--- title: The next morning Uncle James put on his best coat and hat and the ve… — The Book of Dragons · tree and pragmatics description: The next morning Uncle James put on his best coat and hat and the vest with the gold snakes on it--he was a magician, and he had a bright taste in vests--and he called with a cab to take the Princess out. Who acts: Uncle. 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 (Uncle), 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:pg23661:4:95 # text = The next morning Uncle James put on his best coat and hat and the vest with the gold snakes on it--he was a magician, and he had a bright taste in vests--and he called with a cab to take the Princess out. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl:unmarked _ _ 4 Uncle Uncle PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 James James PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 flat _ _ 6 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 on on ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 9 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 10 amod _ _ 10 coat coat NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 hat hat NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 vest vest NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ _ 16 with with ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 compound _ _ 19 snakes snake NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nmod _ _ 20 on on ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 -- -- PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 24 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 magician magician NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 bright bright ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 taste taste NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 vests vest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 -- -- PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 40 with with ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 cab cab NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 44 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 advcl _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 Princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ _ 47 out out ADP RP _ 44 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **put** | past | Uncle | | | uncle's best coat and hat and the vest with the gold snakes on vest | morning | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent on coat=Destination | | 2 | **is a** | past | uncle | a magician | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **have** | past | uncle | a bright taste | | vests | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent taste=Patient | | 4 | **call** | past | uncle | | | | | with a cab | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **take out** | to-infinitive | uncle *not said here* | the Princess | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=Theme | 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 94](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/4/94/) - next →: [sentence 96](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/4/96/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/4/)