--- title: There he kept playing and dancing on as if nothing was the matter, a… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: There he kept playing and dancing on as if nothing was the matter, and a great thundering wave coming in towards him ready to swallow him up alive; but as he could not see it, he did not fear it. Who acts: Maurice, nothing, great thundering wave. 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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 (Maurice, nothing, great thundering wave), 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:pg3454:18:66 # text = There he kept playing and dancing on as if nothing was the matter, and a great thundering wave coming in towards him ready to swallow him up alive; but as he could not see it, he did not fear it. 1 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 3 expl _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 playing play VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 xcomp _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 dancing dance VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 conj _ _ 7 on on ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ _ 8 as as SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 9 if if SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 10 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 13 nsubj _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 matter matter NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 17 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 18 thundering thundering NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 compound _ _ 19 wave wave NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 20 coming come VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 19 acl _ _ 21 in in ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 22 towards towards ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obl _ _ 24 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 advcl _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 swallow swallow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 xcomp _ _ 27 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 up up ADP RP _ 26 compound:prt _ _ 29 alive alive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ; ; PUNCT : _ 42 punct _ _ 31 but but CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 32 as as SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 34 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 35 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 36 advmod _ _ 36 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 advcl _ _ 37 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 40 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 41 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 42 advmod _ _ 42 fear fear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 43 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | past | Maurice | | | there | | | tree rules | | 2 | **play** | gerund | Maurice *not said here* | | | | | | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **dance on** | gerund | Maurice *not said here* | | | | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **is a** | past | nothing | the matter | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **come in** | gerund | a great thundering wave *not said here* | | | | | towards Maurice | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme towards he=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **swallow up** | to-infinitive | Maurice *not said here* | Maurice | | | | alive *property* | vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 7 | **not** **see** | could | Maurice | matter | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | | 8 | **not** **fear** | past · do-support | Maurice | matter | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=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 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 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/18/65/) - next →: [sentence 67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/18/67/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/18/)