--- title: As soon as the Dragon has made himself fast to the spear, which you… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: As soon as the Dragon has made himself fast to the spear, which you must thrust through his jaws, you must spring quickly from the iron horse and fasten the ends of the chains firmly to the ground with iron stakes, so that he cannot get away from them. Who acts: spear, you, length. 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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 (spear, you, length), 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:pg640:5:142 # text = As soon as the Dragon has made himself fast to the spear, which you must thrust through his jaws, you must spring quickly from the iron horse and fasten the ends of the chains firmly to the ground with iron stakes, so that he cannot get away from them. 1 As as ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 7 advmod _ _ 3 as as SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Dragon Dragon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 6 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 8 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 7 obj _ _ 9 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 7 advmod _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 spear spear NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 17 nsubj _ _ 15 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 thrust thrust VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 acl:relcl _ _ 18 through through ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 jaws jaw NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 spring spring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 parataxis _ _ 25 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 26 from from ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 iron iron NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 compound _ _ 29 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 fasten fasten VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 conj _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 ends end NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obj _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 chains chain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 nmod _ _ 37 firmly firmly ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 38 to to ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 41 with with ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 iron iron NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 compound _ _ 43 stakes stake NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 45 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 50 mark _ _ 46 that that SCONJ IN _ 45 fixed _ _ 47 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 48 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 49 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 50 advmod _ _ 50 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 conj _ _ 51 away away ADV RB _ 50 advmod _ _ 52 from from ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present · perfect · passive | | the Dragon | | | | to the spear; fast, soon *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary himself=Product | | 2 | **thrust** | must | the spear | | | length's jaws | | | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent through jaw=Trajectory | | 3 | **spring** | must | you | | | | | from the iron horse; quickly *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from horse=Trajectory | | 4 | **fasten** | infinitive | you *not said here* | the ends of the chains | | | | to the ground with iron stakes | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent end=Patient to ground=Co-Patient | | 5 | **not** **get away** | can | length | | | | | from chains *= chain*; away *property* | vn withdraw-82-2 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent from they=Source | 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 141](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/5/141/) - next →: [sentence 143](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/5/143/) - ↑ back to [The Dragon of the North(2)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/5/)