--- title: Then the Prince turned and ran for his life, and as he ran toward th… — The Book of Dragons · tree and pragmatics description: Then the Prince turned and ran for his life, and as he ran toward the dragonproof tower the little white Princess saw him coming, and she ran down and unlocked the door and let him in, and slammed the dragonproof door in the fiery face of the dragon, who sat down and whined outside, because he wante --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/13/147/) [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 Fiery Dragon\]](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/13/) / 147 # The Book of Dragons, The Fiery Dragon\], sentence 147 Then the Prince turned and ran for his life, and as he ran toward the dragonproof tower the little white Princess saw him coming, and she ran down and unlocked the door and let him in, and slammed the dragonproof door in the fiery face of the dragon, who sat down and whined outside, because he wanted the Prince very much indeed. **Who acts:** Prince, little white Princess, Princess, dragon · **What happens:** turn, run, see, come, run down, unlock · **To what, where:** dragonproof tower, Prince, door, dragonproof door, fiery face This is a sentence of «The Book of Dragons» by E. Nesbit, The Fiery Dragon\]. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Prince, little white Princess, Princess, 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:pg23661:13:147 # text = Then the Prince turned and ran for his life, and as he ran toward the dragonproof tower the little white Princess saw him coming, and she ran down and unlocked the door and let him in, and slammed the dragonproof door in the fiery face of the dragon, who sat down and whined outside, because he wanted the Prince very much indeed. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 12 as as SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 15 toward toward ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 dragonproof dragonproof ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 tower tower NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 20 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 21 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 23 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 parataxis _ _ 24 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ _ 25 coming come VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 23 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 28 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 30 down down ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 unlocked unlock VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ _ 37 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 in in ADP RP _ 36 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 slammed slam VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 dragonproof dragonproof ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 45 in in ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 47 fiery fiery ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 49 of of ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 53 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 54 nsubj _ _ 54 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 acl:relcl _ _ 55 down down ADP RP _ 54 compound:prt _ _ 56 and and CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 57 whined whine VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 54 conj _ _ 58 outside outside ADV RB _ 57 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 60 because because SCONJ IN _ 62 mark _ _ 61 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 62 nsubj _ _ 62 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 parataxis _ _ 63 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 64 det _ _ 64 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 62 obj _ _ 65 very very ADV RB _ 66 advmod _ _ 66 much much ADV RB _ 62 advmod _ _ 67 indeed indeed ADV RB _ 66 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 68 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | past | the Prince | | | | then | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **run** | past | the Prince *not said here* | | | | | for Prince's life | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for life=Beneficiary | | 3 | **run** | past | Prince | | | the dragonproof tower | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme toward tower=Trajectory | | 4 | **see** | past | the little white Princess | Prince | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **come** | gerund | Prince *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **run down** | past | Princess | | | | | down *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **unlock** | past | the Prince *not said here* | the door | | | | | vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Patient | | 8 | **let in** | infinitive | the Prince *not said here* | Prince | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 9 | **slam** | past | the Prince *not said here* | the dragonproof door | | the fiery face of the dragon | | | vn spank-18.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent door=Patient in face=Location | | 10 | **sit down** | past | the dragon | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **whine** | participle | the dragon *not said here* | | | | | outside *property* | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 12 | **want** | past | Prince | the Prince | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot prince=Theme | 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 146](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/13/146/) - next →: [sentence 148](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/13/148/) - ↑ back to [The Fiery Dragon\]](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/13/)