--- title: It's just the North Pole, that's all, and I've found it; and now I s… — The Book of Dragons · tree and pragmatics description: It's just the North Pole, that's all, and I've found it; and now I shall try to climb up and plant the British flag on the top--my handkerchief will do; and if it really _is_ the North Pole, my pocket compass Uncle James gave me will spin around and around, and then I shall know. Who acts: ground, I --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/8/45/) [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/) / 45 # The Book of Dragons, Opening, part 8, sentence 45 It's just the North Pole, that's all, and I've found it; and now I shall try to climb up and plant the British flag on the top--my handkerchief will do; and if it really \_is\_ the North Pole, my pocket compass Uncle James gave me will spin around and around, and then I shall know. **Who acts:** ground, I, handkerchief, North Pole, me · **What happens:** be, find, try, climb up, plant, do · **To what, where:** North Pole, ground, British flag, top 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 (ground, I, handkerchief, North Pole), 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:pg23661:8:45 # text = It's just the North Pole, that's all, and I've found it; and now I shall try to climb up and plant the British flag on the top--my handkerchief will do; and if it really _is_ the North Pole, my pocket compass Uncle James gave me will spin around and around, and then I shall know. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 3 just just ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 North North PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 Pole Pole PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 10 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 13 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 've have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 10 conj _ _ 16 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 19 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 22 advmod _ _ 20 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 try try VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 parataxis _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 climb climb VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 xcomp _ _ 25 up up ADP RP _ 24 compound:prt _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 plant plant VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 British British ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 flag flag NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 31 on on ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 -- -- PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 handkerchief handkerchief NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 37 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ; ; PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 41 if if SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 42 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 43 really really ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 44 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 49 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 45 punct _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 48 North North PROPN NNP Number=Sing 49 compound _ _ 49 Pole Pole PROPN NNP Number=Sing 56 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 51 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 53 nmod:poss _ _ 52 pocket pocket NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 compound _ _ 53 compass compass NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 conj _ _ 54 Uncle Uncle PROPN NNP Number=Sing 53 appos _ _ 55 James James PROPN NNP Number=Sing 54 flat _ _ 56 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 parataxis _ _ 57 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 59 nsubj _ _ 58 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 59 aux _ _ 59 spin spin VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 56 ccomp _ _ 60 around around ADV RB _ 59 advmod _ _ 61 and and CCONJ CC _ 62 cc _ _ 62 around around ADV RB _ 60 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 63 , , PUNCT , _ 68 punct _ _ 64 and and CCONJ CC _ 68 cc _ _ 65 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 68 advmod _ _ 66 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 68 nsubj _ _ 67 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 68 aux _ _ 68 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 59 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 69 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | ground | the North Pole | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **find** | present · perfect | I | ground | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic | | 3 | **try** | shall | I | | | | now | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **climb up** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **plant** | present | I *not said here* | the British flag | | the top | | | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent flag=Theme on top=Destination | | 6 | **do** | future | my handkerchief | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **be** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | handkerchief | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **give** | past | the North Pole and my pocket compass | | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **spin** | future | me | | | | | around *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **know** | shall | I | | | | then | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | 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 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/8/44/) - next →: [sentence 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/8/46/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/8/)