--- title: He could not help feeling frightened, but he hated giving up anythin… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He could not help feeling frightened, but he hated giving up anything that he had once undertaken, and, fastening the ball on his right foot, he ventured on the river. Who acts: sight. 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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 (sight), 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:pg3282:7:6 # text = He could not help feeling frightened, but he hated giving up anything that he had once undertaken, and, fastening the ball on his right foot, he ventured on the river. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 feeling feel VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 xcomp _ _ 6 frightened frighten VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 but but CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 hated hate VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 11 giving give VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 10 xcomp _ _ 12 up up ADP RP _ 11 compound:prt _ _ 13 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 11 obj _ _ 14 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 18 nsubj:pass _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 16 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 17 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 18 advmod _ _ 18 undertaken undertake VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 fastening fasten VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 31 ccomp _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 ball ball NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 25 on on ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 27 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 ventured venture VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 32 on on ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **help** | could | sight | | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **feel** *not said to happen* | gerund | sight *not said here* | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **frighten** | participle | sight *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **hate** | past | sight | | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 5 | **give up** *not said to happen* | gerund | sight *not said here* | anything | | | | | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Source | | 6 | **undertake** | past · perfect · passive | | | | | | once *property* | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 7 | **fasten** | gerund | sight *not said here* | the ball | | | | on sight's right foot | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent ball=Patient on foot=Co-Patient | | 8 | **venture** | past | sight | | | the river | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | 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 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/7/5/) - next →: [sentence 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/7/7/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/7/)