--- title: So the children loosed the dragon from the chains and the collar, an… — The Book of Dragons · tree and pragmatics description: So the children loosed the dragon from the chains and the collar, and he broke down one end of the dungeon and went out--only pausing at the forge door to get the blacksmith to rivet his wing. Who acts: children, Dragon. A sentence of «The Book of Dragons» by E. Nesbit, The Dragon Tamers], with its --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/12/199/) [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/) / 199 # The Book of Dragons, The Dragon Tamers\], sentence 199 So the children loosed the dragon from the chains and the collar, and he broke down one end of the dungeon and went out--only pausing at the forge door to get the blacksmith to rivet his wing. **Who acts:** children, Dragon · **What happens:** loose, break down, go out, pause, get, rivet · **To what, where:** dragon, chains, one end, forge door, blacksmith, wing 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 (children, Dragon), 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:pg23661:12:199 # text = So the children loosed the dragon from the chains and the collar, and he broke down one end of the dungeon and went out--only pausing at the forge door to get the blacksmith to rivet his wing. 1 So so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 loosed loose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 from from ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 chains chain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 collar collar NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 broke break VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 17 down down ADP RP _ 16 compound:prt _ _ 18 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 19 nummod _ _ 19 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 dungeon dungeon NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 25 out out ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 -- -- PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 only only ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 28 pausing pause VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 24 advcl _ _ 29 at at ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 forge forge NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 compound _ _ 32 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 advcl _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 blacksmith blacksmith NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 rivet rivet VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 acl _ _ 39 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 wing wing NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **loose** | past | the children | the dragon | | the chains and the collar | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent dragon=Patient | | 2 | **break down** | past | Dragon | one end of the dungeon | | | | | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent end=Patient | | 3 | **go out** | past | the children *not said here* | | | | | out *property* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **pause** | gerund | the children *not said here* | | | the forge door | | | vn linger-53.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at door=Location | | 5 | **get** | to-infinitive | the children *not said here* | the blacksmith | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer blacksmith=Stimulus | | 6 | **rivet** | to-infinitive | the children *not said here* | Dragon's wing | | | | | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wing=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. 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 198](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/12/198/) - next →: [sentence 200](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/12/200/) - ↑ back to [The Dragon Tamers\]](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/12/)