--- title: The Prince rode out of the town with his hippopotamuses trotting and… — The Book of Dragons · tree and pragmatics description: The Prince rode out of the town with his hippopotamuses trotting and frisking behind him, and people got inside their houses as quickly as they could when they heard the voices of his pack and the blowing of his horn. Who acts: Prince, hippopotamuses, people. 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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, hippopotamuses, people), 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:pg23661:13:44 # text = The Prince rode out of the town with his hippopotamuses trotting and frisking behind him, and people got inside their houses as quickly as they could when they heard the voices of his pack and the blowing of his horn. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 rode ride VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 out out ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 with with SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 hippopotamuses hippopotamus NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj _ _ 11 trotting trot VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 frisking frisk VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 conj _ _ 14 behind behind ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 18 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 nsubj _ _ 19 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 20 inside inside ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 houses house NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obl _ _ 23 as as ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 24 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 25 as as SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 26 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 advcl _ _ 28 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 30 advmod _ _ 29 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 advcl _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 voices voice NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obj _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 pack pack NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 blowing blowing NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 conj _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 horn horn NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ride out** | past | the Prince | the town | | | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent town=Theme | | 2 | **trot** | gerund | Prince's hippopotamuses | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **frisk** | gerund | Prince's hippopotamuses *not said here* | | | | | behind Prince | vn investigate-35.4 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **get** | past | people | | | people's houses | | quickly *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **hear** | past | hippopotamuses *= hippopotamus* | the voices of Prince's pack and the blowing of Prince's horn | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer voice=Stimulus | | 6 | **blow** | | | Prince's horn | | | | | nom blowing «process transitive»: of=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. 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