--- title: At first our little fish felt as if she were blind also, but by-and-… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: At first our little fish felt as if she were blind also, but by-and-by she began to make out one object after another in the green dimness, and by the time she had swum for a few hours all became clear. Who acts: little fish, creature. A sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Opening, p --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/25/36/) [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/) / 36 # The Orange Fairy Book, Opening, part 25, sentence 36 At first our little fish felt as if she were blind also, but by-and-by she began to make out one object after another in the green dimness, and by the time she had swum for a few hours all became clear. **Who acts:** little fish, creature · **What happens:** feel, be, begin, make out, swim, become · **To what, where:** one object, green dimness 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 (little fish, creature), 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:pg3027:25:36 # text = At first our little fish felt as if she were blind also, but by-and-by she began to make out one object after another in the green dimness, and by the time she had swum for a few hours all became clear. 1 At at ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 6 obl _ _ 3 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 4 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 felt feel VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 as as SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 8 if if SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 9 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 11 blind blind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 advcl _ _ 12 also also ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 14 but but CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 15 by by SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 16 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 18 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 by by ADP IN _ 15 fixed _ _ 20 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 xcomp _ _ 24 out out ADP RP _ 23 compound:prt _ _ 25 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 26 nummod _ _ 26 object object NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 27 after after ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 23 obl _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 dimness dimness NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 35 by by ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 38 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 swum swim VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 21 conj _ _ 41 for for ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 hours hour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obl _ _ 45 all all ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 46 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 advcl _ _ 47 clear clear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **feel** | participle | our little fish | | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent at first=Location | | 2 | **is** | past | creature | | | | | blind *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **begin** | past | creature | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **make out** | to-infinitive | creature *not said here* | one object | | the green dimness | after another | | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer object=Stimulus | | 5 | **swim** | past · perfect | creature | | | | hour; time | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **become** | past | creature *not said here* | | | | | all, clear *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=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 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/25/35/) - next →: [sentence 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/25/37/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/25/)