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title: Because, of course, another consequence of the island's having spun… — The Book of Dragons · tree and pragmatics
description: Because, of course, another consequence of the island's having spun the wrong way is that all the things we have to make--buns and cakes and shortbread--grow on trees and bushes, but in Rotundia they have to make their cauliflowers and cabbages and carrots and apples and onions, just as our cooks ma
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# The Book of Dragons, Opening, part 3, sentence 95

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Because, of course, another consequence of the island's having spun the wrong way is that all the things we have to make--buns and cakes and shortbread--grow on trees and bushes, but in Rotundia they have to make their cauliflowers and cabbages and carrots and apples and onions, just as our cooks make puddings and turnovers.

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**Who acts:** island, we, things, bushes, cooks · **What happens:** have, spin, make, be · **To what, where:** wrong way, things, trees, Rotundia, cauliflowers, puddings

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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 (island, we, things, bushes), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg23661:3:95
# text = Because, of course, another consequence of the island's having spun the wrong way is that all the things we have to make--buns and cakes and shortbread--grow on trees and bushes, but in Rotundia they have to make their cauliflowers and cabbages and carrots and apples and onions, just as our cooks make puddings and turnovers.
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	1	conj	_	_
4	course	course	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	fixed	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	7	det	_	_
7	consequence	consequence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	island	island	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	having	have	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	acl	_	_
13	spun	spin	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	xcomp	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
17	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	33	cop	_	_
18	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	33	mark	_	_
19	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	21	det:predet	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	33	nsubj	_	_
22	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	23	nsubj	_	_
23	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	21	acl:relcl	_	_
24	to	to	PART	TO	_	25	mark	_	_
25	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	23	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	buns	bun	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	21	conj	_	_
28	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	29	cc	_	_
29	cakes	cake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	27	conj	_	_
30	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	31	cc	_	_
31	shortbread	shortbread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	grow	grow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	acl:relcl	_	_
34	on	on	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
35	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	33	obl	_	_
36	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	37	cc	_	_
37	bushes	bush	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	35	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	43	punct	_	_
39	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	43	cc	_	_
40	in	in	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
41	Rotundia	Rotundia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	43	obl	_	_
42	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	43	nsubj	_	_
43	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	33	conj	_	_
44	to	to	PART	TO	_	45	mark	_	_
45	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	43	xcomp	_	_
46	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	47	nmod:poss	_	_
47	cauliflowers	cauliflower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	45	obj	_	_
48	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	49	cc	_	_
49	cabbages	cabbage	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	47	conj	_	_
50	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	51	cc	_	_
51	carrots	carrot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	47	conj	_	_
52	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	53	cc	_	_
53	apples	apple	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	47	conj	_	_
54	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	55	cc	_	_
55	onions	onion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	47	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
56	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	61	punct	_	_
57	just	just	ADV	RB	_	61	advmod	_	_
58	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	61	mark	_	_
59	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	60	nmod:poss	_	_
60	cooks	cook	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	61	nsubj	_	_
61	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	45	conj	_	_
62	puddings	pudding	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	61	obj	_	_
63	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	64	cc	_	_
64	turnovers	turnover	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	62	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
65	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | gerund | the island *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **spin** | participle | the island *not said here* | the wrong way |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent way=Theme |
| 3 | **have** | present | we | all things and buns and cakes and shortbread *not said here* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **make** | to-infinitive | all things and buns and cakes and shortbread *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
| 5 | **is** | present | all things and buns and cakes and shortbread | the wrong way *not said here* |  | trees and bushes |  | grow *property* | tree rules |
| 6 | **have** | present | bushes *= bush* |  |  | Rotundia |  |  | tree rules |
| 7 | **make** | to-infinitive | bushes *= bush* *not said here* | bushes's cauliflowers and cabbages and carrots and apples and onions |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset cauliflower=Product |
| 8 | **make** | present | our cooks | puddings and turnovers |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset pudding=Product |

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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.

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**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.

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