--- title: All the fish kept dancing, too; Maurice heard the clatter and was af… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: All the fish kept dancing, too; Maurice heard the clatter and was afraid to stop playing lest it might be displeasing to the fish, and not knowing what so many of them may take it into their heads to do to him if they got vexed. Who acts: fish, Maurice, clatter, many. 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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 (fish, Maurice, clatter, many), 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:pg3454:18:56 # text = All the fish kept dancing, too; Maurice heard the clatter and was afraid to stop playing lest it might be displeasing to the fish, and not knowing what so many of them may take it into their heads to do to him if they got vexed. 1 All all DET PDT PronType=Tot 3 det:predet _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 fish fish NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 dancing dance VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 too too ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ; ; PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 Maurice Maurice PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 clatter clatter NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 15 afraid afraid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 conj _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 xcomp _ _ 18 playing play VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 17 xcomp _ _ 19 lest lest SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 20 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 21 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 22 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 23 aux _ _ 23 displeasing displease VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 18 ccomp _ _ 24 to to ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 30 advmod _ _ 30 knowing know VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ _ 31 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 37 obj _ _ 32 so so ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 nsubj _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nmod _ _ 36 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 ccomp _ _ 38 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 into into ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 heads head NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obl _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 advcl _ _ 44 to to ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obl _ _ 46 if if SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 47 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 48 got get AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 aux:pass _ _ 49 vexed vex VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 43 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | past | all fish | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **dance** | gerund | all fish *not said here* | | | | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **hear** | past | Maurice | the clatter | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer clatter=Stimulus | | 4 | **is** | past | Maurice *not said here* | | | | | afraid *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **stop** | to-infinitive | Maurice *not said here* | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 6 | **play** | gerund | Maurice *not said here* | | | | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 7 | **displease** | might · progressive | clatter | | | | | to the fish | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP-PRO-ARB»: agent=Stimulus | | 8 | **not** **know** | gerund | Maurice *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 9 | **take** | may | many of lips | clatter | | lips's heads | | | tree rules | | 10 | **do** | to-infinitive | many of lips *not said here* | | Maurice | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **vex** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · passive | | lips *= lip* | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | 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 Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3454 (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 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/18/55/) - next →: [sentence 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/18/57/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/18/)