--- title: So when the tide began to go down, Nigel and the Princess ran out on… — The Book of Dragons · tree and pragmatics description: So when the tide began to go down, Nigel and the Princess ran out on to the sands, and there, in full sight of the terrace where the dragon kept watch, Nigel took his Princess in his arms and kissed her. Who acts: tide, Princess, Nigel. 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 (tide, Princess, Nigel), 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:pg23661:11:17 # text = So when the tide began to go down, Nigel and the Princess ran out on to the sands, and there, in full sight of the terrace where the dragon kept watch, Nigel took his Princess in his arms and kissed her. 1 So so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 2 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 tide tide NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 down down ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 Nigel Nigel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 vocative _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 14 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 15 out out ADP RP _ 14 compound:prt _ _ 16 on on ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 16 fixed _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 sands sand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 parataxis _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 terrace terrace NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 30 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 33 advmod _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj:pass _ _ 33 kept keep VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 acl:relcl _ _ 34 watch watch NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 Nigel Nigel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 37 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 38 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 Princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 40 in in ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 arms arm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obl _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 kissed kiss VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 conj _ _ 45 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **begin** | past | the tide | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **go down** | to-infinitive | the tide *not said here* | | | | | Nigel *vocative*; down *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 3 | **run out** | past | the Princess | | | the sands | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on sand=Trajectory | | 4 | **keep** | participle · passive | | the dragon | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 5 | **take** | past | Nigel | Nigel's Princess | | Nigel's arms | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent princess=Value in arm=Location | | 6 | **kiss** | past | Nigel *not said here* | Princess | | | | | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Co-Agent | | 7 | **sight** | | | the terrace | | | | | nom sight «cognition transitive»: of=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. 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