--- title: Then the dragon flung himself on the youth and bound him fast with c… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then the dragon flung himself on the youth and bound him fast with cords saying as he tied the last knot, ‘To-morrow when I go to church you must stay at home and kill him and cook him, and when I get back we will eat him together.’ Who acts: dragon, I, you, we. 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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 (dragon, I, you, we), 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:pg5615:1:99 # text = Then the dragon flung himself on the youth and bound him fast with cords saying as he tied the last knot, ‘To-morrow when I go to church you must stay at home and kill him and cook him, and when I get back we will eat him together.’ 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 flung fling VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 4 obj _ _ 6 on on ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 bound bind VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 11 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 10 advmod _ _ 13 with with ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 cords cord NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ _ 15 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 parataxis _ _ 16 as as SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 tied tie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 ccomp _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 knot knot NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 To to ADP IN _ 26 case _ SpaceAfter=No 25 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 morrow morrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 27 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 29 advmod _ _ 28 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 go go VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 advcl _ _ 30 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 church church NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 32 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 ccomp _ _ 35 at at ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 conj _ _ 39 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 cook cook VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 conj _ _ 42 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 45 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 47 advmod _ _ 46 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 get get VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 51 advcl _ _ 48 back back ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 49 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 50 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 51 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 52 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 obj _ _ 53 together together ADV RB _ 51 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 51 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fling** | past | the dragon | Dragon | | the youth | then | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent himself=Theme on youth=Destination | | 2 | **bind** | past | the dragon *not said here* | Dragon | | | | with cords; fast *property* | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent he=Patient with cord=Co-Patient | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **tie** | past | Dragon | the last knot | | | | to morrow | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent knot=Patient to morrow=Co-Patient | | 5 | **go** | present | I | | | church | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to church=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **stay** | must | you | | | home | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at home=Location | | 7 | **kill** | infinitive | you *not said here* | Dragon | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 8 | **cook** | infinitive | you *not said here* | Dragon | | | | | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 9 | **get back** | present | I | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 10 | **eat** | future | we | Dragon | | | | together *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | 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 98](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/1/98/) - next →: [The Pink Fairy Book, part 2, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/2/1/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/1/)