--- title: And they swept across the field and into the gate of the town, and t… — The Book of Dragons · tree and pragmatics description: And they swept across the field and into the gate of the town, and the Princess heard the gate bang, and the children were out of sight--but on the other side of the field the rose-thorns crackled and smashed in the hedge, and something very large and glaring and horrible trampled the ferns in the d --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/13/34/) [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/) / 34 # The Book of Dragons, The Fiery Dragon\], sentence 34 And they swept across the field and into the gate of the town, and the Princess heard the gate bang, and the children were out of sight--but on the other side of the field the rose-thorns crackled and smashed in the hedge, and something very large and glaring and horrible trampled the ferns in the ditch for one moment before it hid itself again in the covert of the wood. **Who acts:** voices, Princess, children, something, bang · **What happens:** sweep, hear, be, crackle, smash, trample · **To what, where:** field, gate bang, sight, rose thorns, hedge, ferns 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 (voices, Princess, children, something), 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:pg23661:13:34 # text = And they swept across the field and into the gate of the town, and the Princess heard the gate bang, and the children were out of sight--but on the other side of the field the rose-thorns crackled and smashed in the hedge, and something very large and glaring and horrible trampled the ferns in the ditch for one moment before it hid itself again in the covert of the wood. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 swept sweep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 across across ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 8 into into ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 gate gate NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 Princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 18 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 gate gate NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 compound _ _ 21 bang bang NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 nsubj _ _ 26 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 27 out out ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 -- -- PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 but but CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 32 on on ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 40 rose rose NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 41 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 thorns thorn NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 nmod _ _ 43 crackled crackle VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 42 acl _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 smashed smash VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 43 conj _ _ 46 in in ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 hedge hedge NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ _ 51 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 58 nsubj _ _ 52 very very ADV RB _ 53 advmod _ _ 53 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 amod _ _ 54 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 55 glaring glaring ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 conj _ _ 56 and and CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 57 horrible horrible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 conj _ _ 58 trampled trample VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 42 acl _ _ 59 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 60 ferns fern NOUN NNS Number=Plur 58 obj _ _ 61 in in ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 62 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 63 det _ _ 63 ditch ditch NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 nmod _ _ 64 for for ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 65 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 66 nummod _ _ 66 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 obl _ _ 67 before before SCONJ IN _ 69 mark _ _ 68 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 69 nsubj _ _ 69 hid hide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 58 advcl _ _ 70 itself itself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 69 obj _ _ 71 again again ADV RB _ 69 advmod _ _ 72 in in ADP IN _ 74 case _ _ 73 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 74 det _ _ 74 covert covert NOUN NN Number=Sing 69 obl _ _ 75 of of ADP IN _ 77 case _ _ 76 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 77 det _ _ 77 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 74 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 78 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sweep** | past | voices *= voice* | | | the field and the gate of the town | | on the other side of the field the rose thorns | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme across field=Trajectory | | 2 | **hear** | past | the Princess | the gate bang | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer bang=Stimulus | | 3 | **is** | past | the children | | | sight | | | tree rules | | 4 | **crackle** | participle | | the rose thorns *not said here* | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **smash** | participle | | | | the hedge | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent in hedge=Destination | | 6 | **trample** | participle | something | the ferns | | the ditch | moment | | tree rules | | 7 | **hide** | past | bang | bang | | the covert of the wood | again | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent itself=Patient in covert=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 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/13/33/) - next →: [sentence 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/13/35/) - ↑ back to [The Fiery Dragon\]](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/13/)