--- title: Now, however, Uncle James thought there might be a chance for him--b… — The Book of Dragons · tree and pragmatics description: Now, however, Uncle James thought there might be a chance for him--because he knew that now there were two wicked people on the island who could stand by each other--himself and the dragon. Who acts: Uncle, chance, two wicked people. A sentence of «The Book of Dragons» by E. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Uncle, chance, two wicked people), 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:pg23661:4:21 # text = Now, however, Uncle James thought there might be a chance for him--because he knew that now there were two wicked people on the island who could stand by each other--himself and the dragon. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 however however ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 Uncle Uncle PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 6 James James PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 flat _ _ 7 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 10 expl _ _ 9 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 be be VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 ccomp _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 chance chance NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 13 for for ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 -- -- PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 because because SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 19 that that SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 20 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 22 advmod _ _ 21 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 22 expl _ _ 22 were be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 advcl _ _ 23 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 25 nummod _ _ 24 wicked wicked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 nsubj _ _ 26 on on ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 island island NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 29 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 31 nsubj _ _ 30 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 stand stand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 ccomp _ _ 32 by by ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 each each DET DT ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp 31 obl _ _ 34 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 35 -- -- PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 31 obl:unmarked _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | Uncle | | | | now | however *property* | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **be** | might | a chance for uncle | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **know** | past | uncle | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **be** | past | two wicked people | | | there | now | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **stand** | could | | uncle | | the island | | by each | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on island=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 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/4/20/) - next →: [sentence 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/4/22/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/4/)