--- title: He was so uneasy lest he should lose something of his splendor, that… — Andersen's Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: He was so uneasy lest he should lose something of his splendor, that he was quite bewildered amidst the glare and brightness; when suddenly both folding-doors opened and a troop of children rushed in as if they would upset the Tree. Who acts: Tree, folding doors, doors. 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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 (Tree, folding doors, doors), 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:pg1597:10:96 # text = He was so uneasy lest he should lose something of his splendor, that he was quite bewildered amidst the glare and brightness; when suddenly both folding-doors opened and a troop of children rushed in as if they would upset the Tree. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 so so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 uneasy uneasy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 lest lest SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 lose lose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 9 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 8 obj _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 splendor splendor NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 14 that that SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 16 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux:pass _ _ 17 quite quite ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 bewildered bewilder VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 conj _ _ 19 amidst amidst ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 glare glare NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 brightness brightness NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 25 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 26 advmod _ _ 26 suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 27 both both DET DT PronType=Tot 30 det _ _ 28 folding folding NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 29 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 doors door NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nsubj _ _ 31 opened open VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 troop troop NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 conj _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 nmod _ _ 37 rushed rush VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 acl _ _ 38 in in ADP RP _ 37 compound:prt _ _ 39 as as SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 40 if if SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 41 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 42 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 upset upset VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 advcl _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 Tree Tree PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | Tree | | | | | uneasy *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **lose** | should | Tree | something | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Eventuality | | 3 | **bewilder** | past · passive | | Tree | | | | amidst the glare and brightness | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 4 | **open** | past | both folding doors | | | | | suddenly *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **rush in** | participle | | children *not said here* | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **upset** | would | doors *= door* | the Tree | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus tree=Experiencer | 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:** «Andersen's Fairy Tales» by H. C. Andersen, Project Gutenberg book 1597 (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 95](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/10/95/) - next →: [sentence 97](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/10/97/) - ↑ back to [The Fir Tree](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/10/)