--- title: "I'd go right enough if it wasn't for you," George answered gloomily… — The Book of Dragons · tree and pragmatics description: "I'd go right enough if it wasn't for you," George answered gloomily, "but you know they always say I lead you into mischief--and if we went to the North Pole we should get our boots wet, as likely as not, and you remember what they said about not going on the grass." 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Nesbit, Opening, part 7. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (George, chance, you, we), 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:pg23661:7:75 # text = "I'd go right enough if it wasn't for you," George answered gloomily, "but you know they always say I lead you into mischief--and if we went to the North Pole we should get our boots wet, as likely as not, and you remember what they said about not going on the grass." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 right right ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 enough enough ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 7 if if SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 10 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 12 advmod _ _ 11 for for ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 " " PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ _ 15 George George PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 16 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 17 gloomily gloomily ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 " " PUNCT `` _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 but but CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 parataxis _ _ 23 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 25 advmod _ _ 25 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 ccomp _ _ 26 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 lead lead VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 ccomp _ _ 28 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ _ 29 into into ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 mischief mischief NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 -- -- PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 33 if if SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 34 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 parataxis _ _ 36 to to ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 North North PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 compound _ _ 39 Pole Pole PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 40 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 ccomp _ _ 43 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 boots boot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obj _ _ 45 wet wet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 47 as as ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 48 likely likely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 advcl _ _ 49 as as ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 53 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 54 remember remember VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 55 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 57 obj _ _ 56 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 57 nsubj _ _ 57 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 54 ccomp _ _ 58 about about SCONJ IN _ 60 mark _ _ 59 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 60 advmod _ _ 60 going go VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 57 ccomp _ _ 61 on on ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 62 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 63 det _ _ 63 grass grass NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 64 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 65 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** *in a quote* | would | George | | | | | enough *property* | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **not** **is** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | past | chance | | | | | for you | tree rules | | 3 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | George | | | | | gloomily *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **know** *in a quote* | present | you | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | George | | | | | always *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **lead** *in a quote* | present | George | you | | mischief | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent you=Theme into mischief=Destination | | 7 | **go** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | past | we | | | | | to the North Pole | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **get** *in a quote* | should | we | our boots | | | | wet *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer boot=Stimulus | | 9 | **remember** *in a quote* | present | you | | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 10 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | George | | | | | | tree rules | | 11 | **not** **go** *in a quote* | gerund | | | | the grass | | | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on grass=Location | 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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