--- title: Then the Dragon darted back again, but when he had waited till midda… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Then the Dragon darted back again, but when he had waited till midday and still there was neither breakfast nor dinner for him, he popped two of his heads out and cried, "It is high time I had my dinner, and still there is neither breakfast nor dinner for me!"--"Come forth, and I'll give thee both a --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/22/34/) [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/) / [Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/) / [The Two Princes, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/22/) / 34 # Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales, The Two Princes, part 1, sentence 34 Then the Dragon darted back again, but when he had waited till midday and still there was neither breakfast nor dinner for him, he popped two of his heads out and cried, "It is high time I had my dinner, and still there is neither breakfast nor dinner for me!"--"Come forth, and I'll give thee both at once!" cried the Prince. **Who acts:** Dragon, Prince, breakfast · **What happens:** dart back, wait, be, pop, cry, have · **To what, where:** two heads, high time, dinner, thee · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales», The Two Princes, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Dragon, Prince, breakfast), 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:pg29672:22:34 # text = Then the Dragon darted back again, but when he had waited till midday and still there was neither breakfast nor dinner for him, he popped two of his heads out and cried, "It is high time I had my dinner, and still there is neither breakfast nor dinner for me!"--"Come forth, and I'll give thee both at once!" cried the Prince. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Dragon Dragon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 darted dart VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 back back ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 again again ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 8 but but CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 9 when when SCONJ WRB _ 12 mark _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 waited wait VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 parataxis _ _ 13 till till ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 midday midday NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 16 still still ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 17 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 18 expl _ _ 18 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 19 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 20 cc:preconj _ _ 20 breakfast breakfast NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 21 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 22 cc _ _ 22 dinner dinner NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 conj _ _ 23 for for ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 popped pop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 28 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 31 nummod _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 heads head NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obj _ _ 32 out out ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 36 " " PUNCT `` _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 38 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 39 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 41 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 acl:relcl _ _ 43 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 dinner dinner NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 47 still still ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 48 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 49 expl _ _ 49 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 60 cop _ _ 50 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 51 cc:preconj _ _ 51 breakfast breakfast NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nsubj _ _ 52 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 53 cc _ _ 53 dinner dinner NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 conj _ _ 54 for for ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 55 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 53 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 56 ! ! PUNCT . _ 53 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 57 " " PUNCT '' _ 53 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 58 -- -- PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 59 " " PUNCT `` _ 60 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 60 Come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 61 forth forth ADV RB _ 60 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 62 , , PUNCT , _ 66 punct _ _ 63 and and CCONJ CC _ 66 cc _ _ 64 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 66 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 65 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 66 aux _ _ 66 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 67 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 66 iobj _ _ 68 both both DET DT PronType=Tot 67 appos _ _ 69 at at ADP IN _ 70 case _ _ 70 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 66 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 71 ! ! PUNCT . _ 66 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 72 " " PUNCT '' _ 66 punct _ _ 73 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 74 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 75 det _ _ 75 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 73 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 76 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dart back** | past | the Dragon | | | | then; again | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **wait** | past · perfect | Prince | | | | till midday | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **be** | past | breakfast nor dinner for Prince | | | there | still | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **pop** | past | Prince | Prince's two heads | | | | out *property* | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Patient | | 5 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | Prince *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | breakfast | high time | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **have** *in a quote* | past | Prince | my dinner | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dinner=Patient | | 8 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the Dragon *not said here* | | | | | come, forth *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **give** *in a quote* | future | the Prince *= prince* | | thee | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent thou=Theme at once=Asset | | 10 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | the Prince | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «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:** «Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales», Project Gutenberg book 29672 (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 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/22/33/) - next →: [sentence 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/22/35/) - ↑ back to [The Two Princes, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/22/)