--- title: You will hear grown-up people talk a great deal of nonsense about th… — The Book of Dragons · tree and pragmatics description: You will hear grown-up people talk a great deal of nonsense about the North Pole, and when you are grown up, it is even possible that you may talk nonsense about it yourself (the most unlikely things do happen) but deep down in your heart you must always remember that the North Pole is made of clear --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/8/31/) [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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/8/) / 31 # The Book of Dragons, Opening, part 8, sentence 31 You will hear grown-up people talk a great deal of nonsense about the North Pole, and when you are grown up, it is even possible that you may talk nonsense about it yourself (the most unlikely things do happen) but deep down in your heart you must always remember that the North Pole is made of clear ice, and could not possibly, if you come to think of it, be made of anything else. **Who acts:** You, grown people, it, unlikely things · **What happens:** hear, grow up, talk, be, happen, remember · **To what, where:** great deal, you, nonsense, heart, North Pole · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Book of Dragons» by E. Nesbit, Opening, part 8. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (You, grown people, it, unlikely things), 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:pg23661:8:31 # text = You will hear grown-up people talk a great deal of nonsense about the North Pole, and when you are grown up, it is even possible that you may talk nonsense about it yourself (the most unlikely things do happen) but deep down in your heart you must always remember that the North Pole is made of clear ice, and could not possibly, if you come to think of it, be made of anything else. 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 grown grow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 up up ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 7 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 8 talk talk VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 deal deal NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 nonsense nonsense NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 14 about about ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 North North PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 compound _ _ 17 Pole Pole PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 20 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 23 advmod _ _ 21 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux:pass _ _ 23 grown grow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 24 up up ADP RP _ 23 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 27 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 28 even even ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 29 possible possible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 parataxis _ _ 30 that that SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 31 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 talk talk VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 csubj _ _ 34 nonsense nonsense NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 35 about about ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nmod _ _ 37 yourself yourself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 33 obl _ _ 38 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 40 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 41 advmod _ _ 41 unlikely unlikely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 nsubj _ _ 43 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 44 punct _ _ 46 but but CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 47 deep deep ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 48 down down ADV RB _ 55 advmod _ _ 49 in in ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 51 nmod:poss _ _ 51 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obl _ _ 52 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 55 nsubj _ _ 53 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 55 aux _ _ 54 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 55 advmod _ _ 55 remember remember VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 conj _ _ 56 that that SCONJ IN _ 61 mark _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 58 North North PROPN NNP Number=Sing 59 compound _ _ 59 Pole Pole PROPN NNP Number=Sing 61 nsubj:pass _ _ 60 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 61 aux:pass _ _ 61 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 55 ccomp _ _ 62 of of ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 63 clear clear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 64 amod _ _ 64 ice ice NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 65 , , PUNCT , _ 67 punct _ _ 66 and and CCONJ CC _ 67 cc _ _ 67 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 68 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 69 advmod _ _ 69 possibly possibly ADV RB _ 67 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 70 , , PUNCT , _ 73 punct _ _ 71 if if SCONJ IN _ 73 mark _ _ 72 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 73 nsubj _ _ 73 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 74 to to PART TO _ 75 mark _ _ 75 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 73 xcomp _ _ 76 of of ADP IN _ 77 case _ _ 77 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 75 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 78 , , PUNCT , _ 80 punct _ _ 79 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 80 aux:pass _ _ 80 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 75 ccomp _ _ 81 of of ADP IN _ 82 case _ _ 82 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 80 obl _ _ 83 else else ADV RB _ 82 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 84 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | future | You | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **grow up** | participle | | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **talk** | present | grown people | a great deal of nonsense about the North Pole | | | | | vn compel-59.1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent deal=Patient | | 4 | **grow up** | present · passive | | you | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | | 5 | **is** | present | it | | | | | possible *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **talk** | may | you | nonsense | | | | about deal; yourself *obl* | tree rules | | 7 | **happen** | present · do-support | the unlikely things | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **remember** | must | you | | | your heart | | always, down *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 9 | **make** | present · passive | | the North Pole | | | | of clear ice | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | | 10 | **come** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | | | | | | tree rules | | 11 | **think** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | of deal | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 12 | **make** | infinitive · passive | | | | | | of anything | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP» | | 13 | **deal** | | | nonsense about the North Pole | | | | | nom deal «act transitive»: of=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. 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