--- title: The fight lasted all day, and the prince's strength was well-nigh sp… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The fight lasted all day, and the prince's strength was well-nigh spent, when the dragon, thinking that the victory was won, opened his jaws to give a roar of triumph. Who acts: fight, triumph. 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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 (fight, triumph), 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:pg3027:29:69 # text = The fight lasted all day, and the prince's strength was well-nigh spent, when the dragon, thinking that the victory was won, opened his jaws to give a roar of triumph. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 fight fight NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 lasted last VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 5 det _ _ 5 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 10 's 's PART POS _ 9 case _ _ 11 strength strength NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj:pass _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux:pass _ _ 13 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 16 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 nigh nigh ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 16 spent spend VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 20 advmod _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 thinking think VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 advcl _ _ 23 that that SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 victory victory NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 26 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux:pass _ _ 27 won win VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 29 opened open VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 30 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 jaws jaw NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obj _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 advcl _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 roar roar NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 triumph triumph NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **last** | past | the fight | | | | day | | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **spend** | past · passive | | the prince's strength | | | | the dragon *obl*; nigh, well *property* | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset | | 3 | **think** *speech: other* | gerund | | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 4 | **win** | past · passive | | the victory | | | | | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 5 | **open** | past | the fight *not said here* | victory's jaws | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location jaw=Theme | | 6 | **give** | to-infinitive | the fight *not said here* | a roar of triumph | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent roar=Theme | | 7 | **roar** | | triumph | | | | | | nom roar «event intransitive»: of=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:** «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3027 (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 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/29/68/) - next →: [sentence 70](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/29/70/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/29/)