--- title: He went slower and slower, and in the bonfire field he stopped altog… — The Book of Dragons · tree and pragmatics description: He went slower and slower, and in the bonfire field he stopped altogether, and because the Arctic regions had not got down so far as that, and because the bonfire was very hot, the dragon began to melt and melt and melt--and before the children knew what he was doing they found themselves sitting in --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/9/47/) [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 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/9/) / 47 # The Book of Dragons, Opening, part 9, sentence 47 He went slower and slower, and in the bonfire field he stopped altogether, and because the Arctic regions had not got down so far as that, and because the bonfire was very hot, the dragon began to melt and melt and melt--and before the children knew what he was doing they found themselves sitting in a large pool of water, and their boots were as wet as wet, and there was not a bit of dragon left! **Who acts:** sportsman, Arctic regions, bonfire, dragon, children, boots · **What happens:** go, stop, not get down, be, begin, melt · **To what, where:** bonfire field, children, large pool, bit · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Book of Dragons» by E. Nesbit, Opening, part 9. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (sportsman, Arctic regions, bonfire, 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:pg23661:9:47 # text = He went slower and slower, and in the bonfire field he stopped altogether, and because the Arctic regions had not got down so far as that, and because the bonfire was very hot, the dragon began to melt and melt and melt--and before the children knew what he was doing they found themselves sitting in a large pool of water, and their boots were as wet as wet, and there was not a bit of dragon left! 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 slower slow ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 2 advmod _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 slower slow ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 bonfire bonfire NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 stopped stop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 14 altogether altogether ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 17 because because SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 Arctic arctic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 regions region NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 nsubj _ _ 21 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 22 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 23 advmod _ _ 23 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 13 conj _ _ 24 down down ADP RP _ 23 compound:prt _ _ 25 so so ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 26 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 23 advmod _ _ 27 as as ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 31 because because SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 bonfire bonfire NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 34 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 35 very very ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 hot hot ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 40 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 42 melt melt VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 xcomp _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 melt melt VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 conj _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 melt melt VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 -- -- PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 49 before before SCONJ IN _ 52 mark _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 52 nsubj _ _ 52 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 53 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 56 obj _ _ 54 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 56 nsubj _ _ 55 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 56 aux _ _ 56 doing do VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 52 ccomp _ _ 57 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 58 nsubj _ _ 58 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 56 ccomp _ _ 59 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 58 obj _ _ 60 sitting sit VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 58 xcomp _ _ 61 in in ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 62 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 64 det _ _ 63 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 64 amod _ _ 64 pool pool NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 obl _ _ 65 of of ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 66 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 67 , , PUNCT , _ 73 punct _ _ 68 and and CCONJ CC _ 73 cc _ _ 69 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 70 nmod:poss _ _ 70 boots boot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 73 nsubj _ _ 71 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 73 cop _ _ 72 as as ADV RB _ 73 advmod _ _ 73 wet wet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 parataxis _ _ 74 as as ADP IN _ 75 case _ _ 75 wet wet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 73 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 76 , , PUNCT , _ 79 punct _ _ 77 and and CCONJ CC _ 79 cc _ _ 78 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 79 expl _ _ 79 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 80 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 82 advmod _ _ 81 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 82 det _ _ 82 bit bit NOUN NN Number=Sing 85 nsubj:pass _ _ 83 of of ADP IN _ 84 case _ _ 84 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 82 nmod _ _ 85 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 79 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 86 ! ! PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | sportsman | | | | | slow *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **stop** | past | sportsman | | | the bonfire field | | altogether *property* | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in field=Location | | 3 | **not** **get down** | past · perfect | the Arctic regions | | | | | far *property* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **is** | past | the bonfire | | | | | hot *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **begin** | past | the dragon | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 6 | **melt** | to-infinitive | the dragon *not said here* | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 7 | **melt** | infinitive | the dragon *not said here* | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 8 | **melt** | infinitive | the dragon *not said here* | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 9 | **know** | past | the children | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 10 | **do** | past · progressive | sportsman | | | | | | tree rules | | 11 | **find** | past | children *= child* | children *= child* | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent themselves=Attribute clause=Theme | | 12 | **sit** | gerund | children *= child* *not said here* | | | a large pool of water | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in pool=Location | | 13 | **is** | past | children's boots | | | | | as wet; wet *property* | tree rules | | 14 | **be** | past | | | | there | | | tree rules | | 15 | **leave** | participle · passive | | a bit of dragon | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «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. 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