--- title: You see, it was impossible for the Dragon to take them into the book… — The Book of Dragons · tree and pragmatics description: You see, it was impossible for the Dragon to take them into the book with him--it was a tight fit even for one Dragon--so, of course, he had to leave them outside. Who acts: You, Orphanage, Dragon. 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 (You, Orphanage, 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:pg23661:2:97 # text = You see, it was impossible for the Dragon to take them into the book with him--it was a tight fit even for one Dragon--so, of course, he had to leave them outside. 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 expl _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 impossible impossible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 ccomp _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 Dragon Dragon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 csubj _ _ 12 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ 13 into into ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 book book NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 16 with with ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 -- -- PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 20 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 tight tight ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 fit fit NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 24 even even ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 25 for for ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 27 nummod _ _ 27 Dragon Dragon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 28 -- -- PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 so so ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 31 of of ADP IN ExtPos=ADV 35 advmod _ _ 32 course course NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 xcomp _ _ 38 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 outside outside ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | present | You | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **is** | past | | | | | | for the Dragon; impossible *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **take** | to-infinitive | | Players *= player* | | the book with Dragon | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme into book=Destination | | 4 | **is a** | past | Orphanage | a tight fit | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **have** | past | Dragon | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **leave** | to-infinitive | Dragon *not said here* | Players *= player* | | | | outside *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | 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 96](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/2/96/) - next →: [sentence 98](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/2/98/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/2/)