--- title: The dragon had purred till he was quite out of breath--so now he sto… — The Book of Dragons · tree and pragmatics description: The dragon had purred till he was quite out of breath--so now he stopped, and as soon as everything was quiet the baby thought everyone must have settled for the night, and that it was time to begin to scream. Who acts: Dragon, everything, baby, breath. A sentence of «The Book of Dragons» by E. Nesb --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/12/138/) [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/) / 138 # The Book of Dragons, The Dragon Tamers\], sentence 138 The dragon had purred till he was quite out of breath--so now he stopped, and as soon as everything was quiet the baby thought everyone must have settled for the night, and that it was time to begin to scream. **Who acts:** Dragon, everything, baby, breath · **What happens:** purr, be, stop, think, settle, begin · **To what, where:** dragon, breath, everyone, time · **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 (Dragon, everything, baby, breath), 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:pg23661:12:138 # text = The dragon had purred till he was quite out of breath--so now he stopped, and as soon as everything was quiet the baby thought everyone must have settled for the night, and that it was time to begin to scream. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 purred purr VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 till till SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 8 quite quite ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 9 out out ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 breath breath NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 -- -- PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 so so ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 14 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 16 advmod _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 stopped stop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 19 as as ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 24 advmod _ _ 21 as as ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 24 nsubj _ _ 23 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ _ 24 quiet quiet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 parataxis _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 baby baby NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 27 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 parataxis _ _ 28 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 31 nsubj:pass _ _ 29 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 30 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 31 aux _ _ 31 settled settle VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 ccomp _ _ 32 for for ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 37 that that SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 38 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 40 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl:unmarked _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 42 begin begin VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 acl _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 44 scream scream VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **purr** | past · perfect · passive | | the dragon | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | | 2 | **is** | past | Dragon | | | breath | | | tree rules | | 3 | **stop** | past | Dragon | | | | now | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 4 | **is** | past | everything | | | | | quiet, soon *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **think** *speech: other* | past | the baby | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 6 | **settle** | must · perfect · passive | | everyone | | | night | | vn odge-46-1 «NP V ADV»: subject=Location | | 7 | **is a** | past | breath | time | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **begin** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 9 | **scream** *speech: express* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=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 137](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/12/137/) - next →: [sentence 139](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/12/139/) - ↑ back to [The Dragon Tamers\]](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/12/)