--- title: But when it came to the Princess's turn to give an acid drop to the… — The Book of Dragons · tree and pragmatics description: But when it came to the Princess's turn to give an acid drop to the dragon, he smiled a very wide smile, and wagged his tail to the very last long inch of it, as much as to say, "Oh, you nice, kind, pretty little Princess." Who acts: dragon, Rotundia. A sentence of «The Book of Dragons» by E. 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Nesbit, Opening, part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (dragon, 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:pg23661:4:11 # text = But when it came to the Princess's turn to give an acid drop to the dragon, he smiled a very wide smile, and wagged his tail to the very last long inch of it, as much as to say, "Oh, you nice, kind, pretty little Princess." 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 2 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 advcl _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 8 's 's PART POS _ 7 case _ _ 9 turn turn NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 12 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 acid acid NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ _ 14 drop drop NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 smiled smile VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 22 very very ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 23 wide wide ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 smile smile NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 wagged wag VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 parataxis _ _ 28 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 30 to to ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 32 very very ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 34 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 inch inch NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 as as ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 conj _ _ 41 as as SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 45 " " PUNCT `` _ 49 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 Oh oh INTJ UH _ 49 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 48 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 49 nice nice ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 51 kind kind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 53 pretty pretty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 55 amod _ _ 54 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 55 amod _ _ 55 Princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 57 " " PUNCT '' _ 20 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | dragon | | | the Princess's turn | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to turn=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **give** | to-infinitive | dragon *not said here* | a acid drop | the dragon | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent drop=Theme to dragon=Recipient | | 3 | **smile** | past | Rotundia | a wide smile | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent smile=Topic | | 4 | **wag** | past | | Rotundia's tail | the last long inch of dragon | | | | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent tail=Patient to inch=Recipient | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | 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. 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