--- title: There was a great hedge at the end of this field, all covered with s… — The Book of Dragons · tree and pragmatics description: There was a great hedge at the end of this field, all covered with snow and icicles; but the children found a place where there was a hole, and as no bears or wolves seemed to be just in that part of the hedge, they crept through and scrambled out of the frozen ditch on the other side. 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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 (great hedge, field, children, bears), 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:pg23661:7:91 # text = There was a great hedge at the end of this field, all covered with snow and icicles; but the children found a place where there was a hole, and as no bears or wolves seemed to be just in that part of the hedge, they crept through and scrambled out of the frozen ditch on the other side. 1 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 2 expl _ _ 2 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 hedge hedge NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 11 det _ _ 11 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 14 nsubj:pass _ _ 14 covered cover VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 acl _ _ 15 with with ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 snow snow NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 icicles icicle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 20 but but CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 nsubj _ _ 23 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 26 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 28 advmod _ _ 27 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 28 expl _ _ 28 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 acl:relcl _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 hole hole NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 33 as as ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 35 det _ _ 35 bears bear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 nsubj _ _ 36 or or CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 wolves wolf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 conj _ _ 38 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 ccomp _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 40 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 44 cop _ _ 41 just just ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 42 in in ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 44 det _ _ 44 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 xcomp _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 hedge hedge NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 49 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 50 crept creep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 parataxis _ _ 51 through through ADV RB _ 50 advmod _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 53 scrambled scramble VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 conj _ _ 54 out out ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 55 of of ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 57 frozen freeze VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 58 amod _ _ 58 ditch ditch NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obl _ _ 59 on on ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 60 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 61 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 62 amod _ _ 62 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 63 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | past | a great hedge | | | there | at the end of this field | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at end=Location | | 2 | **cover** | participle · passive | this field *not said here* | all | | | | with snow and icicles | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination with snow=Theme | | 3 | **find** | past | the children | a place | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent place=Attribute clause=Theme | | 4 | **seem** | past | no bears or wolves | | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **is** | to-infinitive | no bears or wolves *not said here* | | | that part | | of the hedge | tree rules | | 6 | **creep** | past | children *= child* | | | | | through *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **scramble** | past | children *= child* *not said here* | | | the frozen ditch on the other side | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme out ditch=Trajectory | | 8 | **freeze** | participle | | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «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 90](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/7/90/) - next →: [sentence 92](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/7/92/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/7/)