--- title: He could only see "cora," but he felt the middle of the page swellin… — The Book of Dragons · tree and pragmatics description: He could only see "cora," but he felt the middle of the page swelling up thick with the creature that was trying to come out, and it was only by putting the book down and sitting on it suddenly, very hard, that he managed to get it shut. Who acts: Dragon, page, creature. A sentence of «The Book of D --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/2/29/) [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/) / 29 # The Book of Dragons, Opening, part 2, sentence 29 He could only see "cora," but he felt the middle of the page swelling up thick with the creature that was trying to come out, and it was only by putting the book down and sitting on it suddenly, very hard, that he managed to get it shut. **Who acts:** Dragon, page, creature · **What happens:** see, feel, swell up, try, come out, be · **To what, where:** cora, middle, page 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, page, creature), 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:pg23661:2:29 # text = He could only see "cora," but he felt the middle of the page swelling up thick with the creature that was trying to come out, and it was only by putting the book down and sitting on it suddenly, very hard, that he managed to get it shut. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 only only ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 cora cora NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 9 but but CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 middle middle NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 page page NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ _ 17 swelling swell VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 16 acl _ _ 18 up up ADP RP _ 17 compound:prt _ _ 19 thick thick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 xcomp _ _ 20 with with ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 creature creature NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 23 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 25 nsubj _ _ 24 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 trying try VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 22 acl:relcl _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 xcomp _ _ 28 out out ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 31 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 32 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 cop _ _ 33 only only ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 34 by by SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 35 putting put VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 advcl _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 book book NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 38 down down ADP RP _ 35 compound:prt _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 sitting sit VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 35 conj _ _ 41 on on ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obl _ _ 43 suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 45 very very ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 46 hard hard ADV RB Degree=Pos 40 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 48 that that SCONJ IN _ 50 mark _ _ 49 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 50 managed manage VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 51 to to PART TO _ 52 mark _ _ 52 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 50 xcomp _ _ 53 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 obj _ _ 54 shut shut ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | could | Dragon | cora | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cora=Stimulus | | 2 | **feel** | past | Dragon | the middle of the page | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent middle=Theme | | 3 | **swell up** | gerund | the page *not said here* | | | | | thick *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 4 | **try** | past · progressive | the creature | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 5 | **come out** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the creature *not said here* | | | | | out *property* | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient | | 6 | **is** | past | page | | | | | put *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **sit** | gerund | page *not said here* | | | page | | hard, suddenly *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on it=Location | | 8 | **manage** | past | Dragon | | | | | | vn succeed-74-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 9 | **get** | to-infinitive | Dragon *not said here* | page | | | | shut *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | 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 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/2/28/) - next →: [sentence 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/2/30/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/2/)