--- title: The fact was, the sealskin dwarfs had gone the wrong way to work: Th… — The Book of Dragons · tree and pragmatics description: The fact was, the sealskin dwarfs had gone the wrong way to work: The dragon had been frozen so long that now he was nothing but solid ice all through, and the fires only made him feel as if he were going to die. Who acts: fact, friend, fires. A sentence of «The Book of Dragons» by E. Nesbit, Openin --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/9/28/) [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 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/9/) / 28 # The Book of Dragons, Opening, part 9, sentence 28 The fact was, the sealskin dwarfs had gone the wrong way to work: The dragon had been frozen so long that now he was nothing but solid ice all through, and the fires only made him feel as if he were going to die. **Who acts:** fact, friend, fires · **What happens:** be, work, freeze, make, feel, go · **To what, where:** dragon, nothing, friend This is a sentence of «The Book of Dragons» by E. Nesbit, Opening, part 9. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (fact, friend, fires), 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:pg23661:9:28 # text = The fact was, the sealskin dwarfs had gone the wrong way to work: The dragon had been frozen so long that now he was nothing but solid ice all through, and the fires only made him feel as if he were going to die. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 fact fact NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 sealskin sealskin NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 dwarfs dwarf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 8 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 work work VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 : : PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 16 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj:pass _ _ 18 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 19 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 20 aux:pass _ _ 20 frozen freeze VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 conj _ _ 21 so so ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 xcomp _ _ 23 that that SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 24 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 27 advmod _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 27 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 32 nsubj _ _ 28 but but CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 solid solid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 ice ice NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 conj _ _ 31 all all ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 32 through through ADV RB _ 20 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 fires fire NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 nsubj _ _ 37 only only ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 38 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 parataxis _ _ 39 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 40 feel feel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 xcomp _ _ 41 as as SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 42 if if SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 43 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 44 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 40 advcl _ _ 46 to to PART TO _ 47 mark _ _ 47 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past · perfect | the fact | | | | | go *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **work** | to-infinitive | the fact *not said here* | | | | | | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **freeze** | past · perfect · passive | | the dragon | | | | long *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Result | | 4 | **is a** | past | friend | nothing | | | now | | tree rules | | 5 | **make** | past | the fires | friend | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **feel** | infinitive | friend *not said here* | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 7 | **go** | past · progressive | friend | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **die** | to-infinitive | friend *not said here* | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | 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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