--- title: Of course, the County Council and the police did everything that cou… — The Book of Dragons · tree and pragmatics description: Of course, the County Council and the police did everything that could be done: It was no use offering the hand of the Princess to anyone who killed a dragon. Who acts: police, Council, use. 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 (police, Council, use), 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:pg23661:5:77 # text = Of course, the County Council and the police did everything that could be done: It was no use offering the hand of the Princess to anyone who killed a dragon. 1 Of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 2 course course NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 County County PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 Council Council PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 police police NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ _ 10 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 10 obj _ _ 12 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 15 obj _ _ 13 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 14 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 15 aux:pass _ _ 15 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 : : PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 17 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 18 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 19 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 20 det _ _ 20 use use NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 advcl _ _ 21 offering offer VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 20 acl _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 Princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ _ 27 to to ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 anyone anyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 21 obl _ _ 29 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 30 nsubj _ _ 30 killed kill VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 acl:relcl _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | the police | everything | | | | of the County Council | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everything=Eventuality | | 2 | **do** | could · passive | | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: that=Eventuality | | 3 | **is a** | past | Council | no use | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **offer** | gerund | no use *not said here* | the hand of the Princess | anyone | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent hand=Theme to anyone=Goal | | 5 | **kill** | past | | a dragon | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dragon=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. 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