--- title: Edmund's kindly nature was charmed to see the cockatrice so much imp… — The Book of Dragons · tree and pragmatics description: Edmund's kindly nature was charmed to see the cockatrice so much improved in health, and he said: "Don't mention it; delighted, I'm sure," when the cockatrice began to thank him. Who acts: cock, cockatrice. A sentence of «The Book of Dragons» by E. Nesbit, Kind Little Edmund], with its dependency tr --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/14/63/) [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/) / 63 # The Book of Dragons, Kind Little Edmund\], sentence 63 Edmund's kindly nature was charmed to see the cockatrice so much improved in health, and he said: "Don't mention it; delighted, I'm sure," when the cockatrice began to thank him. **Who acts:** cock, cockatrice · **What happens:** charm, see, improve, say, not mention, be · **To what, where:** nature, cockatrice, health, cock · **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 (cock, cockatrice), 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:pg23661:14:63 # text = Edmund's kindly nature was charmed to see the cockatrice so much improved in health, and he said: "Don't mention it; delighted, I'm sure," when the cockatrice began to thank him. 1 Edmund Edmund PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 3 kindly kindly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 nature nature NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 charmed charm VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 cockatrice cockatrice NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 so so ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 much much ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 improved improve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 ccomp _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 health health NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 : : PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 21 " " PUNCT `` _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 Do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 23 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 24 advmod _ _ 24 mention mention VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 ccomp _ _ 25 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 27 delighted delighted ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 'm be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 31 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 " " PUNCT '' _ 31 punct _ _ 34 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 37 advmod _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 cockatrice cockatrice NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 37 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 parataxis _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 thank thank VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 xcomp _ _ 40 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **charm** | past · passive | | Edmund's nature | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **see** | to-infinitive | | the cockatrice | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **improve** | participle | | | | health | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | cock | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **not** **mention** *speech: other* *in a quote* | infinitive · do-support | | nature | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **is** *in a quote* | present | cock | | | | | sure *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **begin** | past | the cockatrice | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 8 | **thank** *speech: thank* | to-infinitive | the cockatrice *not said here* | | cock | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=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. 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 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/14/62/) - next →: [sentence 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/14/64/) - ↑ back to [Kind Little Edmund\]](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/14/)