--- title: Then they saw that one side of the room was just a big looking glass… — The Book of Dragons · tree and pragmatics description: Then they saw that one side of the room was just a big looking glass, and when you looked in it you could see everything that was going on in the world--and all at once, too, which is not like most looking glasses. Who acts: taps, one side, you. A sentence of «The Book of Dragons» by E. Nesbit, Open --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/6/90/) [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/) / 90 # The Book of Dragons, Opening, part 6, sentence 90 Then they saw that one side of the room was just a big looking glass, and when you looked in it you could see everything that was going on in the world--and all at once, too, which is not like most looking glasses. **Who acts:** taps, one side, you · **What happens:** see, look, be, go on, not be · **To what, where:** big looking glass, glass, everything, world · **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 (taps, one side, you), 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:pg23661:6:90 # text = Then they saw that one side of the room was just a big looking glass, and when you looked in it you could see everything that was going on in the world--and all at once, too, which is not like most looking glasses. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 5 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 6 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 11 just just ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 13 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 14 looking look VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 15 amod _ _ 15 glass glass NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 18 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 20 advmod _ _ 19 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obl _ _ 23 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 ccomp _ _ 26 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 25 obj _ _ 27 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 29 nsubj _ _ 28 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 26 acl:relcl _ _ 30 on on ADP RP _ 29 compound:prt _ _ 31 in in ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 -- -- PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 3 conj _ _ 37 at at ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 40 too too ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 42 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 48 nsubj _ _ 43 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 48 cop _ _ 44 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 48 advmod _ _ 45 like like ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 46 most most ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 48 amod _ _ 47 looking look VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 48 amod _ _ 48 glasses glass NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | taps *= tap* | | | | then | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **look** | gerund | | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 3 | **is a** | past | one side of the room | a big looking glass | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **look** | past | you | | | glass | | | tree rules | | 5 | **see** | could | you | everything | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer everything=Stimulus | | 6 | **go on** | past · progressive | | | | the world | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in world=Location | | 7 | **look** | gerund | | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 8 | **not** **is** | present | | | | | | like most looking glasses | 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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