--- title: So Tom left him and went back to the town with the news, and everyon… — The Book of Dragons · tree and pragmatics description: So Tom left him and went back to the town with the news, and everyone was so excited at a real live dragon's being on the island--a thing that had never happened before--that they all went out to look at it, instead of going to the prize-giving, and the Lord Chief Schoolmaster went with the rest. 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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 (Tom, everyone, thing, wings), 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:pg23661:3:99 # text = So Tom left him and went back to the town with the news, and everyone was so excited at a real live dragon's being on the island--a thing that had never happened before--that they all went out to look at it, instead of going to the prize-giving, and the Lord Chief Schoolmaster went with the rest. 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 Tom Tom PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 7 back back ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 11 with with ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 news news NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 16 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 19 nsubj _ _ 17 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 18 so so ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 excited excited ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 parataxis _ _ 20 at at ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 22 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 23 live live ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 25 's 's PART POS _ 24 case _ _ 26 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 29 cop _ _ 27 on on ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 island island NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 -- -- PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 conj _ _ 33 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 36 nsubj _ _ 34 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 35 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 36 advmod _ _ 36 happened happen VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 32 acl:relcl _ _ 37 before before ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 -- -- PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 that that SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 40 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 42 advmod _ _ 42 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 43 out out ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 45 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 advcl _ _ 46 at at ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 49 instead instead ADV RB ExtPos=SCONJ 51 mark _ _ 50 of of ADP IN _ 49 fixed _ _ 51 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 52 to to ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 xcomp _ _ 54 prize prize NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 55 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 54 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 56 giving give VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 53 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 63 punct _ _ 58 and and CCONJ CC _ 63 cc _ _ 59 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 60 Lord Lord PROPN NNP Number=Sing 61 compound _ _ 61 Chief Chief PROPN NNP Number=Sing 63 nsubj _ _ 62 Schoolmaster Schoolmaster PROPN NNP Number=Sing 61 flat _ _ 63 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 56 conj _ _ 64 with with ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 65 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 66 det _ _ 66 rest rest NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 67 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave** | past | Tom | bun | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 2 | **go back** | past | Tom *not said here* | | | | | to the town *result*; with the news | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to town=Result | | 3 | **is** | past | everyone | | | | | excited *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **is** | gerund | | | | a real live dragon's island and a thing | | | tree rules | | 5 | **not** **happen** | past · perfect | a thing | | | | | before *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **go out** | past | wings *= wing* | | | | | out *property* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **look** | to-infinitive | wings *= wing* *not said here* | | | | | at thing | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at it=Theme | | 8 | **go** | gerund | Tom *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **give** | gerund | | | | | | | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 10 | **go** | past | the Lord Chief | | | | | with the rest | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with rest=Beneficiary | 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 98](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/3/98/) - next →: [sentence 100](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/3/100/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/3/)