--- title: Then Effie began to cry, and she put her arms around St. George's ne… — The Book of Dragons · tree and pragmatics description: Then Effie began to cry, and she put her arms around St. George's neck as well as she could for the marble, which was very much in the way at the back, and she kissed the marble face, and she said: "Oh, dear, good, kind St. George, please wake up and help us." Who acts: Effie, marble, St., kind Geor --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/6/19/) [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/) / 19 # The Book of Dragons, Opening, part 6, sentence 19 Then Effie began to cry, and she put her arms around St. George's neck as well as she could for the marble, which was very much in the way at the back, and she kissed the marble face, and she said: "Oh, dear, good, kind St. George, please wake up and help us." **Who acts:** Effie, marble, St., kind George · **What happens:** begin, cry, put, be, kiss, say · **To what, where:** arms, neck, way, marble face, us · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (Effie, marble, St., kind George), 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:pg23661:6:19 # text = Then Effie began to cry, and she put her arms around St. George's neck as well as she could for the marble, which was very much in the way at the back, and she kissed the marble face, and she said: "Oh, dear, good, kind St. George, please wake up and help us." 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 Effie Effie PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 cry cry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 10 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 arms arm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ _ 12 around around ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 13 St. St. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nmod:desc _ _ 14 George George PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 15 's 's PART POS _ 14 case _ _ 16 neck neck NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 17 as as ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 9 advmod _ _ 19 as as SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 20 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 advcl _ _ 22 for for ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 marble marble NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 26 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 32 nsubj _ _ 27 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 cop _ _ 28 very very ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 29 much much ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 30 in in ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 appos _ _ 33 at at ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 38 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 kissed kiss VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 marble marble ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 45 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 47 : : PUNCT : _ 51 punct _ _ 48 " " PUNCT `` _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 Oh oh INTJ UH _ 51 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 51 dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 53 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 55 kind kind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 57 amod _ _ 56 St. St. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 57 nmod:desc _ _ 57 George George PROPN NNP Number=Sing 60 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 59 please please INTJ UH _ 60 discourse _ _ 60 wake wake VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 51 parataxis _ _ 61 up up ADP RP _ 60 compound:prt _ _ 62 and and CCONJ CC _ 63 cc _ _ 63 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 60 conj _ _ 64 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 63 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 65 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 66 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **begin** | past | Effie | | | | then | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **cry** *speech: express* | to-infinitive | Effie *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **put** | past | Effie | Effie's arms | | George St.'s neck | | for the marble; well *property* | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent arm=Theme around neck=Destination | | 4 | **is** | past | the marble | | | the way | | at the back | tree rules | | 5 | **kiss** | past | St. | the marble face | | | | | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent face=Co-Agent | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | St. | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **wake up** *in a quote* | infinitive | kind George St. | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 8 | **help** *in a quote* | infinitive | kind George St. *not said here* | | us | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent we=Beneficiary | 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 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/6/18/) - next →: [sentence 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/6/20/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/6/)