--- title: So then they turned off the tap named "Waste," and they half-turned… — The Book of Dragons · tree and pragmatics description: So then they turned off the tap named "Waste," and they half-turned off the one labeled "Sunshine"--it was broken, so that they could not turn it off altogether--and they turned on "Fair to moderate" and "Showery" and both taps stuck, so that they could not be turned off, which accounts for our clim --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/6/124/) [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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/6/) / 124 # The Book of Dragons, Opening, part 6, sentence 124 So then they turned off the tap named "Waste," and they half-turned off the one labeled "Sunshine"--it was broken, so that they could not turn it off altogether--and they turned on "Fair to moderate" and "Showery" and both taps stuck, so that they could not be turned off, which accounts for our climate. **Who acts:** dragons, tap, our · **What happens:** turn off, name, label, break, not turn off, turn on · **To what, where:** tap, Waste, one, Sunshine, dragons This is a sentence of «The Book of Dragons» by E. 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 (dragons, tap, our), 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:pg23661:6:124 # text = So then they turned off the tap named "Waste," and they half-turned off the one labeled "Sunshine"--it was broken, so that they could not turn it off altogether--and they turned on "Fair to moderate" and "Showery" and both taps stuck, so that they could not be turned off, which accounts for our climate. 1 So so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 off off ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 tap tap NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 named name VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 acl _ _ 9 " " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 Waste waste NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 14 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 15 half half NOUN NN Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 17 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 16 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 turned turn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 18 off off ADP RP _ 17 compound:prt _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 21 labeled label VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 acl _ _ 22 " " PUNCT `` _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 Sunshine Sunshine PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 " " PUNCT '' _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 -- -- PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj:pass _ _ 27 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux:pass _ _ 28 broken break VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 30 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 35 mark _ _ 31 that that SCONJ IN _ 30 fixed _ _ 32 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 33 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 34 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 35 advmod _ _ 35 turn turn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 conj _ _ 36 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ _ 37 off off ADP RP _ 35 compound:prt _ _ 38 altogether altogether ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 -- -- PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 41 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 43 on on ADP RP _ 42 compound:prt _ _ 44 " " PUNCT `` _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 Fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 xcomp _ _ 46 to to PART TO _ 47 mark _ _ 47 moderate moderate VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 48 " " PUNCT '' _ 45 punct _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 50 " " PUNCT `` _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 Showery showery ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 " " PUNCT '' _ 51 punct _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 54 both both DET DT PronType=Tot 55 det _ _ 55 taps tap NOUN NNS Number=Plur 56 nsubj _ _ 56 stuck stuck ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 58 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 64 mark _ _ 59 that that SCONJ IN _ 58 fixed _ _ 60 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 64 nsubj _ _ 61 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 64 aux _ _ 62 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 64 advmod _ _ 63 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 64 aux:pass _ _ 64 turned turn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 42 conj _ _ 65 off off ADP RP _ 64 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 66 , , PUNCT , _ 68 punct _ _ 67 which which DET WDT PronType=Int 68 det _ _ 68 accounts account NOUN NNS Number=Plur 64 obl _ _ 69 for for ADP IN _ 71 case _ _ 70 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 71 nmod:poss _ _ 71 climate climate NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 72 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn off** | past | dragons *= dragon* | the tap | | | then | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent tap=Patient | | 2 | **name** | participle | the tap *not said here* | Waste | | | | | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **turn off** | participle | dragons *= dragon* | the one | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent one=Patient | | 4 | **label** | participle | | the one *not said here* | Sunshine | | | | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent sunshine=Destination | | 5 | **break** | past · passive | | Waste | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 6 | **not** **turn off** | could | dragons *= dragon* | Waste | | | | altogether *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 7 | **turn on** | past | dragons *= dragon* | | | | | fair *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 8 | **moderate** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | dragons *= dragon* *not said here* | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 9 | **not** **turn off** | could · passive | | dragons *= dragon* | | | | which accounts for our climate *obl* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient | | 10 | **acclimate** | | our | | | | | | nom climate «state intransitive»: poss=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. 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