--- title: Nothing daunted, however, he went on and on, till he perceived that… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Nothing daunted, however, he went on and on, till he perceived that he was entering a valley with great rocky mountains on all sides, and that his horse was getting very tired and trembled at every stride. Who acts: king, horse. 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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 (king, horse), 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:pg3282:33:10 # text = Nothing daunted, however, he went on and on, till he perceived that he was entering a valley with great rocky mountains on all sides, and that his horse was getting very tired and trembled at every stride. 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 2 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 daunted daunt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 4 however however ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 8 on on ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 on on ADV RB _ 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 till till SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 perceived perceive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 15 that that SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 entering enter VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 advcl _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 valley valley NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 21 with with ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 23 rocky rocky ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 mountains mountain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obl _ _ 25 on on ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 27 det _ _ 27 sides side NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 30 that that SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 31 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 33 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 getting get VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 conj _ _ 35 very very ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 tired tired ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 xcomp _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 trembled tremble VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 conj _ _ 39 at at ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 41 det _ _ 41 stride stride NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **daunt** | participle · passive | | Nothing | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 2 | **go** | past | king | | | | | however *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **perceive** | past | king | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **enter** | past · progressive | king | a valley | | | | with great rocky mountains on all sides | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme valley=Destination | | 5 | **get** | past · progressive | king's horse | | | | | tired *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **tremble** | participle | king's horse *not said here* | | | every stride | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at stride=Location | 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 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/33/9/) - next →: [sentence 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/33/11/) - ↑ back to [Story Of The King Who Would Be Stronger Than Fate](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/33/)