--- title: The first time she ran around a long way from the pillar, and then n… — The Book of Dragons · tree and pragmatics description: The first time she ran around a long way from the pillar, and then nearer and nearer--with the dragon after her all the time; and he was so busy trying to catch her that he never noticed that Tom had tied the very end of his long, tight, whipcordy tail to the rock, so that the more the dragon ran ar --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/4/130/) [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/) / [Opening, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/4/) / 130 # The Book of Dragons, Opening, part 4, sentence 130 The first time she ran around a long way from the pillar, and then nearer and nearer--with the dragon after her all the time; and he was so busy trying to catch her that he never noticed that Tom had tied the very end of his long, tight, whipcordy tail to the rock, so that the more the dragon ran around, the more times he twisted his tail around the pillar. **Who acts:** Princess, Mary, dragon · **What happens:** run, be, try, catch, not notice, tie · **To what, where:** long way, Princess, Tom, tail, pillar · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Book of Dragons» by E. Nesbit, Opening, part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Princess, Mary, 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:pg23661:4:130 # text = The first time she ran around a long way from the pillar, and then nearer and nearer--with the dragon after her all the time; and he was so busy trying to catch her that he never noticed that Tom had tied the very end of his long, tight, whipcordy tail to the rock, so that the more the dragon ran around, the more times he twisted his tail around the pillar. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 3 amod _ _ 3 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl:unmarked _ _ 4 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 around around ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 10 from from ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 pillar pillar NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 15 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 16 advmod _ _ 16 nearer near ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 5 parataxis _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 nearer near ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 16 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 -- -- PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 with with ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 23 after after ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nmod _ _ 25 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 27 det:predet _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 31 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 cop _ _ 32 so so ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 busy busy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 parataxis _ _ 34 trying try VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 33 advcl _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 catch catch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 xcomp _ _ 37 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 that that SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 40 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 41 advmod _ _ 41 noticed notice VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 advcl _ _ 42 that that SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 43 Tom Tom PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 nsubj:pass _ _ 44 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 tied tie VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 41 ccomp _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 47 very very ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 48 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ _ 49 of of ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 50 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 56 nmod:poss _ _ 51 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 56 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 53 tight tight ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 56 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 55 whipcordy whipcordy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 56 amod _ _ 56 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nmod _ _ 57 to to ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 58 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 59 rock rock NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 60 , , PUNCT , _ 67 punct _ _ 61 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 67 mark _ _ 62 that that SCONJ IN _ 61 fixed _ _ 63 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 64 det _ _ 64 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 67 advmod _ _ 65 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 66 det _ _ 66 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 nsubj _ _ 67 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 68 around around ADV RB _ 67 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 69 , , PUNCT , _ 74 punct _ _ 70 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 72 det _ _ 71 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 72 amod _ _ 72 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 74 obl:unmarked _ _ 73 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 74 nsubj _ _ 74 twisted twist VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 75 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 76 nmod:poss _ _ 76 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 74 obj _ _ 77 around around ADP IN _ 79 case _ _ 78 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 79 det _ _ 79 pillar pillar NOUN NN Number=Sing 74 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 80 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run** | past | Princess | | | a long way from the pillar | time | with the dragon after Bo | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme around way=Trajectory | | 2 | **is** | past | Mary | | | | | busy *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **try** | gerund | Mary *not said here* | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **catch** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Mary *not said here* | Princess | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 5 | **not** **notice** | past | Mary | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 6 | **tie** | past · perfect · passive | | Tom | | | | | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP ADJP»: subject=Patient end=Result | | 7 | **run around** | past | the dragon | | | | | around *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **twist** | past | Mary | Mary's tail | | the pillar | time | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent tail=Theme around pillar=Trajectory | 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 129](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/4/129/) - next →: [sentence 131](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/4/131/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/4/)