--- title: They got over the fence, which was very cold and white and shiny bec… — The Book of Dragons · tree and pragmatics description: They got over the fence, which was very cold and white and shiny because it was beginning to freeze, and on the other side of the fence was somebody else's garden, so they got out of that as quickly as they could, and beyond that was a field where there was another big bonfire, with people standing --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/7/82/) [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 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/7/) / 82 # The Book of Dragons, Opening, part 7, sentence 82 They got over the fence, which was very cold and white and shiny because it was beginning to freeze, and on the other side of the fence was somebody else's garden, so they got out of that as quickly as they could, and beyond that was a field where there was another big bonfire, with people standing around it who looked quite dark-skinned. **Who acts:** George, fence, that, people · **What happens:** get, be, begin, freeze, get out, stand · **To what, where:** fence, garden, other side, big bonfire This is a sentence of «The Book of Dragons» by E. 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, fence, that, people), 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:pg23661:7:82 # text = They got over the fence, which was very cold and white and shiny because it was beginning to freeze, and on the other side of the fence was somebody else's garden, so they got out of that as quickly as they could, and beyond that was a field where there was another big bonfire, with people standing around it who looked quite dark-skinned. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 over over ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 fence fence NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 10 nsubj _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 9 very very ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 parataxis _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 conj _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 shiny shiny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 conj _ _ 15 because because SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 16 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 beginning begin VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 freeze freeze VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 23 on on ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 fence fence NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 30 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 cop _ _ 31 somebody somebody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 34 nmod:poss _ _ 32 else else ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 's 's PART POS _ 31 case _ _ 34 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 so so ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 37 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 39 out out ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 38 obl _ _ 42 as as ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 43 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 44 as as SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 45 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 59 cc _ _ 49 beyond beyond ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 50 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 53 nsubj _ _ 51 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 53 cop _ _ 52 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 obl _ _ 54 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 56 advmod _ _ 55 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 56 expl _ _ 56 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 59 cop _ _ 57 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 59 det _ _ 58 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 59 amod _ _ 59 bonfire bonfire NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 60 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 61 with with ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 62 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 59 appos _ _ 63 standing stand VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 62 acl _ _ 64 around around ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 65 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 63 obl _ _ 66 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 67 nsubj _ _ 67 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 62 acl:relcl _ _ 68 quite quite ADV RB _ 71 advmod _ _ 69 dark dark ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 71 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 70 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 69 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 71 skinned skinned ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 67 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 72 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past | George | | | the fence | | | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme over fence=Destination | | 2 | **is** | past | the fence | | | | | cold *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **be** | | the fence *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **be** | | the fence *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **begin** | past · progressive | fence | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 6 | **freeze** | to-infinitive | fence *not said here* | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 7 | **is a** | past | | somebody's garden | | the other side of the fence | | | tree rules | | 8 | **get out** | past | George | | | | | of that; out, quickly *property* | vn withdraw-82-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent of that=Source | | 9 | **is** | past | that | | | | | beyond a field | tree rules | | 10 | **is a** | past | | another big bonfire | | | | | tree rules | | 11 | **stand** | gerund | people *not said here* | | | fence | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent around it=Location | | 12 | **look** | past | people | | | | | skinned *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | 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 81](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/7/81/) - next →: [sentence 83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/7/83/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/7/)