--- title: Then the truth dawned on him; and, crushing the table between his ha… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then the truth dawned on him; and, crushing the table between his hands, he turned to the chamberlain, who, bewildered and half-frightened, was wondering how to get away. Who acts: truth, chamberlain. 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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 (truth, chamberlain), 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:pg3027:20:82 # text = Then the truth dawned on him; and, crushing the table between his hands, he turned to the chamberlain, who, bewildered and half-frightened, was wondering how to get away. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 truth truth NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 dawned dawn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ; ; PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 crushing crush VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 18 advcl _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 table table NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 between between ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 19 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 chamberlain chamberlain NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 25 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 25 bewildered bewilder VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 acl:relcl _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 27 half half NOUN NN Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 29 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 28 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 frightened frighten VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 wondering wonder VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 18 advcl _ _ 33 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 35 advmod _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 xcomp _ _ 36 away away ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dawn** | participle | the truth | | | | then | on Jack | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on he=Location | | 2 | **crush** | gerund | truth *not said here* | the table | | | | between Jack's hands | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent table=Patient | | 3 | **turn** | past | truth | | | the chamberlain | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to chamberlain=Trajectory | | 4 | **bewilder** | past | the chamberlain | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **frighten** | participle | the chamberlain *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **wonder** *speech: ask* | past · progressive | truth *not said here* | | | | | | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 7 | **get away** | to-infinitive | truth *not said here* | | | | | away *property* | vn withdraw-82-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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 Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3027 (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 81](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/20/81/) - next →: [sentence 83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/20/83/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/20/)