--- title: And besides being a King he was an enchanter, and considered to be q… — The Book of Dragons · tree and pragmatics description: And besides being a King he was an enchanter, and considered to be quite at the top of his profession, so he was very wise, and he knew that when Kings and Queens want children, the Queen always goes to see a witch. Who acts: King, Kings, Queen. A sentence of «The Book of Dragons» by E. 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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 (King, Kings, Queen), 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:pg23661:9:63 # text = And besides being a King he was an enchanter, and considered to be quite at the top of his profession, so he was very wise, and he knew that when Kings and Queens want children, the Queen always goes to see a witch. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 2 cc _ _ 2 besides beside VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 cop _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 8 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 enchanter enchanter NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 considered consider VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 14 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 18 cop _ _ 15 quite quite ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 16 at at ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 xcomp _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 profession profession NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 23 so so ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 25 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 26 very very ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 wise wise ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 32 that that SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 33 when when SCONJ WRB _ 37 mark _ _ 34 Kings king NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 nsubj _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 Queens queen NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 conj _ _ 37 want want VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 advcl _ _ 38 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ _ 42 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 43 advmod _ _ 43 goes go VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 ccomp _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 45 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 advcl _ _ 46 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 witch witch NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **beside** | present | | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** | gerund | | a King | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **is a** | past | King | a enchanter | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **consider** | past | | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V whether/if S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is** | to-infinitive | | | | the top | | of King's profession | tree rules | | 6 | **is** | past | King | | | | | wise *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **know** | past | King | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 8 | **want** | present | Kings and Queens | children | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot child=Theme | | 9 | **go** | present | the Queen | | | | | always *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **see** | to-infinitive | the Queen *not said here* | a witch | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer witch=Stimulus | 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 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/9/62/) - next →: [sentence 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/9/64/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/9/)