--- title: The idiot ventured to peep out, and found to his relief that the enc… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The idiot ventured to peep out, and found to his relief that the enchantments seemed to have ended, though a thrill of horror shot through him as he noticed the skeletons of men scattered over the plain, beside the skeletons of their horses. Who acts: idiot, enchantments, thrill. 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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 (idiot, enchantments, thrill), 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:pg3454:27:18 # text = The idiot ventured to peep out, and found to his relief that the enchantments seemed to have ended, though a thrill of horror shot through him as he noticed the skeletons of men scattered over the plain, beside the skeletons of their horses. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 idiot idiot NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 ventured venture VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 peep peep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 out out ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 relief relief NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 13 that that SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 enchantments enchantment NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nsubj _ _ 16 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 acl:relcl _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 18 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 19 aux _ _ 19 ended end VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 16 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 21 though though SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 thrill thrill NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 horror horror NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ _ 26 shot shoot VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 27 through through ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obl _ _ 29 as as SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 noticed notice VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 advcl _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 skeletons skeleton NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obj _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 nmod _ _ 36 scattered scatter VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 acl _ _ 37 over over ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 plain plain NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 beside beside ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 skeletons skeleton NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obl _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 horses horse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **venture** | past | the idiot | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **peep out** | to-infinitive | the idiot *not said here* | | | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **find** | past | | | | | | to idiot's relief | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **seem** | past | the enchantments | idiot's relief *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **end** | to-infinitive · perfect | the enchantments *not said here* | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 6 | **shoot** | past | a thrill of horror | | | | | through idiot | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent through he=Destination | | 7 | **notice** | past | thrill | the skeletons of men | | the skeletons of skeletons's horses | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer skeleton=Stimulus | | 8 | **scatter** | participle | | men *not said here* | | the plain | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme over plain=Destination | | 9 | **thrill** | | | horror | | | | | nom thrill «feeling transitive»: of=patient | 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 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/27/17/) - next →: [sentence 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/27/19/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/27/)