--- title: But the little bells all began to ring, and the dragon woke and said… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But the little bells all began to ring, and the dragon woke and said to his wife, ‘Wife, you have pulled off all the bed-clothes!’ and drew the covering towards him, pulling, as he did so, the young man into the room. Who acts: little bells, dragon. 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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 (little bells, dragon), 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:pg5615:1:98 # text = But the little bells all began to ring, and the dragon woke and said to his wife, ‘Wife, you have pulled off all the bed-clothes!’ and drew the covering towards him, pulling, as he did so, the young man into the room. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 bells bell NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 5 all all ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 ring ring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 woke wake VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 Wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj:pass _ _ 24 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 pulled pull VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 parataxis _ _ 26 off off ADP RP _ 25 compound:prt _ _ 27 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 31 det:predet _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 29 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 30 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 25 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ! ! PUNCT . _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 31 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 drew draw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 covering cover VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 35 advcl _ _ 38 towards towards ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 41 pulling pull VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 37 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 43 as as SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 44 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 conj _ _ 46 so so ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 49 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 50 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 51 into into ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **begin** | past | the little bells | | | | | all *property* | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **ring** | to-infinitive | the little bells *not said here* | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **wake** | past | the dragon | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the dragon *not said here* | | Dragon's wife | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to wife=Recipient | | 5 | **pull off** | present · perfect · passive | | you | | | | | vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 6 | **draw** | past | | the young man | | | | into the room *result* | vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent into room=Result | | 7 | **cover** | gerund | | | | | | towards Dragon | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **pull** | gerund | | | | | | | vn slide-11.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **do** | past | Dragon | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «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:** «The Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 5615 (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/pg5615/1/97/) - next →: [sentence 99](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/1/99/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/1/)