--- title: The Dragon was a perfect nuisance for the whole of Saturday, except… — The Book of Dragons · tree and pragmatics description: The Dragon was a perfect nuisance for the whole of Saturday, except during the hour of noon, and then he had to rest under a tree or he would have caught fire from the heat of the sun. You see, he was very hot to begin with. Who acts: Dragon, You, sun.. A sentence of «The Book of Dragons» by E. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Dragon, You, sun.), 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:pg23661:2:55 # text = The Dragon was a perfect nuisance for the whole of Saturday, except during the hour of noon, and then he had to rest under a tree or he would have caught fire from the heat of the sun. You see, he was very hot to begin with. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Dragon Dragon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 perfect perfect ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 nuisance nuisance NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 nmod _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 Saturday Saturday PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 except except ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 during during ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 hour hour NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 noon noon NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 21 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 23 advmod _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 rest rest VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 xcomp _ _ 26 under under ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 29 or or CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj:pass _ _ 31 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 32 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 33 aux _ _ 33 caught catch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 conj _ _ 34 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 35 from from ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 heat heat NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 sun. sun. NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ _ 41 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 44 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 45 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 cop _ _ 46 very very ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 47 hot hot ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 conj _ _ 48 to to PART TO _ 49 mark _ _ 49 begin begin VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 advcl _ _ 50 with with ADP IN _ 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | the Dragon | a perfect nuisance and the hour of noon | | | | for the whole | tree rules | | 2 | **have** | past | Dragon | | | | then | | tree rules | | 3 | **rest** | to-infinitive | Dragon *not said here* | | | a tree | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme under tree=Location | | 4 | **catch** | would · perfect · passive | | Dragon | | the heat of the sun. | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: subject=Beneficiary fire=Theme | | 5 | **see** | present | You | the sun. *not said here* | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sun.=Stimulus | | 6 | **is** | past | Dragon | | | | | hot *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **begin** | to-infinitive | Dragon *not said here* | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 8 | **heat** | | the sun. | | | | | | nom heat «phenomenon intransitive»: of=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 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/2/54/) - next →: [sentence 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/2/56/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/2/)