--- title: He was rather surprised, but much pleased, to find that he was alway… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He was rather surprised, but much pleased, to find that he was always one of those chosen when any difficult or dangerous enterprise was afoot; and, although he had the narrowest escapes on some occasions, still, the very desperateness of the situations in which he found himself gave him special cha --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/33/93/) [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 Brown Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/) / [Story Of The King Who Would Be Stronge…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/33/) / 93 # The Brown Fairy Book, Story Of The King Who Would Be Stronger Than Fate, sentence 93 He was rather surprised, but much pleased, to find that he was always one of those chosen when any difficult or dangerous enterprise was afoot; and, although he had the narrowest escapes on some occasions, still, the very desperateness of the situations in which he found himself gave him special chances of displaying his courage. **Who acts:** Nur, difficult enterprise, desperateness, special chances · **What happens:** be, find, choose, have, give, display · **To what, where:** one, narrowest escapes, occasions, Nur, desperateness, special chances · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Story Of The King Who Would Be Stronger Than Fate. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Nur, difficult enterprise, desperateness, special chances), 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:pg3282:33:93 # text = He was rather surprised, but much pleased, to find that he was always one of those chosen when any difficult or dangerous enterprise was afoot; and, although he had the narrowest escapes on some occasions, still, the very desperateness of the situations in which he found himself gave him special chances of displaying his courage. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 rather rather ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 surprised surprised ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 but but CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 much much ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 pleased pleased ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 12 that that SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 14 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 15 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 16 advmod _ _ 16 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 11 ccomp _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 16 nmod _ _ 19 chosen choose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 acl _ _ 20 when when SCONJ WRB _ 27 mark _ _ 21 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 25 det _ _ 22 difficult difficult ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 23 or or CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 dangerous dangerous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 conj _ _ 25 enterprise enterprise NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 26 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 27 afoot afoot ADV RB _ 19 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 54 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 31 although although SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 54 advcl _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 narrowest narrow ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 36 amod _ _ 36 escapes escape NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obj _ _ 37 on on ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 39 det _ _ 39 occasions occasion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 41 still still ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 very very ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 45 desperateness desperateness NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 nsubj _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 situations situation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 nmod _ _ 49 in in ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 52 obl _ _ 51 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 52 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 acl _ _ 53 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 52 obj _ _ 54 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 55 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 iobj _ _ 56 special special ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 57 amod _ _ 57 chances chance NOUN NNS Number=Plur 54 obj _ _ 58 of of SCONJ IN _ 59 mark _ _ 59 displaying display VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 57 acl _ _ 60 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 61 nmod:poss _ _ 61 courage courage NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 62 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | Nur | | | | | surprised *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | | Nur *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **find** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is a** | past | Nur | one | | | | of those; always *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **choose** | participle | | | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is** | past | any difficult enterprise | | | | | afoot *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **have** | past | Nur | the narrowest escapes | | some occasions | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent escape=Patient | | 8 | **find** | past | Nur | Nur | | the desperateness of the situations | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Topic | | 9 | **give** | past | the desperateness of the situations | special chances | Nur | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient chance=Theme | | 10 | **display** | gerund | special chances *not said here* | Nur's courage | | | | | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent courage=Theme | 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 92](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/33/92/) - next →: [sentence 94](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/33/94/) - ↑ back to [Story Of The King Who Would Be Stronger Than Fate](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/33/)