--- title: When the people in the town saw the Dragon fly off after the Hippogr… — The Book of Dragons · tree and pragmatics description: When the people in the town saw the Dragon fly off after the Hippogriff and the King they all came out of their houses to look, and when they saw the two disappear they made up their minds to the worst, and began to think what they would wear for Court mourning. Who acts: people, Dragon, two. 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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 (people, Dragon, two), 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:pg23661:2:75 # text = When the people in the town saw the Dragon fly off after the Hippogriff and the King they all came out of their houses to look, and when they saw the two disappear they made up their minds to the worst, and began to think what they would wear for Court mourning. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 advcl _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 Dragon Dragon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 fly fly VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 ccomp _ _ 11 off off ADP RP _ 10 compound:prt _ _ 12 after after ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 Hippogriff Hippogriff PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 conj _ _ 18 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 20 advmod _ _ 20 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 21 out out ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 houses house NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obl _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 29 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 31 advmod _ _ 30 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 34 nsubj _ _ 34 disappear disappear VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 ccomp _ _ 35 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 ccomp _ _ 37 up up ADP RP _ 36 compound:prt _ _ 38 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 minds mind NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obj _ _ 40 to to ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 worst bad ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 36 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 46 to to PART TO _ 47 mark _ _ 47 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 xcomp _ _ 48 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 51 obj _ _ 49 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 50 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 51 wear wear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 ccomp _ _ 52 for for ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 Court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 compound _ _ 54 mourning mourning NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 20 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | the people in the town | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **fly off** | infinitive | the Dragon | | | | after the Hippogriff and the King | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **come out** | past | people | people's houses | | | | | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient house=Result | | 4 | **look** | to-infinitive | people *not said here* | people's houses *not said here* | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 5 | **see** | past | people | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 6 | **disappear** | present | the two | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **make up** | past | people | people's minds | | | | bad *property* | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme mind=Pivot | | 8 | **begin** | past | people *not said here* | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 9 | **think** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | people *not said here* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 10 | **wear** | would | people | | | | | for Court mourning | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent what=Theme | | 11 | **mind** | | people | | | | | | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=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 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/2/74/) - next →: [sentence 76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/2/76/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/2/)