--- title: Well, when the pointed rock smashed into the round bit of earth the… — The Book of Dragons · tree and pragmatics description: Well, when the pointed rock smashed into the round bit of earth the shock was so great that it set them spinning together through the air--which was just getting into its proper place, like all the rest of the things--only, as luck would have it, they forgot which way around they had been going, and --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/3/31/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Book of Dragons](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/) / [Opening, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/3/) / 31 # The Book of Dragons, Opening, part 3, sentence 31 Well, when the pointed rock smashed into the round bit of earth the shock was so great that it set them spinning together through the air--which was just getting into its proper place, like all the rest of the things--only, as luck would have it, they forgot which way around they had been going, and began to spin around the wrong way. **Who acts:** shock, rock, luck, earth · **What happens:** point, smash, be, set, spin, get · **To what, where:** pointed rock, round bit, earth, air, rock, way 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 (shock, rock, luck, earth), 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:pg23661:3:31 # text = Well, when the pointed rock smashed into the round bit of earth the shock was so great that it set them spinning together through the air--which was just getting into its proper place, like all the rest of the things--only, as luck would have it, they forgot which way around they had been going, and began to spin around the wrong way. 1 Well well INTJ UH _ 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 3 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 pointed point VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 amod _ _ 6 rock rock NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 smashed smash VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 8 into into ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 round round ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 bit bit NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 shock shock NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 16 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 17 so so ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 parataxis _ _ 19 that that SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 20 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 advcl _ _ 22 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ 23 spinning spin VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 21 xcomp _ _ 24 together together ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 25 through through ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 -- -- PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 32 nsubj _ _ 30 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 31 just just ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 32 getting get VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 23 conj _ _ 33 into into ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 35 proper proper ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 38 like like ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 41 det:predet _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 rest rest NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 conj _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 -- -- PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 only only ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 48 as as SCONJ IN _ 51 mark _ _ 49 luck luck NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nsubj _ _ 50 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 51 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 advcl _ _ 52 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 54 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 nsubj _ _ 55 forgot forget VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ _ 56 which which DET WDT PronType=Int 57 det _ _ 57 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obj _ _ 58 around around ADP IN _ 62 mark _ _ 59 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 62 nsubj _ _ 60 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 62 aux _ _ 61 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 62 aux _ _ 62 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 57 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 63 , , PUNCT , _ 65 punct _ _ 64 and and CCONJ CC _ 65 cc _ _ 65 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 55 conj _ _ 66 to to PART TO _ 67 mark _ _ 67 spin spin VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 65 xcomp _ _ 68 around around ADP IN _ 71 case _ _ 69 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 71 det _ _ 70 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 71 amod _ _ 71 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 72 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **point** | participle | | | | | | | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **smash** | participle · passive | | the pointed rock | | | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 3 | **is** | past | the shock | | | the round bit of earth | | great *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **set** | past | rock | earth | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **spin** | gerund | rock *not said here* | | | | | together *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **get** | past · progressive | | | | the air | | into rock's proper place | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme through air=Initial\_Location into place=Destination | | 7 | **have** | would | luck | rock | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 8 | **forget** | past | earth | which way | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **go** | past · perfect · progressive | earth | which way *not said here* | | | | | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location way=Theme | | 10 | **begin** | past | earth *not said here* | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 11 | **spin** | to-infinitive | earth *not said here* | | | the wrong way | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme around way=Trajectory | 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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