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# The Book of Dragons, Opening, part 2, sentence 22

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But unfortunately the Dragon, who had only been asleep, woke up because it was Saturday, and he considered the Parliament, and afterwards there were not any Members left, so they tried to make a new Parliament, but being a member of Parliament had somehow grown as unpopular as soccer playing, and no one would consent to be elected, so they had to do without a Parliament.

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**Who acts:** Dragon, most, any Members, Members, one · **What happens:** be, wake up, consider, try, make, grow · **To what, where:** Saturday, Parliament, new Parliament, member

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This is a sentence of «The Book of Dragons» by E. Nesbit, Opening, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Dragon, most, any Members, Members), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg23661:2:22
# text = But unfortunately the Dragon, who had only been asleep, woke up because it was Saturday, and he considered the Parliament, and afterwards there were not any Members left, so they tried to make a new Parliament, but being a member of Parliament had somehow grown as unpopular as soccer playing, and no one would consent to be elected, so they had to do without a Parliament.
1	But	but	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
2	unfortunately	unfortunately	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Dragon	Dragon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
7	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
8	only	only	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
9	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	10	cop	_	_
10	asleep	asleep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
12	woke	wake	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
13	up	up	ADP	RP	_	12	compound:prt	_	_
14	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
16	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
17	Saturday	Saturday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
20	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	nsubj	_	_
21	considered	consider	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	conj	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	Parliament	Parliament	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	21	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
25	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	32	cc	_	_
26	afterwards	afterwards	ADV	RB	_	32	advmod	_	_
27	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	32	expl	_	_
28	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	32	cop	_	_
29	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	31	advmod	_	_
30	any	any	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	31	amod	_	_
31	Members	member	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	32	nsubj	_	_
32	left	leave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
34	so	so	ADV	RB	_	36	advmod	_	_
35	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	36	nsubj	_	_
36	tried	try	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	32	conj	_	_
37	to	to	PART	TO	_	38	mark	_	_
38	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	36	xcomp	_	_
39	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	41	det	_	_
40	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	41	amod	_	_
41	Parliament	Parliament	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	38	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	51	punct	_	_
43	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	46	cc	_	_
44	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	46	cop	_	_
45	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	46	det	_	_
46	member	member	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	51	nsubj:pass	_	_
47	of	of	ADP	IN	_	48	case	_	_
48	Parliament	Parliament	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	46	nmod	_	_
49	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	51	aux	_	_
50	somehow	somehow	ADV	RB	_	51	advmod	_	_
51	grown	grow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	conj	_	_
52	as	as	ADV	RB	_	53	advmod	_	_
53	unpopular	unpopular	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	51	xcomp	_	_
54	as	as	ADP	IN	_	55	case	_	_
55	soccer	soccer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	51	obl	_	_
56	playing	play	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	51	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
57	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	62	punct	_	_
58	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	62	cc	_	_
59	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	60	det	_	_
60	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	62	nsubj	_	_
61	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	62	aux	_	_
62	consent	consent	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	conj	_	_
63	to	to	PART	TO	_	65	mark	_	_
64	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	65	aux:pass	_	_
65	elected	elect	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	62	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
66	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	69	punct	_	_
67	so	so	ADV	RB	_	69	advmod	_	_
68	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	69	nsubj	_	_
69	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	conj	_	_
70	to	to	PART	TO	_	71	mark	_	_
71	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	69	xcomp	_	_
72	without	without	ADP	IN	_	74	case	_	_
73	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	74	det	_	_
74	Parliament	parliament	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	71	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
75	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past · perfect | the Dragon |  |  |  |  | asleep *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **wake up** | past | the Dragon |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **is a** | past | most | Saturday |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **consider** | past | Dragon | the Parliament |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent parliament=Attribute |
| 5 | **is** | past | any Members |  |  | there |  | afterwards, leave *property* | tree rules |
| 6 | **try** | past | Members *= member* |  |  |  |  |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 7 | **make** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Members *= member* *not said here* | a new Parliament |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset parliament=Product |
| 8 | **is a** | gerund |  | a member |  |  |  | of Parliament | tree rules |
| 9 | **grow** | past · perfect · passive |  | a member |  |  |  | as soccer; somehow, unpopular *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 10 | **play** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 11 | **consent** | would | no one |  |  |  |  |  | vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 12 | **elect** | to-infinitive · passive | no one *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP» |
| 13 | **have** | past | Members *= member* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 14 | **do** | to-infinitive | Members *= member* *not said here* |  |  |  |  | without a Parliament | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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.

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**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.

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