--- title: For some minutes he was too stunned by the treachery of his friend t… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: For some minutes he was too stunned by the treachery of his friend to think about anything at all, but after a while he shook himself awake, and determined that he would manage to keep alive somehow, if it were only to revenge himself. Who acts: treachery, comrade. 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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 (treachery, comrade), 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:pg3282:20:17 # text = For some minutes he was too stunned by the treachery of his friend to think about anything at all, but after a while he shook himself awake, and determined that he would manage to keep alive somehow, if it were only to revenge himself. 1 For for ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 3 det _ _ 3 minutes minute NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 6 too too ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 stunned stun VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 8 by by ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 treachery treachery NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 advcl _ _ 16 about about ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 15 obl _ _ 18 at at ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 21 but but CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 22 after after ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 while while NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 shook shake VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 27 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 26 obj _ _ 28 awake awake ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 determined determine VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 32 that that SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 manage manage VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 ccomp _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 xcomp _ _ 38 alive alive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 xcomp _ _ 39 somehow somehow ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 41 if if SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 42 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 43 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 cop _ _ 44 only only ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 45 to to PART TO _ 46 mark _ _ 46 revenge revenge NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 47 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes 46 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stun** | past · passive | the treachery of comrade's friend | comrade | | | minute | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | the treachery of comrade's friend *not said here* | | | | | about anything | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about anything=Topic | | 3 | **shake** | past | comrade | comrade | | | while | awake *property* | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent himself=Patient | | 4 | **determine** | past | comrade *not said here* | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 5 | **manage** | would | comrade | | | | | | vn succeed-74-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 6 | **keep** | to-infinitive | comrade *not said here* | | | | | alive, somehow *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is a** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | treachery | revenge | | | | comrade *nmod:unmarked* | tree rules | 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 Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3282 (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 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/20/16/) - next →: [sentence 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/20/18/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/20/)