--- title: They could not see any sunshine--the cave was lighted by a skylight… — The Book of Dragons · tree and pragmatics description: They could not see any sunshine--the cave was lighted by a skylight of blue glass--so they supposed the sunlight was pouring out by some other way, as it does with the tap that washes out the underneath parts of patent sinks in kitchens. Who acts: taps, skylight, sunlight, tap. 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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 (taps, skylight, sunlight, tap), 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:pg23661:6:89 # text = They could not see any sunshine--the cave was lighted by a skylight of blue glass--so they supposed the sunlight was pouring out by some other way, as it does with the tap that washes out the underneath parts of patent sinks in kitchens. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 6 det _ _ 6 sunshine sunshine NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 -- -- PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 cave cave NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj:pass _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux:pass _ _ 11 lighted light VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 acl:relcl _ _ 12 by by ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 skylight skylight NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 blue blue ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 glass glass NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 -- -- PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 so so ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 20 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 supposed suppose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 sunlight sunlight NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 24 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 pouring pour VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 21 xcomp _ _ 26 out out ADP RP _ 25 compound:prt _ _ 27 by by ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 30 det _ _ 29 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 as as SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 33 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 does do VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 35 with with ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 tap tap NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 38 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 39 nsubj _ _ 39 washes wash VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 acl:relcl _ _ 40 out out ADP RP _ 39 compound:prt _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 underneath underneath ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 parts part NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obj _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 patent patent NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 46 sinks sink VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 acl:relcl _ _ 47 in in ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 kitchens kitchen NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **see** | could | taps *= tap* | any sunshine | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sunshine=Stimulus | | 2 | **light** | past · passive | a skylight of blue glass | the cave | | | | | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Product | | 3 | **suppose** | past | taps *= tap* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 4 | **pour out** | past · progressive | the sunlight | | | | | by some other way | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source | | 5 | **do** | present | sunlight | | | | | with the tap | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **wash out** | present | the tap | the underneath parts | | | | | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent part=Patient | | 7 | **sink** | present | the underneath parts *not said here* | | | kitchens | | of patent | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=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. 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 88](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/6/88/) - next →: [sentence 90](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/6/90/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/6/)