--- title: The dragon opened a great purple mouth and licked his purple lips, s… — The Book of Dragons · tree and pragmatics description: The dragon opened a great purple mouth and licked his purple lips, so Tom ran and shook the bun tree, and soon came back with an armful of fresh currant buns, and as he came he picked a few of the Bath kind, which grow on the low bushes near the pillar. Who acts: dragon, Tom, Bath kind. 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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 (dragon, Tom, Bath kind), 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:pg23661:3:94 # text = The dragon opened a great purple mouth and licked his purple lips, so Tom ran and shook the bun tree, and soon came back with an armful of fresh currant buns, and as he came he picked a few of the Bath kind, which grow on the low bushes near the pillar. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 opened open VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 5 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 6 purple purple ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 licked lick VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 11 purple purple ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 lips lip NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 so so ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 15 Tom Tom PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 16 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 shook shake VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 bun bun NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 compound _ _ 21 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 24 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 25 advmod _ _ 25 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 26 back back ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 27 with with ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 armful armful NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 fresh fresh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 32 currant currant NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 compound _ _ 33 buns bun NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 36 as as SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 advcl _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 picked pick VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 obj _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 45 Bath Bath PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 compound _ _ 46 kind kind NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 48 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 49 nsubj _ _ 49 grow grow VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 acl:relcl _ _ 50 on on ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 52 low low ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 amod _ _ 53 bushes bush NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 obl _ _ 54 near near ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 pillar pillar NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **open** | past | the dragon | a great purple mouth | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location mouth=Theme | | 2 | **lick** | past | the dragon *not said here* | dragon's purple lips | | | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent lip=Source | | 3 | **run** | past | Tom | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **shake** | past | Tom *not said here* | the bun tree | | | | | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent tree=Patient | | 5 | **come back** | past | | | | | | with a armful of fresh currant buns; soon *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **come** | past | Tom | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **pick** | past | Tom | a few | | | | | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent few=Patient | | 8 | **grow** | present | the Bath kind | | | the low bushes near the pillar | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on bush=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 93](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/3/93/) - next →: [sentence 95](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/3/95/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/3/)