--- title: The guinea pig, as you know, was as big as our elephants, and the el… — The Book of Dragons · tree and pragmatics description: The guinea pig, as you know, was as big as our elephants, and the elephant--dear little pet--was the size of the silly, tiny, black-and-tan dogs that ladies carry sometimes in their muffs. Who acts: you, guinea pig, elephant, ladies. A sentence of «The Book of Dragons» by E. Nesbit, Opening, part 3, --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/3/40/) [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/) / 40 # The Book of Dragons, Opening, part 3, sentence 40 The guinea pig, as you know, was as big as our elephants, and the elephant--dear little pet--was the size of the silly, tiny, black-and-tan dogs that ladies carry sometimes in their muffs. **Who acts:** you, guinea pig, elephant, ladies · **What happens:** know, be, carry · **To what, where:** guinea pig, size, tan dogs, muffs 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 (you, guinea pig, elephant, ladies), 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:pg23661:3:40 # text = The guinea pig, as you know, was as big as our elephants, and the elephant--dear little pet--was the size of the silly, tiny, black-and-tan dogs that ladies carry sometimes in their muffs. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 guinea guinea NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 pig pig NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 as as SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 10 as as ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 12 as as ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 elephants elephant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 elephant elephant NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 -- -- PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 21 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 pet pet NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 -- -- PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 size size NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 conj _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 silly silly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 31 tiny tiny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 33 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 36 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 tan tan ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 dogs dog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 conj _ _ 39 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 41 obj _ _ 40 ladies lady NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 nsubj _ _ 41 carry carry VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 acl:relcl _ _ 42 sometimes sometimes ADV RB PronType=Ind 41 advmod _ _ 43 in in ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 muffs muff NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | present | you | the guinea pig *not said here* | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer pig=Stimulus | | 2 | **is** | past | the guinea pig | | | | | as our elephants; big *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **is a** | past | the elephant and dear little pet | the size and tan dogs | | | | of the silly | tree rules | | 4 | **carry** | present | ladies | tan dogs | | sizes's muffs | | sometimes *property* | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent that=Value in muff=Location | 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 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/3/39/) - next →: [sentence 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/3/41/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/3/)