--- title: As soon as Lionel saw that the Dragon had really been obliged to go… — The Book of Dragons · tree and pragmatics description: As soon as Lionel saw that the Dragon had really been obliged to go and sit under his own palm tree because it was the only tree there, he jumped off his horse and shut the book with a bang. Who acts: Lionel, page, Dragon. A sentence of «The Book of Dragons» by E. 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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 (Lionel, page, Dragon), 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:pg23661:2:88 # text = As soon as Lionel saw that the Dragon had really been obliged to go and sit under his own palm tree because it was the only tree there, he jumped off his horse and shut the book with a bang. 1 As as ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 5 advmod _ _ 3 as as SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 Lionel Lionel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 that that SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 Dragon Dragon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 9 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 10 really really ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 11 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 12 aux:pass _ _ 12 obliged oblige VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 ccomp _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 xcomp _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 sit sit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 conj _ _ 17 under under ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 19 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 20 palm palm NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 compound _ _ 21 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 22 because because SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 23 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 24 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 only only ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 28 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 27 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 jumped jump VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 32 off off ADP RP _ 31 compound:prt _ _ 33 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 shut shut VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 conj _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 book book NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 39 with with ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 bang bang NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | Lionel | | | | | soon *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **oblige** | past · perfect · passive | | the Dragon | | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result | | 3 | **go** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **sit** | infinitive | | | | Dragon's own palm tree | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under tree=Location | | 5 | **is a** | past | page | the only tree | | there | | | tree rules | | 6 | **jump off** | past | Dragon | Dragon's horse | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Agent | | 7 | **shut** | infinitive | Dragon *not said here* | the book | | | | with a bang | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent book=Patient with bang=Instrument | 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. 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