--- title: The dragon had waited patiently for the Prince, and the moment he op… — The Book of Dragons · tree and pragmatics description: The dragon had waited patiently for the Prince, and the moment he opened the door and came out--though he was only out for an instant to post a letter to his Prime Minister saying where he was and asking them to send the fire brigade to deal with the fiery dragon--the dragon ate him. Who acts: Princ --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/13/198/) [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/) / 198 # The Book of Dragons, The Fiery Dragon\], sentence 198 The dragon had waited patiently for the Prince, and the moment he opened the door and came out--though he was only out for an instant to post a letter to his Prime Minister saying where he was and asking them to send the fire brigade to deal with the fiery dragon--the dragon ate him. **Who acts:** Prince, moment, dragon · **What happens:** wait, open, come out, be, post, say · **To what, where:** dragon, door, letter, Prime Minister, children, fire brigade · **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 (Prince, moment, 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:pg23661:13:198 # text = The dragon had waited patiently for the Prince, and the moment he opened the door and came out--though he was only out for an instant to post a letter to his Prime Minister saying where he was and asking them to send the fire brigade to deal with the fiery dragon--the dragon ate him. 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 waited wait VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 patiently patiently ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 opened open VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 acl:relcl _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 18 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 19 out out ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 -- -- PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 though though SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 23 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 24 only only ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 25 out out ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 26 for for ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 instant instant NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 post post VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 letter letter NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 to to ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 35 Prime Prime PROPN NNP _ 36 compound _ _ 36 Minister Minister PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 37 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 30 advcl _ _ 38 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 42 advmod _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 40 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 asking ask VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 37 ccomp _ _ 43 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 45 send send VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 xcomp _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 47 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 compound _ _ 48 brigade brigade NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ _ 49 to to PART TO _ 50 mark _ _ 50 deal deal VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 advcl _ _ 51 with with ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 53 fiery fiery ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 amod _ _ 54 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 55 -- -- PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 nsubj _ _ 58 ate eat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 54 acl:relcl _ _ 59 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 58 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 60 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | past · perfect · passive | | the dragon | | | | for the Prince; patiently *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **open** | past | Prince | the door | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location door=Theme | | 3 | **come out** | past | the moment | | | | | out *property* | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **is** | past | Prince | | | | | for a instant; out *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **post** | to-infinitive | | a letter | Prince's Prime Minister | | | | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent letter=Theme to minister=Destination | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past · progressive | Prince | | children *= child* | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic | | 8 | **send** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Prince *not said here* | the fire brigade | | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brigade=Theme | | 9 | **deal** | to-infinitive | Prince *not said here* | | | | | with the fiery dragon | vn cope-83 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with dragon=Theme | | 10 | **eat** | past | the dragon | Prince | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=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 197](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/13/197/) - next →: [sentence 199](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/13/199/) - ↑ back to [The Fiery Dragon\]](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/13/)