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title: Now, he had Tom's prize, the _History of Rotundia_, in his pocket--t… — The Book of Dragons · tree and pragmatics
description: Now, he had Tom's prize, the _History of Rotundia_, in his pocket--the one bound in calf, with the Royal arms on the cover--and it happened to drop out, and the dragon ate it, so Tom never got the prize after all. Who acts: Tom, it, dragon. A sentence of «The Book of Dragons» by E. Nesbit, Opening, 
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# The Book of Dragons, Opening, part 3, sentence 100

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Now, he had Tom's prize, the \_History of Rotundia\_, in his pocket--the one bound in calf, with the Royal arms on the cover--and it happened to drop out, and the dragon ate it, so Tom never got the prize after all.

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**Who acts:** Tom, it, dragon · **What happens:** have, bind, happen, drop out, eat, not get · **To what, where:** prize, one

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This is a sentence of «The Book of Dragons» by E. Nesbit, Opening, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Tom, it, dragon), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg23661:3:100
# text = Now, he had Tom's prize, the _History of Rotundia_, in his pocket--the one bound in calf, with the Royal arms on the cover--and it happened to drop out, and the dragon ate it, so Tom never got the prize after all.
1	Now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	Tom	Tom	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	prize	prize	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	History	history	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	Rotundia	Rotundia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	pocket	pocket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	appos	_	_
22	bound	bind	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	21	acl	_	_
23	in	in	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
24	calf	calf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
26	with	with	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
27	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
28	Royal	Royal	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	29	compound	_	_
29	arms	arm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	22	obl	_	_
30	on	on	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
31	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
32	cover	cover	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	36	cc	_	_
35	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	36	nsubj	_	_
36	happened	happen	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
37	to	to	PART	TO	_	38	mark	_	_
38	drop	drop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	36	xcomp	_	_
39	out	out	ADP	RP	_	38	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	44	punct	_	_
41	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	44	cc	_	_
42	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	43	det	_	_
43	dragon	dragon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	44	nsubj	_	_
44	ate	eat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
45	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	44	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	50	punct	_	_
47	so	so	ADV	RB	_	50	advmod	_	_
48	Tom	Tom	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	50	nsubj	_	_
49	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	50	advmod	_	_
50	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
51	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	52	det	_	_
52	prize	prize	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	50	obj	_	_
53	after	after	ADP	IN	_	54	case	_	_
54	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	50	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
55	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | Tom | Tom's prize and the History of Rotundia |  |  | now |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prize=Patient |
| 2 | **bind** | participle |  | the one *not said here* |  |  |  | in calf; with the Royal arms on the cover | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent with arm=Co-Patient |
| 3 | **happen** | past | it |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **drop out** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **eat** | past | the dragon | prize |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
| 6 | **not** **get** | past | Tom | the prize |  |  | after all |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer prize=Stimulus |

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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.

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**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.

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