--- title: This dreadful spectacle seemed to take away his senses, and all day… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: This dreadful spectacle seemed to take away his senses, and all day long he wandered about, without knowing where he was going, till, in the evening, he noticed some smoke from a little hut of turf near by. Who acts: dreadful spectacle, head. 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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 (dreadful spectacle, head), 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:pg3282:24:42 # text = This dreadful spectacle seemed to take away his senses, and all day long he wandered about, without knowing where he was going, till, in the evening, he noticed some smoke from a little hut of turf near by. 1 This this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 det _ _ 2 dreadful dreadful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 spectacle spectacle NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 away away ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 senses sens NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 12 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 13 det _ _ 13 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl:unmarked _ _ 14 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 16 advmod _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 wandered wander VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 17 about about ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 without without SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 20 knowing know VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 advcl _ _ 21 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 24 advmod _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 20 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 26 till till ADP IN _ 30 case _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 noticed notice VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 34 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 35 det _ _ 35 smoke smoke NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 36 from from ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 hut hut NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 turf turf NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ _ 42 near near ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 43 by by ADP IN _ 42 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **seem** | past | this dreadful spectacle | | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | | 2 | **take away** | to-infinitive | this dreadful spectacle *not said here* | head's senses | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sens=Theme | | 3 | **wander** | past | head | | | | day | about, long *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **know** | gerund | head *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **go** | past · progressive | head | | | | evening | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **notice** | past | head | some smoke | | a little hut of turf | | near *property* | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer smoke=Stimulus | 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 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/24/41/) - next →: [sentence 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/24/43/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/24/)