--- title: Then Effie turned the rain tap quite full on, and presently the drag… — The Book of Dragons · tree and pragmatics description: Then Effie turned the rain tap quite full on, and presently the dragons began to wriggle less, and by-and-by some of them lay quite still, so the children knew the water had put out the fires inside them, and they were dead. Who acts: Effie, dragons, some, children. 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Nesbit, Opening, part 6. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Effie, dragons, some, children), 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:pg23661:6:101 # text = Then Effie turned the rain tap quite full on, and presently the dragons began to wriggle less, and by-and-by some of them lay quite still, so the children knew the water had put out the fires inside them, and they were dead. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 Effie Effie PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 rain rain NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 tap tap NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 quite quite ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 9 on on ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 12 presently presently ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 dragons dragon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nsubj _ _ 15 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 wriggle wriggle VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 xcomp _ _ 18 less less ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 17 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 21 by by SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 22 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 24 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 by by SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 26 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 29 nsubj _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nmod _ _ 29 lay lay VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 30 quite quite ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 31 still still ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 so so ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nsubj _ _ 36 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 advcl _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj:pass _ _ 39 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 ccomp _ _ 41 out out ADP RP _ 40 compound:prt _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 fires fire NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obj _ _ 44 inside inside ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 48 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 49 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 cop _ _ 50 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | past | Effie | the rain tap | | | then | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent tap=Theme | | 2 | **begin** | past | the dragons | | | | | presently *property* | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **wriggle** | to-infinitive | the dragons *not said here* | | | | | less *property* | vn body\_internal\_motion-49.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **lay** | present | some | | | | still | | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **know** | past | the children | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 6 | **put out** | past · perfect · passive | | the water | | | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V NP PP.goal»: subject=Asset fire=Goal | | 7 | **is** | past | dragons *= dragon* | | | | | dead *property* | tree rules | 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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