--- title: But they were afraid to come out of the cave, so they went farther i… — The Book of Dragons · tree and pragmatics description: But they were afraid to come out of the cave, so they went farther in, and presently the cave opened out and grew bigger, and the floor was soft sand, and when they had come to the very end of the cave there was a door, and on it was written: UNIVERSAL TAPROOM. Who acts: dragons, cave, floor. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (dragons, cave, floor), 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:pg23661:6:78 # text = But they were afraid to come out of the cave, so they went farther in, and presently the cave opened out and grew bigger, and the floor was soft sand, and when they had come to the very end of the cave there was a door, and on it was written: UNIVERSAL TAPROOM. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 afraid afraid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 out out ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 cave cave NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 so so ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 13 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 15 farther far ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 16 advmod _ _ 16 in in ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 19 presently presently ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 cave cave NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 22 opened open VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 advcl _ _ 23 out out ADP RP _ 22 compound:prt _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 26 bigger big ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 25 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 floor floor NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 31 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 cop _ _ 32 soft soft ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 sand sand NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 36 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 39 advmod _ _ 37 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 conj _ _ 40 to to ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 very very ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 43 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 cave cave NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nmod _ _ 47 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 48 expl _ _ 48 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 acl:relcl _ _ 49 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 53 on on SCONJ IN _ 56 mark _ _ 54 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 56 nsubj:pass _ _ 55 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 56 aux:pass _ _ 56 written write VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 57 : : PUNCT : _ 59 punct _ _ 58 UNIVERSAL universal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 59 amod _ _ 59 TAPROOM taproom NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 60 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | dragons *= dragon* | | | | | afraid *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **come out** | to-infinitive | dragons *= dragon* *not said here* | the cave | | | | | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient cave=Result | | 3 | **go** | past | dragons *= dragon* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **open out** | participle | the cave *not said here* | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **grow** | past | the cave | | | | | big, presently *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **is a** | past | the floor | soft sand | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **come** | past · perfect | dragons *= dragon* | | | | to the end of the cave | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to end=Initial\_Location | | 8 | **write** | past · passive | | cave | | | | UNIVERSAL TAPROOM *obl* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | 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 77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/6/77/) - next →: [sentence 79](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/6/79/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/6/)