--- title: When the maiden heard that the dragon was dead, she thanked her deli… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When the maiden heard that the dragon was dead, she thanked her deliverer with tears in her eyes, but told him that her two younger sisters were in the power of dragons still fiercer and more horrible than this one. Who acts: maiden, dragon, two younger sisters. 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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 (maiden, dragon, two younger sisters), 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:pg2435:31:75 # text = When the maiden heard that the dragon was dead, she thanked her deliverer with tears in her eyes, but told him that her two younger sisters were in the power of dragons still fiercer and more horrible than this one. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 maiden maiden NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 advcl _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 9 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 11 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 thanked thank VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 deliverer deliverer NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 with with ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 tears tear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obl _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 but but CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 23 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 iobj _ _ 24 that that SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 25 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 26 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 28 nummod _ _ 27 younger young ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 28 amod _ _ 28 sisters sister NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 nsubj _ _ 29 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 cop _ _ 30 in in ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 ccomp _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 dragons dragon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 nmod _ _ 35 still still ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 fiercer fierce ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 34 amod _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 38 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 39 advmod _ _ 39 horrible horrible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 conj _ _ 40 than than ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 42 det _ _ 42 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past | the maiden | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **is** | past | the dragon | | | | | dead *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **thank** *speech: thank* | past | maiden | maiden's deliverer | | | | with tears in maiden's eyes | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent deliverer=Theme | | 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | maiden *not said here* | | dragon | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 5 | **is** | past | maiden's two younger sisters | | | the power | | of dragons | tree rules | 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 Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 2435 (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 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/31/74/) - next →: [sentence 76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/31/76/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/31/)