--- title: And when the king heard that the dragon was inside, he was so excite… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: And when the king heard that the dragon was inside, he was so excited that he would not wait one moment, but broke the lock and lifted the lid just a little way to make sure he was really there. Who acts: king, 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 (king, 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:pg5615:2:25 # text = And when the king heard that the dragon was inside, he was so excited that he would not wait one moment, but broke the lock and lifted the lid just a little way to make sure he was really there. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 2 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 advcl _ _ 6 that that SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 10 inside inside ADV RB _ 5 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 13 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 14 so so ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 excited excited ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 parataxis _ _ 16 that that SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 18 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 19 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 20 advmod _ _ 20 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 advcl _ _ 21 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 22 nummod _ _ 22 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 but but CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 broke break VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 lock lock NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 lifted lift VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 lid lid NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 32 just just ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 parataxis _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 acl _ _ 38 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 xcomp _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 40 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 cop _ _ 41 really really ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 42 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 38 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 25 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past | the king | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **is** | past | the dragon | | | | | inside *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | past | dragon | | | | | excited *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **not** **wait** | would | dragon | | | | moment | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **break** | past | | the lock | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer lock=Patient | | 6 | **lift** | past | | the lid | | | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lid=Theme | | 7 | **make** | to-infinitive | | | | | | sure *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 8 | **is** | past | dragon | | | | | there *property* | tree rules | 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 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/2/24/) - next →: [sentence 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/2/26/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/2/)