?" in a voice that made Edmund feel as if he should never laugh again. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 bore bear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 as as ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 3 advmod _ _ 7 as as SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 8 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 11 but but CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 like like ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 20 nsubj _ _ 15 else else ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 17 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 18 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 19 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 20 advmod _ _ 20 stand stand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 21 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 22 aux:pass _ _ 22 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 amod _ _ 23 fun fun NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 so so ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 presently presently ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 28 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 dragged drag VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 30 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 29 obj _ _ 31 up up ADP RP _ 29 compound:prt _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 34 very very ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 slowly slowly ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 37 because because SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 38 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 39 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 40 just just ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 41 had have VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 29 parataxis _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 43 rather rather ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 44 heavy heavy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 meal meal NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 48 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 49 outside outside ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 51 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 53 " " PUNCT `` _ 57 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 57 obj _ _ 55 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 57 aux _ _ 56 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 57 nsubj _ _ 57 laughing laugh VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 51 ccomp _ _ 58 at at ADP IN _ 57 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 59 ? ? PUNCT . _ 57 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 60 " " PUNCT '' _ 57 punct _ _ 61 in in ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 62 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 63 det _ _ 63 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 obl _ _ 64 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 65 nsubj _ _ 65 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 63 acl:relcl _ _ 66 Edmund Edmund PROPN NNP Number=Sing 65 obj _ _ 67 feel feel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 65 xcomp _ _ 68 as as SCONJ IN _ 73 mark _ _ 69 if if SCONJ IN _ 73 mark _ _ 70 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 73 nsubj _ _ 71 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 73 aux _ _ 72 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 73 advmod _ _ 73 laugh laugh VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 67 advcl _ _ 74 again again ADV RB _ 73 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 75 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bear** | past | the dragon | end | | | | long *property* | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 2 | **not** **stand** | could | everyone | | | | | of made fun | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **make** | gerund · passive | | | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP» | | 4 | **drag up** | past | mother | mother | | | | presently, slowly *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **have** | past · perfect | mother | a heavy meal | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meal=Patient | | 6 | **stand** | past | | | | | | outside *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **say** *speech: ask* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **laugh** *in a quote* | present · progressive | you | | | a voice | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme | | 9 | **make** | past | a voice | Edmund | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **feel** | infinitive | Edmund *not said here* | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 11 | **not** **laugh** | should | Smiles | | | | again | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=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 197](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/14/197/) - next →: [sentence 199](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/14/199/) - ↑ back to [Kind Little Edmund\]](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/14/)