--- title: Drakestail was very little, that is why he was called Drakestail; bu… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Drakestail was very little, that is why he was called Drakestail; but tiny as he was he had brains, and he knew what he was about, for having begun with nothing he ended by amassing a hundred crowns. Who acts: Drakestail, that. 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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 (Drakestail, 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:pg540:30:92 # text = Drakestail was very little, that is why he was called Drakestail; but tiny as he was he had brains, and he knew what he was about, for having begun with nothing he ended by amassing a hundred crowns. 1 Drakestail Drakestail PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 very very ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 8 nsubj _ _ 7 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 8 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 parataxis _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux:pass _ _ 11 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 advcl:relcl _ _ 12 Drakestail Drakestail PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ; ; PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 but but CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 tiny tiny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ 16 as as SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 18 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 advcl _ _ 21 brains brain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 26 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 25 obj _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 29 about about ADV RB _ 26 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 for for SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 32 having have AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 33 aux _ _ 33 begun begin VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 25 parataxis _ _ 34 with with ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 33 obl _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 ended end VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 acl:relcl _ _ 38 by by SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 39 amassing amass VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 37 advcl _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 42 nummod _ _ 42 crowns crown NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | Drakestail | | | | | little *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | present | that | | | | | why *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **call** | past · passive | | DRAKESTAIL | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | | 4 | **be** | | Drakestail *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **is** | past | DRAKESTAIL | | | | | have *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **know** | past | DRAKESTAIL | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus | | 7 | **is** | past | DRAKESTAIL | | | | | about *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **begin** | gerund · perfect | | | | | | with nothing | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V PP.subeventuality»: agent=Eventuality with nothing=Subeventuality | | 9 | **end** | past | DRAKESTAIL | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 10 | **amass** | gerund | DRAKESTAIL *not said here* | hundred crowns | | | | | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent crown=Theme | 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 Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 540 (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 91](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/30/91/) - next →: [sentence 93](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/30/93/) - ↑ back to [Kari Woodengown, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/30/)