--- title: “The moment the dragon comes near you, you must tear off the veil,”… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “The moment the dragon comes near you, you must tear off the veil,” cried he; “and be sure you hide behind the mirror. Who acts: dragon, moment, you. A sentence of «The Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Story of Wali Dâd the Simple-Hearted, part 4, with its dependency tree and the pragmatics of ever --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/37/98/) [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 Brown Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/) / [Story of Wali Dâd the Simple-Hearted,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/37/) / 98 # The Brown Fairy Book, Story of Wali Dâd the Simple-Hearted, part 4, sentence 98 “The moment the dragon comes near you, you must tear off the veil,” cried he; “and be sure you hide behind the mirror. **Who acts:** dragon, moment, you · **What happens:** come, tear off, cry, be, hide · **To what, where:** moment, veil, mirror · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Story of Wali Dâd the Simple-Hearted, part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (dragon, moment, you), 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:pg3282:37:98 # text = “The moment the dragon comes near you, you must tear off the veil,” cried he; “and be sure you hide behind the mirror. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 comes come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 7 near near ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 10 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 tear tear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 ccomp _ _ 13 off off ADP RP _ 12 compound:prt _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 veil veil NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ” " PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ _ 18 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 21 “ " PUNCT `` _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 24 cop _ _ 24 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 conj _ _ 25 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 hide hide VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 ccomp _ _ 27 behind behind ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 mirror mirror NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 . . PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** *in a quote* | present | the dragon | the moment *not said here* | | | | near you | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location moment=Theme | | 2 | **tear off** *in a quote* | must | the moment | the veil | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location veil=Theme | | 3 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | dragon | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | infinitive | dragon *not said here* | | | | | sure *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **hide** *in a quote* | present | you | | | the mirror | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent behind mirror=Location | 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 Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3282 (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 97](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/37/97/) - next →: [sentence 99](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/37/99/) - ↑ back to [Story of Wali Dâd the Simple-Hearted, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/37/)