--- title: It was much too narrow for the dragon to get in also, so they stayed… — The Book of Dragons · tree and pragmatics description: It was much too narrow for the dragon to get in also, so they stayed in there and waited to make faces at the dragon when he felt rested enough to sit up and begin to think about eating them. Who acts: knife, dragon, dragons, Harry. 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 (knife, dragon, dragons, Harry), 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:pg23661:6:76 # text = It was much too narrow for the dragon to get in also, so they stayed in there and waited to make faces at the dragon when he felt rested enough to sit up and begin to think about eating them. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 much much ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 4 too too ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 narrow narrow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 for for SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 advcl _ _ 11 in in ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 12 also also ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 so so ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 15 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 stayed stay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 17 in in ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 18 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 16 advmod _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 waited wait VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 xcomp _ _ 23 faces face NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obj _ _ 24 at at ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 27 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 29 advmod _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 advcl _ _ 30 rested rest VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 xcomp _ _ 31 enough enough ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 sit sit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 advcl _ _ 34 up up ADP RP _ 33 compound:prt _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 begin begin VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 conj _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 xcomp _ _ 39 about about SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 40 eating eat VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 38 advcl _ _ 41 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | knife | | | | | narrow *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **get in** | to-infinitive | the dragon | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **stay in** | past | dragons *= dragon* | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **wait** | past | dragons *= dragon* *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **make** | to-infinitive | dragons *= dragon* *not said here* | faces | | | | at the dragon | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset face=Product | | 6 | **feel** | past | Harry | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 7 | **rest** | participle | Harry *not said here* | | | | | enough *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **sit up** | to-infinitive | Harry *not said here* | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **begin** | present | Harry *not said here* | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 10 | **think** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | Harry *not said here* | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **eat** | gerund | Harry *not said here* | dragons *= dragon* | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=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. 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