--- title: He never barked at things that went on in the island--he was too lar… — The Book of Dragons · tree and pragmatics description: He never barked at things that went on in the island--he was too large-minded for that; but when ships went blundering by in the dark, tumbling over the rocks at the end of the island, he would bark once or twice, just to let the ships know that they couldn't come playing about there just as they li --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/3/63/) [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/) / 63 # The Book of Dragons, Opening, part 3, sentence 63 He never barked at things that went on in the island--he was too large-minded for that; but when ships went blundering by in the dark, tumbling over the rocks at the end of the island, he would bark once or twice, just to let the ships know that they couldn't come playing about there just as they liked. **Who acts:** Tom, things, ships · **What happens:** not bark, go on, mind, go, blunder, tumble · **To what, where:** island, Tom, rocks · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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, things, ships), 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:pg23661:3:63 # text = He never barked at things that went on in the island--he was too large-minded for that; but when ships went blundering by in the dark, tumbling over the rocks at the end of the island, he would bark once or twice, just to let the ships know that they couldn't come playing about there just as they liked. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 3 advmod _ _ 3 barked bark VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 6 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 7 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ 8 on on ADP RP _ 7 compound:prt _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 island island NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 -- -- PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 14 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux:pass _ _ 15 too too ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 16 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 minded mind VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 19 for for ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 22 but but CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 23 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 25 advmod _ _ 24 ships ship NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 nsubj _ _ 25 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 advcl _ _ 26 blundering blunder VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 25 xcomp _ _ 27 by by ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 dark dark NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 32 tumbling tumble VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 26 conj _ _ 33 over over ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 rocks rock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obl _ _ 36 at at ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 island island NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 43 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 44 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 bark bark VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 46 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 45 advmod _ _ 47 or or CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 48 twice twice ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 46 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 50 just just ADV RB _ 52 advmod _ _ 51 to to PART TO _ 52 mark _ _ 52 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 45 parataxis _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 ships ship NOUN NNS Number=Plur 55 nsubj _ _ 55 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 52 parataxis _ _ 56 that that SCONJ IN _ 60 mark _ _ 57 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 60 nsubj _ _ 58 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 60 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 59 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 60 advmod _ _ 60 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 55 ccomp _ _ 61 playing play VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 60 xcomp _ _ 62 about about ADV RB _ 63 advmod _ _ 63 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 61 advmod _ _ 64 just just ADV RB _ 67 advmod _ _ 65 as as SCONJ IN _ 67 mark _ _ 66 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 67 nsubj _ _ 67 liked like VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 61 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 68 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **bark** | past | Tom | | | | | at things | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent at thing=Stimulus | | 2 | **go on** | past | things | | | the island | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in island=Location | | 3 | **mind** | past · passive | | Tom | | | | for that | vn caring-75.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 4 | **go** | past | ships | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **blunder** | gerund | ships *not said here* | | | | | by the dark | tree rules | | 6 | **tumble** | gerund | ships *not said here* | | | the rocks | at the end of the island | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme over rock=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **bark** | would | Tom | | | | | once *property* | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **let** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **know** | present | the ships | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 10 | **not** **come** | could | ships *= ship* | | | | | | tree rules | | 11 | **play about** | gerund | ships *= ship* *not said here* | | | there | | | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 12 | **like** | past | ships *= ship* | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | 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 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/3/62/) - next →: [sentence 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/3/64/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/3/)