--- title: So John ran up the steps as quickly as he could, for he knew that if… — The Book of Dragons · tree and pragmatics description: So John ran up the steps as quickly as he could, for he knew that if the dragon got impatient before it was fastened, it could heave up the roof of the dungeon with one heave of its back, and kill them all in the ruins. Who acts: John, dragon, compliment, back. A sentence of «The Book of Dragons» by --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/12/104/) [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/) / [The Dragon Tamers\]](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/12/) / 104 # The Book of Dragons, The Dragon Tamers\], sentence 104 So John ran up the steps as quickly as he could, for he knew that if the dragon got impatient before it was fastened, it could heave up the roof of the dungeon with one heave of its back, and kill them all in the ruins. **Who acts:** John, dragon, compliment, back · **What happens:** run up, know, get, fasten, heave up, kill · **To what, where:** steps, compliment, roof, ruins · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Book of Dragons» by E. Nesbit, The Dragon Tamers\]. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (John, dragon, compliment, back), 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:pg23661:12:104 # text = So John ran up the steps as quickly as he could, for he knew that if the dragon got impatient before it was fastened, it could heave up the roof of the dungeon with one heave of its back, and kill them all in the ruins. 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 John John PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 up up ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 steps step NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 7 as as ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 9 as as SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 for for SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 16 that that SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 17 if if SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 20 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 advcl _ _ 21 impatient impatient ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 xcomp _ _ 22 before before SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 23 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj:pass _ _ 24 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux:pass _ _ 25 fastened fasten VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 heave heave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 ccomp _ _ 30 up up ADP RP _ 29 compound:prt _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 roof roof NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 dungeon dungeon NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ _ 36 with with ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 38 nummod _ _ 38 heave heave NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 conj _ _ 45 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obj _ _ 46 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 45 nmod:unmarked _ _ 47 in in ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 ruins ruin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run up** | past | John | the steps | | | | quickly *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme step=Trajectory | | 2 | **know** | past | John | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **get** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | the dragon | | | | | impatient *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **fasten** | past · passive | | compliment | | | | | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 5 | **heave up** | could | compliment | the roof of the dungeon | | | | with one heave of compliment's back | vn push-12 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent roof=Theme | | 6 | **kill** | infinitive | compliment *not said here* | roof | | the ruins | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 7 | **heave** | | compliment's back | | | | | | nom heave «event intransitive»: of=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 103](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/12/103/) - next →: [sentence 105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/12/105/) - ↑ back to [The Dragon Tamers\]](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/12/)