--- title: All this happened several years ago, and the other day I saw in the… — The Book of Dragons · tree and pragmatics description: All this happened several years ago, and the other day I saw in the _Rotundia Times_ an account of the wedding of the Princess with Lord Thomas Gardener, K.C.D., and I knew she could not have married anyone but Tom, so I suppose they made him a Lord on purpose for the wedding--and _K.C.D. 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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 (this, I, gardeners), 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:pg23661:5:6 # text = All this happened several years ago, and the other day I saw in the _Rotundia Times_ an account of the wedding of the Princess with Lord Thomas Gardener, K.C.D., and I knew she could not have married anyone but Tom, so I suppose they made him a Lord on purpose for the wedding--and _K.C.D. 1 All all DET PDT PronType=Tot 3 det:predet _ _ 2 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 nsubj _ _ 3 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 several several ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl:unmarked _ _ 6 ago ago ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl:unmarked _ _ 12 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 16 _ _ PUNCT `` _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 Rotundia Rotundia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 compound _ _ 18 Times Times PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 21 punct _ _ 20 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 account account NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 wedding wedding NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 Princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ _ 28 with with ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 Lord Lord PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 compound _ _ 30 Thomas Thomas PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 compound _ _ 31 Gardener Gardener PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 33 K.C.D K.C.D PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 37 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 39 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj:pass _ _ 40 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 41 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 43 advmod _ _ 42 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 43 aux _ _ 43 married marry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 38 ccomp _ _ 44 anyone anyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 43 obj _ _ 45 but but CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 Tom Tom PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 48 so so ADV RB _ 50 advmod _ _ 49 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 50 suppose suppose VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 51 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 52 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 ccomp _ _ 53 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 obj _ _ 54 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 Lord Lord PROPN NNP Number=Sing 52 obj _ _ 56 on on ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 57 purpose purpose NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obl _ _ 58 for for ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 59 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 60 wedding wedding NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 61 -- -- PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 62 and and CCONJ CC _ 64 cc _ _ 63 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 64 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 64 K.C.D K.C.D PROPN NNP Number=Sing 50 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 65 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | past | this | | | | | ago *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **see** | past | I | | | the account of the wedding of the Princess with Thomas Gardener and K.C.D | day | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **know** | past | I | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **not** **marry** | could · perfect · passive | | Times | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **suppose** | present | I | K.C.D | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 6 | **make** | past | gardeners *= gardener* | a Lord | Tom | purpose | | for the wedding | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary lord=Product for wedding=Asset | | 7 | **account** | | | the wedding of the Princess with Thomas Gardener and K.C.D | | | | | nom account «communication transitive»: of=patient | | 8 | **wed** | | | the Princess with Thomas Gardener and K.C.D | | | | | nom wedding «event transitive»: of=patient | 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 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/5/5/) - next →: [sentence 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/5/7/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/5/)