--- title: For the dragon--instead of behaving as a quarry should, and running… — The Book of Dragons · tree and pragmatics description: For the dragon--instead of behaving as a quarry should, and running away--ran straight at the pack, and the Prince, on his elephant, had the mortification of seeing his prize pack swallowed up one by one in the twinkling of an eye, by the dragon they had come out to hunt. Who acts: dragon, Prince, m --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/13/61/) [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/) / 61 # The Book of Dragons, The Fiery Dragon\], sentence 61 For the dragon--instead of behaving as a quarry should, and running away--ran straight at the pack, and the Prince, on his elephant, had the mortification of seeing his prize pack swallowed up one by one in the twinkling of an eye, by the dragon they had come out to hunt. **Who acts:** dragon, Prince, mortification, Tantivy · **What happens:** behave, run away, run, have, see, swallow up · **To what, where:** pack, mortification, prize pack, one 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 (dragon, Prince, mortification, Tantivy), 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:pg23661:13:61 # text = For the dragon--instead of behaving as a quarry should, and running away--ran straight at the pack, and the Prince, on his elephant, had the mortification of seeing his prize pack swallowed up one by one in the twinkling of an eye, by the dragon they had come out to hunt. 1 For for ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 -- -- PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 instead instead ADV RB ExtPos=SCONJ 7 mark _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 5 fixed _ _ 7 behaving behave VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 acl:relcl _ _ 8 as as SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 quarry quarry NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 running run VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 conj _ _ 15 away away ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 -- -- PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 18 straight straight ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 19 at at ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 pack pack NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 on on ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 elephant elephant NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 31 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 mortification mortification NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 of of SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 35 seeing see VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 33 acl _ _ 36 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 37 prize prize NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 compound _ _ 38 pack pack NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 39 swallowed swallow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 advcl _ _ 40 up up ADP RP _ 39 compound:prt _ _ 41 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 39 obj _ _ 42 by by ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 41 nmod _ _ 44 in in ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 twinkling twinkling NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nmod _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 eye eye NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 51 by by ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obl _ _ 54 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 56 nsubj _ _ 55 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 56 aux _ _ 56 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 31 parataxis _ _ 57 out out ADV RB _ 56 advmod _ _ 58 to to PART TO _ 59 mark _ _ 59 hunt hunt VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 56 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 60 . . PUNCT . _ 17 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **behave** | gerund | the dragon *not said here* | | | | | | vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **run away** | gerund | the dragon *not said here* | | | | | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **run** | past | | | | the pack | | for the dragon; straight *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at pack=Trajectory | | 4 | **have** | past | the Prince | the mortification | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mortification=Patient | | 5 | **see** | gerund | the mortification *not said here* | Prince's prize pack | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer pack=Stimulus | | 6 | **swallow up** | participle | the mortification *not said here* | one | | | | by one in the twinkling of a eye | vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Patient | | 7 | **come out** | past · perfect | Tantivy | | | | | by the dragon; out *property* | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient | | 8 | **hunt** | to-infinitive | Tantivy *not said here* | | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/13/60/) - next →: [sentence 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/13/62/) - ↑ back to [The Fiery Dragon\]](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/13/)