--- title: She ran right into the thickest part of the wood, because she did no… — The Book of Dragons · tree and pragmatics description: She ran right into the thickest part of the wood, because she did not know what her heart was made of, and she was afraid of the dragon, and there in a dell she came on Elfin and his five and seventy fine pigs. Who acts: Princess. A sentence of «The Book of Dragons» by E. Nesbit, The Fiery Dragon], --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/13/161/) [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/) / 161 # The Book of Dragons, The Fiery Dragon\], sentence 161 She ran right into the thickest part of the wood, because she did not know what her heart was made of, and she was afraid of the dragon, and there in a dell she came on Elfin and his five and seventy fine pigs. **Who acts:** Princess · **What happens:** run, not know, make, be, come · **To what, where:** thickest part, heart, dell · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (Princess), 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:pg23661:13:161 # text = She ran right into the thickest part of the wood, because she did not know what her heart was made of, and she was afraid of the dragon, and there in a dell she came on Elfin and his five and seventy fine pigs. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 right right ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 into into ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 thickest thick ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 7 amod _ _ 7 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 12 because because SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 13 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 14 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 15 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 16 advmod _ _ 16 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 parataxis _ _ 17 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 21 obl _ _ 18 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj:pass _ _ 20 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux:pass _ _ 21 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 ccomp _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 25 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 27 afraid afraid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 conj _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 33 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 38 expl _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 dell dell NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 37 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 39 on on ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 Elfin Elfin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 42 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 43 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 47 nummod _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 seventy seventy NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 43 conj _ _ 46 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 pigs pig NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run** | past | Princess | | | | | into the thickest part of the wood *result*; right *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into part=Result | | 2 | **not** **know** | past · do-support | Princess | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **make** | past · passive | | Princess's heart | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | | 4 | **is** | past | Princess | | | | | of the dragon; afraid *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **come** | past | Princess | | | a dell; there | | on Elfin and Heart's five fine pigs | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in dell=Location | 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 160](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/13/160/) - next →: [sentence 162](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/13/162/) - ↑ back to [The Fiery Dragon\]](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/13/)