--- title: So now the children snuggled under the feathers and were warm, and w… — The Book of Dragons · tree and pragmatics description: So now the children snuggled under the feathers and were warm, and when the sealskin dwarfs tried to take the feathers away, the grouse and his friends flew in their faces with flappings and screams, and drove the dwarfs back. Who acts: children, sealskin dwarfs, friends. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (children, sealskin dwarfs, friends), 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:pg23661:8:124 # text = So now the children snuggled under the feathers and were warm, and when the sealskin dwarfs tried to take the feathers away, the grouse and his friends flew in their faces with flappings and screams, and drove the dwarfs back. 1 So so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 2 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 snuggled snuggle VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 under under ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 feathers feather NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 11 warm warm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 14 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 18 advmod _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 sealskin sealskin NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 compound _ _ 17 dwarfs dwarf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nsubj _ _ 18 tried try VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 xcomp _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 feathers feather NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obj _ _ 23 away away ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 grouse grouse NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 28 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nsubj _ _ 30 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 31 in in ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 faces face NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obl _ _ 34 with with ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 flappings flapping NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obl _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 screams scream NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 drove drive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 dwarfs dwarf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obj _ _ 43 back back ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **snuggle** | past | the children | | | the feathers | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | past | the children *not said here* | | | | | warm *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **try** | past | the sealskin dwarfs | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **take away** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the sealskin dwarfs *not said here* | the feathers | | | | the grouse *obl*; away *property* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feather=Theme | | 5 | **fly** | past | grouse's friends | | | feathers's faces | | with flappings and screams | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent in face=Location | | 6 | **drive back** | past | the children *not said here* | the dwarfs | | | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dwarf=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. 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