--- title: And every day the Princess came to see Nigel and brought him food co… — The Book of Dragons · tree and pragmatics description: And every day the Princess came to see Nigel and brought him food cooked by the dragon, and he lived in his cave, and talked to her when she was there, and thought about her when she was not, and they were both as happy as the longest day in summer. Who acts: day, Nigel, dragon, rules. 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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 (day, Nigel, dragon, rules), 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:pg23661:11:9 # text = And every day the Princess came to see Nigel and brought him food cooked by the dragon, and he lived in his cave, and talked to her when she was there, and thought about her when she was not, and they were both as happy as the longest day in summer. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 2 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 3 det _ _ 3 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 appos _ _ 6 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 advcl _ _ 9 Nigel Nigel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 12 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ 13 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 cooked cook VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 acl _ _ 15 by by ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 22 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 cave cave NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 talked talk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obl _ _ 30 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 33 advmod _ _ 31 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 cop _ _ 33 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 27 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 37 about about ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obl _ _ 39 when when SCONJ WRB _ 42 mark _ _ 40 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 cop _ _ 42 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 36 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 45 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 46 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 cop _ _ 47 both both ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 48 as as ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 49 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 parataxis _ _ 50 as as ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 52 longest long ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 53 amod _ _ 53 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ _ 54 in in ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 55 summer summer NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | every day | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **see** | to-infinitive | every day *not said here* | Nigel | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer nigel=Stimulus | | 3 | **bring** | past | every day *not said here* | food | Nigel | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent he=Destination food=Theme | | 4 | **cook** | participle | | food *not said here* | | | | by the dragon | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **live** | past | Nigel | | | Nigel's cave | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in cave=Location | | 6 | **talk** | past | every day *not said here* | | dragon | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to she=Co-Agent | | 7 | **is** | past | dragon | | | | | there *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **think** *speech: other* | past | every day *not said here* | | | | | about dragon | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about she=Topic | | 9 | **is** | past | rules *= rule* | | | | day | both, happy *property* | tree rules | 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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/11/8/) - next →: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/11/10/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/11/)