--- title: At length he slowly began to gain strength, but his sorrow was still… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: At length he slowly began to gain strength, but his sorrow was still so great that he could not bear the sight of a strange face, and shuddered at the notion of taking his proper part in the court ceremonies. Who acts: prince, sorrow, notion. 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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, sorrow, notion), 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:pg3027:23:78 # text = At length he slowly began to gain strength, but his sorrow was still so great that he could not bear the sight of a strange face, and shuddered at the notion of taking his proper part in the court ceremonies. 1 At at ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 length length NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 slowly slowly ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 gain gain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 strength strength NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 10 but but CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 sorrow sorrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 13 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 14 still still ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 15 so so ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 16 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 obl _ _ 17 that that SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 19 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 20 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 21 advmod _ _ 21 bear bear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 advcl _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 strange strange ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 shuddered shudder VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 31 at at ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 notion notion NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 34 of of SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 35 taking take VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 33 acl _ _ 36 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 37 proper proper ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 compound _ _ 42 ceremonies ceremony NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **begin** | past | prince | | | length | | slowly *property* | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **gain** | to-infinitive | prince *not said here* | strength | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent strength=Theme | | 3 | **is** | past | prince's sorrow | | | | still | great *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **not** **bear** | could | prince | the sight of a strange face | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sight=Patient | | 5 | **shudder** | participle | prince *not said here* | | | | | at the notion | vn body\_internal\_states-40.6 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer at notion=Stimulus | | 6 | **take** | gerund | the notion *not said here* | prince's proper part | | the court ceremonies | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent part=Value in ceremony=Location | | 7 | **sorrow** | | prince | | | | | | nom sorrow «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent | | 8 | **sight** | | | a strange face | | | | | nom sight «cognition transitive»: of=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 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 77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/23/77/) - next →: [sentence 79](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/23/79/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/23/)