--- title: He made a snatch with his red claws at the King and Hippogriff, but… — The Book of Dragons · tree and pragmatics description: He made a snatch with his red claws at the King and Hippogriff, but he was too feeble to reach them, and besides, he did not dare to overexert himself for fear he should get any hotter. Who acts: Horse. 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 (Horse), 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:pg23661:2:85 # text = He made a snatch with his red claws at the King and Hippogriff, but he was too feeble to reach them, and besides, he did not dare to overexert himself for fear he should get any hotter. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 snatch snatch NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 7 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 claws claw NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ _ 9 at at ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 Hippogriff Hippogriff PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 15 but but CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 17 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 18 too too ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 feeble feeble ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 parataxis _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 reach reach VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 advcl _ _ 22 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 25 besides besides INTJ UH _ 30 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 28 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 29 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 30 advmod _ _ 30 dare dare VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 parataxis _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 overexert overexert VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 xcomp _ _ 33 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 32 obj _ _ 34 for for ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 fear fear NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 acl:relcl _ _ 39 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 40 det _ _ 40 hotter hot ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 38 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past | Horse | a snatch | | | | with Horse's red claws at the King and Hippogriff | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent snatch=Product | | 2 | **is** | past | Horse | | | | | feeble *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **reach** | to-infinitive | Horse *not said here* | claws *= claw* | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 4 | **not** **dare** | past · do-support | Horse | | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **not** **overexert** | to-infinitive | Horse *not said here* | Horse | | | | for fear | tree rules | | 6 | **get** | should | Horse | fear *not said here* | | | | hot *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer fear=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 84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/2/84/) - next →: [sentence 86](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/2/86/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/2/)