--- title: "It's like Indians," said George, and wanted to stop and look, but J… — The Book of Dragons · tree and pragmatics description: "It's like Indians," said George, and wanted to stop and look, but Jane pulled him on, and they passed by the bonfire and got through a gap in the hedge into another field--a dark one; and far away, beyond quite a number of other dark fields, the Northern Lights shone and sparkled and twinkled. Who --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/7/83/) [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/) / 83 # The Book of Dragons, Opening, part 7, sentence 83 "It's like Indians," said George, and wanted to stop and look, but Jane pulled him on, and they passed by the bonfire and got through a gap in the hedge into another field--a dark one; and far away, beyond quite a number of other dark fields, the Northern Lights shone and sparkled and twinkled. **Who acts:** Indians, Jane, George, Northern Lights · **What happens:** be, say, want, stop, look, pull on · **To what, where:** bonfire, gap · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (Indians, Jane, George, Northern Lights), 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:pg23661:7:83 # text = "It's like Indians," said George, and wanted to stop and look, but Jane pulled him on, and they passed by the bonfire and got through a gap in the hedge into another field--a dark one; and far away, beyond quite a number of other dark fields, the Northern Lights shone and sparkled and twinkled. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 expl _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 like like ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Indians Indian PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 8 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 George George PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 xcomp _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 but but CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 Jane Jane PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 20 pulled pull VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 21 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 on on ADP RP _ 20 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 25 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 passed pass VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 27 by by ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 bonfire bonfire NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 32 through through ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 gap gap NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 hedge hedge NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ _ 38 into into ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 40 det _ _ 40 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 -- -- PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 dark dark ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ; ; PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 47 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 48 advmod _ _ 48 away away ADV RB _ 26 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 50 beyond beyond ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 51 quite quite DET PDT PronType=Ind 53 det:predet _ _ 52 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 54 of of ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 55 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 57 amod _ _ 56 dark dark ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 57 amod _ _ 57 fields field NOUN NNS Number=Plur 53 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 59 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 60 Northern northern ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 61 amod _ _ 61 Lights Light PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 62 nsubj _ _ 62 shone shine VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 57 parataxis _ _ 63 and and CCONJ CC _ 64 cc _ _ 64 sparkled sparkle VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 62 conj _ _ 65 and and CCONJ CC _ 66 cc _ _ 66 twinkled twinkle VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 64 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 67 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | | | | | | like Indians | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Indians | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **want** | past | Indians *not said here* | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 4 | **stop** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Indians *not said here* | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 5 | **look** | infinitive | Indians *not said here* | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 6 | **pull on** | past | Jane | bonfire | | | | | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP ADJP-Result»: agent=Agent he=Result | | 7 | **pass** | past | George | | | | | by the bonfire; beyond quite number of other dark fields | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by bonfire=Location | | 8 | **get** | past | George *not said here* | | | a gap in the hedge | | into another field | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme through gap=Initial\_Location into field=Destination | | 9 | **shine** | past | the Northern Lights | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location | | 10 | **sparkle** | past | the Northern Lights *not said here* | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 11 | **twinkle** | past | the Northern Lights *not said here* | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/7/82/) - next →: [sentence 84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/7/84/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/7/)