--- title: Then the Dragon wouldn't wait any longer, but stuck out all his six… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Then the Dragon wouldn't wait any longer, but stuck out all his six heads and began to wriggle out of the cavern; but the Prince attacked him with his huge broadsword, a full fathom long, which the Lord had given him, and chopped off all the Dragon's six heads, and the rock fell upon the Dragon's bo --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/22/35/) [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/) / 35 # Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales, The Two Princes, part 1, sentence 35 Then the Dragon wouldn't wait any longer, but stuck out all his six heads and began to wriggle out of the cavern; but the Prince attacked him with his huge broadsword, a full fathom long, which the Lord had given him, and chopped off all the Dragon's six heads, and the rock fell upon the Dragon's body and crushed it to pieces. **Who acts:** Dragon, Prince, Lord, rock · **What happens:** not wait, stick out, begin, wriggle, attack, give · **To what, where:** six heads, cavern, dinner, full fathom, Prince, body 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, Lord, rock), 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:pg29672:22:35 # text = Then the Dragon wouldn't wait any longer, but stuck out all his six heads and began to wriggle out of the cavern; but the Prince attacked him with his huge broadsword, a full fathom long, which the Lord had given him, and chopped off all the Dragon's six heads, and the rock fell upon the Dragon's body and crushed it to pieces. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Dragon Dragon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 5 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 any any ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 but but CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 stuck stick VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 parataxis _ _ 12 out out ADP RP _ 11 compound:prt _ _ 13 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 16 det:predet _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 15 six six NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 16 nummod _ _ 16 heads head NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obj _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 wriggle wriggle VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 xcomp _ _ 21 out out ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 cavern cavern NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 but but CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 29 attacked attack VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ _ 30 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 with with ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 33 huge huge ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 broadsword broadsword NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 fathom fathom NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 conj _ _ 39 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 38 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 41 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 45 obj _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 Lord Lord PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 44 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 38 advcl _ _ 46 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 49 chopped chop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 50 off off ADP RP _ 49 compound:prt _ _ 51 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 56 det:predet _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 Dragon Dragon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 56 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 54 's 's PART POS _ 53 case _ _ 55 six six NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 56 nummod _ _ 56 heads head NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 58 and and CCONJ CC _ 61 cc _ _ 59 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 60 rock rock NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 nsubj _ _ 61 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 parataxis _ _ 62 upon upon ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 63 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 64 det _ _ 64 Dragon Dragon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 66 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 65 's 's PART POS _ 64 case _ _ 66 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 obl _ _ 67 and and CCONJ CC _ 68 cc _ _ 68 crushed crush VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 61 conj _ _ 69 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 68 obj _ _ 70 to to ADP IN _ 71 case _ _ 71 pieces piece NOUN NNS Number=Plur 68 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 72 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **wait** | would | the Dragon | | | | then | long *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **stick out** | participle | | Prince's six heads | | | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent head=Theme | | 3 | **begin** | past | | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **wriggle** | to-infinitive | | | | the cavern | | | vn body\_internal\_motion-49.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **attack** | past | the Prince | dinner | | | | with Prince's huge broadsword and a full fathom | vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 6 | **give** | past · perfect | the Lord | a full fathom | Prince | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient which=Theme | | 7 | **chop off** | past | | the Dragon's six heads | | | | | vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Patient | | 8 | **fall** | past | the rock | | | the Dragon's body | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme upon body=Location | | 9 | **crush** | past | the rock *not said here* | Dragon | | | | to pieces *result* | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent it=Patient to piece=Result | 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 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/22/34/) - next →: [sentence 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/22/36/) - ↑ back to [The Two Princes, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/22/)