--- title: The new fish felt a little afraid of taking such a journey; but as s… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The new fish felt a little afraid of taking such a journey; but as she was still more afraid of being left alone, she waved her tail in token of consent, and off they all set, hundreds of them together. Who acts: new fish, queen. A sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 25 --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/25/28/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Orange Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/) / [Opening, part 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/25/) / 28 # The Orange Fairy Book, Opening, part 25, sentence 28 The new fish felt a little afraid of taking such a journey; but as she was still more afraid of being left alone, she waved her tail in token of consent, and off they all set, hundreds of them together. **Who acts:** new fish, queen · **What happens:** feel, take, be, leave, wave, set · **To what, where:** journey, tail, hundreds This is a sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 25. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (new fish, queen), 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:pg3027:25:28 # text = The new fish felt a little afraid of taking such a journey; but as she was still more afraid of being left alone, she waved her tail in token of consent, and off they all set, hundreds of them together. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 obl:unmarked _ _ 7 afraid afraid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ 8 of of SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 9 taking take VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 10 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 12 det:predet _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 journey journey NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 14 but but CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 15 as as SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 16 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 17 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 18 still still ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 19 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 20 advmod _ _ 20 afraid afraid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 advcl _ _ 21 of of SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 22 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 23 aux:pass _ _ 23 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 advcl _ _ 24 alone alone ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 26 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 waved wave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 28 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 30 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 token token NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 consent consent NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 36 off off ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obl _ _ 38 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 39 advmod _ _ 39 set set VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Typo=Yes|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 41 hundreds hundred NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obj _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nmod _ _ 44 together together ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **feel** | past | the new fish | | | | | afraid *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **take** | gerund | the new fish *not said here* | such journey | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent journey=Theme | | 3 | **is** | past | queen | | | | still | afraid *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **leave** | gerund · passive | queen *not said here* | | | | | alone *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V» | | 5 | **wave** | past | queen | queen's tail | | | | in token of consent | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent tail=Patient in token=Theme | | 6 | **set** | present | queen *not said here* | hundreds of hundreds | | | | off waves *= wave* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient hundred=Result | 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 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/25/27/) - next →: [sentence 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/25/29/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/25/)