--- title: Edmund had a watch: It had been given to him on his birthday two day… — The Book of Dragons · tree and pragmatics description: Edmund had a watch: It had been given to him on his birthday two days before, and he had not yet had time to take it to pieces and see what made it go, so it was still going. Who acts: Edmund, lantern, watch. A sentence of «The Book of Dragons» by E. Nesbit, Kind Little Edmund], with its dependency --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/14/81/) [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/) / 81 # The Book of Dragons, Kind Little Edmund\], sentence 81 Edmund had a watch: It had been given to him on his birthday two days before, and he had not yet had time to take it to pieces and see what made it go, so it was still going. **Who acts:** Edmund, lantern, watch · **What happens:** have, give, not have, take, see, make · **To what, where:** watch, lantern, birthday, pieces · **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 (Edmund, lantern, watch), 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:pg23661:14:81 # text = Edmund had a watch: It had been given to him on his birthday two days before, and he had not yet had time to take it to pieces and see what made it go, so it was still going. 1 Edmund Edmund PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 watch watch NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 : : PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 6 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 8 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 conj _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obl _ _ 12 on on ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 birthday birthday NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 15 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 16 nummod _ _ 16 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obl:unmarked _ _ 17 before before ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 21 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 22 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 24 advmod _ _ 23 yet yet ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 24 had have VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 9 parataxis _ _ 25 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 acl _ _ 28 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 pieces piece NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obl _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 conj _ _ 33 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 34 nsubj _ _ 34 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 ccomp _ _ 35 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ _ 36 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 38 so so ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 39 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 40 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 41 still still ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 42 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | Edmund | a watch | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent watch=Patient | | 2 | **give** | past · perfect · passive | | watch | lantern | lantern's birthday | | before *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.asset»: subject=Theme to he=Recipient on birthday=Asset | | 3 | **not** **have** | past · perfect | lantern | | | | yet; time | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **take** | to-infinitive | lantern *not said here* | watch | | pieces | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme to piece=Destination | | 5 | **see** | infinitive | lantern *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 6 | **make** | past | | watch | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **go** | infinitive | watch *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **go** | past · progressive | watch | | | | still | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «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. 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 80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/14/80/) - next →: [sentence 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/14/82/) - ↑ back to [Kind Little Edmund\]](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/14/)