--- title: The Princess always played with Tom on the days when the little duke… — The Book of Dragons · tree and pragmatics description: The Princess always played with Tom on the days when the little dukes and marquises did not come to tea--and when he told her he was almost sure of the first prize, she clapped her hands and said: "Dear Tom, dear good, clever Tom, you deserve all the prizes. 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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 (Princess, little dukes, Tom, Rotundia), 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:pg23661:3:53 # text = The Princess always played with Tom on the days when the little dukes and marquises did not come to tea--and when he told her he was almost sure of the first prize, she clapped her hands and said: "Dear Tom, dear good, clever Tom, you deserve all the prizes. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 4 advmod _ _ 4 played play VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Tom Tom PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 7 on on ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 10 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 18 advmod _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 dukes duke NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nsubj _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 marquises marquis NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 conj _ _ 16 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 17 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 18 advmod _ _ 18 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 19 to to ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 tea tea NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 -- -- PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 23 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 25 advmod _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 advcl _ _ 26 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 iobj _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 28 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 29 almost almost ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 ccomp _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 34 amod _ _ 34 prize prize NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 36 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 clapped clap VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 38 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obj _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 : : PUNCT : _ 45 punct _ _ 43 " " PUNCT `` _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 Dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 Tom Tom PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 47 dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 amod _ _ 48 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 50 clever clever ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 conj _ _ 51 Tom Tom PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 53 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 54 deserve deserve VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 45 conj _ _ 55 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 57 det:predet _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 prizes prize NOUN NNS Number=Plur 54 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 58 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **play** | past | the Princess | | | | day | with Tom; always *property* | vn play-114.2-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with tom=Co-Agent | | 2 | **not** **come** | past · do-support | the little dukes and marquises | | | tea | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to tea=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | Tom | | Rotundia | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient | | 4 | **is** | past | Tom | | | | | of the first prize; almost, sure *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **clap** | past | Rotundia | Rotundia's hands | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location hand=Theme | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Rotundia *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **deserve** *in a quote* | present | you | all prizes | | | | | tree rules | 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 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/3/52/) - next →: [sentence 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/3/54/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/3/)