--- title: Because, you see, the Princess and the gardener's son were so fond o… — The Book of Dragons · tree and pragmatics description: Because, you see, the Princess and the gardener's son were so fond of each other they could not help being happy--and besides, they had an elephant of their very own to ride on. Who acts: you, Princess, sons, besides. A sentence of «The Book of Dragons» by E. Nesbit, Opening, part 5, with its depend --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/5/14/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Book of Dragons](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/) / [Opening, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/5/) / 14 # The Book of Dragons, Opening, part 5, sentence 14 Because, you see, the Princess and the gardener's son were so fond of each other they could not help being happy--and besides, they had an elephant of their very own to ride on. **Who acts:** you, Princess, sons, besides · **What happens:** see, be, not help, have, ride on · **To what, where:** besides, elephant This is a sentence of «The Book of Dragons» by E. Nesbit, Opening, part 5. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (you, Princess, sons, besides), 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:pg23661:5:14 # text = Because, you see, the Princess and the gardener's son were so fond of each other they could not help being happy--and besides, they had an elephant of their very own to ride on. 1 Because because SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 gardener gardener NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 11 's 's PART POS _ 10 case _ _ 12 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ _ 13 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 14 so so ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 fond fond ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 advcl _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 each each DET DT ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp 15 obl _ _ 18 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 fixed _ _ 19 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 20 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 21 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 22 advmod _ _ 22 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 23 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 24 cop _ _ 24 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 25 -- -- PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 besides beside NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 parataxis _ _ 31 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 elephant elephant NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 35 very very ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 nmod _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 ride ride VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 advcl _ _ 39 on on ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 22 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | present | you | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **is** | past | the Princess and the gardener's son | | | | | of each; fond *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **help** | could | sons *= son* | besides | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** *not said to happen* | gerund | besides *not said here* | | | | | happy *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **have** | past | sons *= son* | a elephant of sons's own | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent elephant=Patient | | 6 | **ride on** | to-infinitive | sons *= son* *not said here* | | | | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: 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. 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 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/5/13/) - next →: [sentence 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/5/15/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/5/)