--- title: So Jane came on; and when they got close to the clear, tall, beautif… — The Book of Dragons · tree and pragmatics description: So Jane came on; and when they got close to the clear, tall, beautiful flames they saw that there was a great, queer-shaped lump of ice all around the bottom of the Pole--clear, smooth, shining ice, that was deep, beautiful Prussian blue, like icebergs, in the thick parts, and all sorts of wonderful --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/8/47/) [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/) / 47 # The Book of Dragons, Opening, part 8, sentence 47 So Jane came on; and when they got close to the clear, tall, beautiful flames they saw that there was a great, queer-shaped lump of ice all around the bottom of the Pole--clear, smooth, shining ice, that was deep, beautiful Prussian blue, like icebergs, in the thick parts, and all sorts of wonderful, glimmery, shimmery, changing colors in the thin parts, like the cut-glass chandelier in Grandmamma's house in London. **Who acts:** Jane, robins, great queer shaped lump, that · **What happens:** come on, get, see, be, shape, shine · **To what, where:** thick parts, clear tall beautiful flames, ice, colors, thin parts · **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 (Jane, robins, great queer shaped lump, that), 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:pg23661:8:47 # text = So Jane came on; and when they got close to the clear, tall, beautiful flames they saw that there was a great, queer-shaped lump of ice all around the bottom of the Pole--clear, smooth, shining ice, that was deep, beautiful Prussian blue, like icebergs, in the thick parts, and all sorts of wonderful, glimmery, shimmery, changing colors in the thin parts, like the cut-glass chandelier in Grandmamma's house in London. 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 Jane Jane PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 on on ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ; ; PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 7 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 9 advmod _ _ 8 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 10 close close ADV RB Degree=Pos 9 advmod _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 13 clear clear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 15 tall tall ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 17 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 flames flame NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ _ 19 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 acl:relcl _ _ 21 that that SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 22 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 23 expl _ _ 23 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 ccomp _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 25 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 27 queer queer ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 shaped shape VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 amod _ _ 30 lump lump NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 ice ice NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ _ 33 all all ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 34 around around ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 bottom bottom NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 conj _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 Pole Pole PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 -- -- PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 clear clear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 43 smooth smooth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 45 shining shine VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 41 advcl _ _ 46 ice ice NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 48 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 50 nsubj _ _ 49 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 cop _ _ 50 deep deep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 52 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 conj _ _ 53 Prussian prussian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 amod _ _ 54 blue blue ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 56 like like ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 57 icebergs iceberg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 59 in in ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 60 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 61 thick thick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 62 amod _ _ 62 parts part NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 63 , , PUNCT , _ 68 punct _ _ 64 and and CCONJ CC _ 68 cc _ _ 65 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 66 det _ _ 66 sorts sort NOUN NNS Number=Plur 68 nsubj _ _ 67 of of ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 68 wonderful wonderful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 69 , , PUNCT , _ 70 punct _ _ 70 glimmery glimmery ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 68 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 71 , , PUNCT , _ 72 punct _ _ 72 shimmery shimmery ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 68 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 73 , , PUNCT , _ 74 punct _ _ 74 changing change VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 68 advcl _ _ 75 colors color NOUN NNS Number=Plur 74 obj _ _ 76 in in ADP IN _ 79 case _ _ 77 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 79 det _ _ 78 thin thin ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 79 amod _ _ 79 parts part NOUN NNS Number=Plur 74 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 80 , , PUNCT , _ 86 punct _ _ 81 like like ADP IN _ 86 case _ _ 82 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 86 det _ _ 83 cut cut NOUN NN Number=Sing 85 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 84 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 83 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 85 glass glass NOUN NN Number=Sing 86 compound _ _ 86 chandelier chandelier NOUN NN Number=Sing 79 appos _ _ 87 in in ADP IN _ 90 case _ _ 88 Grandmamma Grandmamma PROPN NNP Number=Sing 90 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 89 's 's PART POS _ 88 case _ _ 90 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 86 nmod _ _ 91 in in ADP IN _ 92 case _ _ 92 London London PROPN NNP Number=Sing 90 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 93 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come on** | past | Jane | | | the thick parts | | like icebergs | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in part=Location | | 2 | **get** | past | robins *= robin* | | | | | to the clear tall beautiful flames *result*; close *property* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to flame=Result | | 3 | **see** | past | robins *= robin* | the clear tall beautiful flames *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **be** | past | a great queer shaped lump of ice and the bottom of the Pole | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **shape** | participle | | | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 6 | **shine** | gerund | a great queer shaped lump of ice and the bottom of the Pole *not said here* | ice | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent ice=Theme | | 7 | **is** | past | that | | | | | deep *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **be** | | that *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **be** | | that *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **change** | gerund | Jane *not said here* | colors | | the thin parts | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent color=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 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/8/46/) - next →: [sentence 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/8/48/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/8/)