--- title: The Blue Bird that had come out of the book used to sing very nicely… — The Book of Dragons · tree and pragmatics description: The Blue Bird that had come out of the book used to sing very nicely in the Palace rose garden, and the Butterfly was very tame, and would perch on his shoulder when he walked among the tall lilies: so Lionel saw that all the creatures in _The Book of Beasts_ could not be wicked, like the Dragon, an --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/2/27/) [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/) / [Opening, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/2/) / 27 # The Book of Dragons, Opening, part 2, sentence 27 The Blue Bird that had come out of the book used to sing very nicely in the Palace rose garden, and the Butterfly was very tame, and would perch on his shoulder when he walked among the tall lilies: so Lionel saw that all the creatures in \_The Book of Beasts\_ could not be wicked, like the Dragon, and he thought: "Suppose I could get another beast out who would fight the Dragon?" **Who acts:** Blue Bird, Butterfly, Bird, Lionel, creatures · **What happens:** come out, use, sing, rise, be, perch · **To what, where:** book, Palace, garden, shoulder, tall lilies, beast · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (Blue Bird, Butterfly, Bird, Lionel), 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:pg23661:2:27 # text = The Blue Bird that had come out of the book used to sing very nicely in the Palace rose garden, and the Butterfly was very tame, and would perch on his shoulder when he walked among the tall lilies: so Lionel saw that all the creatures in _The Book of Beasts_ could not be wicked, like the Dragon, and he thought: "Suppose I could get another beast out who would fight the Dragon?" 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 Blue blue ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 Bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 4 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 5 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 acl:relcl _ _ 7 out out ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 book book NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 11 used use VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 acl _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 sing sing VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 xcomp _ _ 14 very very ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 nicely nicely ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 Palace Palace PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 19 rose rise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 20 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 Butterfly Butterfly PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 25 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 26 very very ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 tame tame ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 30 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 perch perch VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 27 parataxis _ _ 32 on on ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 shoulder shoulder NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 35 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 37 advmod _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 walked walk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 parataxis _ _ 38 among among ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 tall tall ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 lilies lily NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 : : PUNCT : _ 45 punct _ _ 43 so so SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 44 Lionel Lionel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 45 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 46 that that SCONJ IN _ 60 mark _ _ 47 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 49 det:predet _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 creatures creature NOUN NNS Number=Plur 60 nsubj _ _ 50 in in ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 51 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 50 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 Book Book PROPN NNP Number=Sing 49 nmod _ _ 54 of of ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 55 Beasts Beast PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 53 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 56 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 49 punct _ _ 57 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 60 aux _ _ 58 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 60 advmod _ _ 59 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 60 cop _ _ 60 wicked wicked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 61 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 62 like like ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 63 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 64 det _ _ 64 Dragon Dragon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 65 , , PUNCT , _ 68 punct _ _ 66 and and CCONJ CC _ 68 cc _ _ 67 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 68 nsubj _ _ 68 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 69 : : PUNCT : _ 74 punct _ _ 70 " " PUNCT `` _ 74 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 71 Suppose suppose INTJ UH _ 74 discourse _ _ 72 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 74 nsubj _ _ 73 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 74 aux _ _ 74 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 68 ccomp _ _ 75 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 76 det _ _ 76 beast beast NOUN NN Number=Sing 74 obj _ _ 77 out out ADP RP _ 74 compound:prt _ _ 78 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 80 nsubj _ _ 79 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 80 aux _ _ 80 fight fight VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 74 advcl _ _ 81 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 82 det _ _ 82 Dragon Dragon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 80 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 83 ? ? PUNCT . _ 74 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 84 " " PUNCT '' _ 74 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come out** | past · perfect | the Blue Bird | | | | | of the book; out *property* | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **use** | participle | | the book *not said here* | | | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **sing** *speech: express* | to-infinitive | | | | the Palace | | nicely *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in palace=Location | | 4 | **rise** | past | the Blue Bird | garden | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location garden=Theme | | 5 | **is** | past | the Butterfly | | | | | tame *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **perch** | would | | | | Butterfly's shoulder | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on shoulder=Location | | 7 | **walk** | past | Bird | | | the tall lilies | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme among lily=Trajectory | | 8 | **see** | past | Lionel | | | | | like the Dragon | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 9 | **not** **is** | could | all creatures in the Book of Beasts | | | | | wicked *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **think** *speech: other* | past | Lionel | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 11 | **get out** *in a quote* | could | Lionel | another beast | | | | | tree rules | | 12 | **fight** *in a quote* | would | | the Dragon | | | | | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dragon=Co-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 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/2/26/) - next →: [sentence 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/2/28/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/2/)