--- title: Nigel, seeing this, ran shoreward for his life--and the tide began t… — The Book of Dragons · tree and pragmatics description: Nigel, seeing this, ran shoreward for his life--and the tide began to flow in, and the time of the whirlpools' sleep was nearly over, and he stumbled and he waded and he swam, and the Princess pulled for dear life at the cord in her hand, and pulled him up on to the dry shelf of rock just as the gre --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/11/34/) [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 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/11/) / 34 # The Book of Dragons, Opening, part 11, sentence 34 Nigel, seeing this, ran shoreward for his life--and the tide began to flow in, and the time of the whirlpools' sleep was nearly over, and he stumbled and he waded and he swam, and the Princess pulled for dear life at the cord in her hand, and pulled him up on to the dry shelf of rock just as the great sea dashed in and made itself once more into the girdle of Nine Whirlpools all around the island. **Who acts:** Nigel, tide, time, Princess, whirlpools · **What happens:** see, run, begin, flow, be, stumble · **To what, where:** this, shoreward, Nigel, dry shelf, great sea, sleep This is a sentence of «The Book of Dragons» by E. Nesbit, Opening, part 11. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Nigel, tide, time, Princess), 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:pg23661:11:34 # text = Nigel, seeing this, ran shoreward for his life--and the tide began to flow in, and the time of the whirlpools' sleep was nearly over, and he stumbled and he waded and he swam, and the Princess pulled for dear life at the cord in her hand, and pulled him up on to the dry shelf of rock just as the great sea dashed in and made itself once more into the girdle of Nine Whirlpools all around the island. 1 Nigel Nigel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 seeing see VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 1 acl _ _ 4 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 shoreward shoreward NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 -- -- PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 tide tide NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 15 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 flow flow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 xcomp _ _ 18 in in ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 whirlpools whirlpool NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ' 's PART POS _ 25 case _ _ 27 sleep sleep NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ _ 28 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 29 nearly nearly ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 over over ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 stumbled stumble VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 waded wade VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 conj _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 swam swim VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 45 pulled pull VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 46 for for ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ _ 49 at at ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 cord cord NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ _ 52 in in ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 54 nmod:poss _ _ 54 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 56 and and CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 57 pulled pull VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 58 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 57 obj _ _ 59 up up ADP RP _ 57 compound:prt _ _ 60 on on ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 61 to to ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 62 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 64 det _ _ 63 dry dry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 64 amod _ _ 64 shelf shelf NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 obl _ _ 65 of of ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 66 rock rock NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 nmod _ _ 67 just just ADV RB _ 71 advmod _ _ 68 as as ADP IN _ 71 case _ _ 69 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 71 det _ _ 70 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 71 amod _ _ 71 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 acl:relcl _ _ 72 dashed dash VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 71 acl _ _ 73 in in ADV RB _ 72 advmod _ _ 74 and and CCONJ CC _ 75 cc _ _ 75 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 76 itself itself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 75 obj _ _ 77 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 78 advmod _ _ 78 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 75 advmod _ _ 79 into into ADP IN _ 81 case _ _ 80 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 81 det _ _ 81 girdle girdle NOUN NN Number=Sing 75 obl _ _ 82 of of ADP IN _ 84 case _ _ 83 Nine nine NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 84 nummod _ _ 84 Whirlpools whirlpool NOUN NNS Number=Plur 81 nmod _ _ 85 all all ADV RB _ 88 advmod _ _ 86 around around ADP IN _ 88 case _ _ 87 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 88 det _ _ 88 island island NOUN NN Number=Sing 75 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 89 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | gerund | Nigel *not said here* | this | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer this=Stimulus | | 2 | **run** | past | Nigel | shoreward | | | | for Nigel's life | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent shoreward=Product for life=Beneficiary | | 3 | **begin** | past | the tide | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **flow** | to-infinitive | the tide *not said here* | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **is** | past | the time of the whirlpools's sleep | | | | | nearly, over *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **stumble** | past | tide | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **wade** | past | tide | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **swim** | past | tide | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **pull** | past | the Princess | | | | | for dear life; in Princess's hand; at the cord | vn push-12-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent at cord=Theme | | 10 | **pull up** | past | Nigel *not said here* | Nigel | | the dry shelf of rock | | | tree rules | | 11 | **dash** | participle | | the great sea *not said here* | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 12 | **make** | past | Nigel *not said here* | sleep | | the girdle of Nine Whirlpools | | around the island | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent itself=Material into girdle=Product | | 13 | **sleep** | | the whirlpools | | | | | | nom sleep «state intransitive»: poss=agent | 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 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/11/33/) - next →: [sentence 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/11/35/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/11/)