--- title: Peronnik’s heart beat high at the thought that he had reached safely… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Peronnik’s heart beat high at the thought that he had reached safely the second trial, and he gazed quite calmly at the lion with the mane of vipers twisting and twirling, who walked up and down in front of the grove. Who acts: heart, vipers, mane. 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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 (heart, vipers, mane), 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:pg3454:27:44 # text = Peronnik’s heart beat high at the thought that he had reached safely the second trial, and he gazed quite calmly at the lion with the mane of vipers twisting and twirling, who walked up and down in front of the grove. 1 Peronnik Peronnik PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ’s 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 3 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 beat beat VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 high high ADV RB Degree=Pos 4 advmod _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 thought thought NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 9 that that SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 reached reach VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 8 acl:relcl _ _ 13 safely safely ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 16 amod _ _ 16 trial trial NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 gazed gaze VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 21 quite quite ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 calmly calmly ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 23 at at ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 lion lion NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 26 with with ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 mane mane NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 vipers viper NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nmod _ _ 31 twisting twist VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 30 acl _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 twirling twirl VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 31 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 36 nsubj _ _ 36 walked walk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 acl:relcl _ _ 37 up up ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 down down ADV RB _ 37 conj _ _ 40 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 front front NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 grove grove NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **beat** | present | Peronnik's heart | | | the thought | | high *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at thought=Location | | 2 | **reach** | past · perfect | heart | the second trial | | | | safely *property* | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent thought=Theme | | 3 | **gaze** | past | heart | | | | | at the lion; with the mane of vipers; calmly *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at lion=Theme | | 4 | **twist** | gerund | vipers *not said here* | | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **twirl** | gerund | vipers *not said here* | | | | | | vn coil-9.6-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **walk** | past | the mane of vipers | | | front of the grove | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in front=Trajectory | 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 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/27/43/) - next →: [sentence 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/27/45/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/27/)