--- title: When the dragon had finished, Stan began to look about him, and, cho… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When the dragon had finished, Stan began to look about him, and, choosing the biggest of the trees, he climbed up it, and, breaking off a long rope of wild vine, bound the top of the tree to the one next it. Who acts: Stan. 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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 (Stan), 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:pg641:13:140 # text = When the dragon had finished, Stan began to look about him, and, choosing the biggest of the trees, he climbed up it, and, breaking off a long rope of wild vine, bound the top of the tree to the one next it. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 finished finish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 7 Stan Stan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ _ 11 about about ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 choosing choose VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 biggest big ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 16 obj _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 climbed climb VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 25 up up ADP RP _ 24 compound:prt _ _ 26 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 30 breaking break VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 47 csubj _ _ 31 off off ADP RP _ 30 compound:prt _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 rope rope NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 wild wild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 vine vine NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 bound bound ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ _ 45 to to ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 parataxis _ _ 48 next next ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 49 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **finish** | past · perfect · passive | | the dragon | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: subject=Eventuality | | 2 | **begin** | past | Stan | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **look** | to-infinitive | Stan *not said here* | | | | | about Stan | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent about he=Theme | | 4 | **choose** | gerund | Stan *not said here* | the biggest | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent big=Theme | | 5 | **climb up** | past | Stan | dragon | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location it=Theme | | 6 | **break off** | gerund | | a long rope of wild vine | | | | bound the top of the tree | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer rope=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 Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 641 (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 139](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/13/139/) - next →: [sentence 141](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/13/141/) - ↑ back to [Stan Bolovan](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/13/)