--- title: Then the Prince rode home to the old Mother Dragon, who was full of… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then the Prince rode home to the old Mother Dragon, who was full of wonder when she saw him, and said, ‘You have succeeded to-day in looking after my mare, and as a reward you shall come to my ball to-night.’ Who acts: Prince, old Mother Dragon, dragon, You. 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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 (Prince, old Mother Dragon, dragon, 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:pg640:34:60 # text = Then the Prince rode home to the old Mother Dragon, who was full of wonder when she saw him, and said, ‘You have succeeded to-day in looking after my mare, and as a reward you shall come to my ball to-night.’ 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 rode ride VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 home home ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 8 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 9 Mother Mother PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 Dragon Dragon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 14 nsubj _ _ 13 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 14 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 parataxis _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 wonder wonder NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 17 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 19 advmod _ _ 18 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 advcl _ _ 20 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 succeeded succeed VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 23 ccomp _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ SpaceAfter=No 30 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 32 in in SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 33 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 28 advcl _ _ 34 after after ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 mare mare NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 39 as as ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 reward reward NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 42 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 43 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 conj _ _ 45 to to ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 ball ball NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 48 to to ADP IN _ 50 case _ SpaceAfter=No 49 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 48 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ride** | past | the Prince | | | | then | to the old Mother Dragon; home *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent to dragon=Trajectory | | 2 | **is** | past | the old Mother Dragon | | | | | of wonder; full *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **see** | past | dragon | Prince | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Prince *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **succeed** | present · perfect | You | | | | day | | vn succeed-74-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **look** | gerund | You *not said here* | | | | after my mare | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 7 | **come** | shall | you | | | my ball | night | as a reward | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to ball=Initial\_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 Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 640 (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 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/34/59/) - next →: [sentence 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/34/61/) - ↑ back to [The Flower Queen’s Daughter(23)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/34/)