--- title: When the dragon was wound onto the pillar as much as he possibly cou… — The Book of Dragons · tree and pragmatics description: When the dragon was wound onto the pillar as much as he possibly could be, and as tight--like cotton on a reel--the Princess stopped running, and though she had very little breath left, she managed to say, "Yah--who's won now?" Who acts: Princess, little breath, Yah. 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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, little breath, Yah), 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:pg23661:4:133 # text = When the dragon was wound onto the pillar as much as he possibly could be, and as tight--like cotton on a reel--the Princess stopped running, and though she had very little breath left, she managed to say, "Yah--who's won now?" 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 5 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 wound woun VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 advcl _ _ 6 onto onto ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 pillar pillar NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 as as ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 11 as as SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 13 possibly possibly ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 14 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 10 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 18 as as ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 tight tight ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 -- -- PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 like like ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 cotton cotton NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 23 on on ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 reel reel NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 -- -- PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 29 stopped stop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 30 running run VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 29 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 33 though though SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 34 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 advcl _ _ 36 very very ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 37 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 breath breath NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 39 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 41 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 managed manage VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 conj _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 44 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 46 " " PUNCT `` _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 Yah Yah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 51 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 -- -- PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 51 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 51 won win VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 44 ccomp _ _ 52 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 51 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 ? ? PUNCT . _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 " " PUNCT '' _ 29 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **woun** | past · passive | | the dragon | | the pillar | | | tree rules | | 2 | **stop** | past | the Princess | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **run** | gerund | the Princess *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **have** | past | Princess | little breath | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **leave** | participle | little breath *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **manage** | past | Princess | | | | | | vn succeed-74-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 7 | **say** *speech: ask* | to-infinitive | Princess *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **win** *in a quote* | present · passive | Yah | | | | now | | vn succeed-74-2 «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. 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