--- title: And as I am not feeling very well, and am afraid to start while the… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: And as I am not feeling very well, and am afraid to start while the sun is so high lest I should get a sunstroke, if you like, I will come a little nearer and tell you his story.’ Who acts: I, feeling, you. 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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 (I, feeling, you), 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:pg3454:5:96 # text = And as I am not feeling very well, and am afraid to start while the sun is so high lest I should get a sunstroke, if you like, I will come a little nearer and tell you his story.’ 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 2 as as SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 feeling feel VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 20 csubj _ _ 7 very very ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 12 afraid afraid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 advcl _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 start start VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 xcomp _ _ 15 while while SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 18 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 19 so so ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 21 lest lest SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 22 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 advcl _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 sunstroke sunstroke NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 28 if if SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 29 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 like like VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 32 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 conj _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 little little ADV RB Degree=Pos 37 advmod _ _ 37 nearer near ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 34 xcomp _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 conj _ _ 40 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 39 iobj _ _ 41 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 20 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **feel** | present · progressive | I | | | | | well *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **is** | present | I *not said here* | | | | | afraid *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **start** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | the sun | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sun=Eventuality | | 4 | **is** | present | feeling | | | | | high *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **get** | should | I | a sunstroke | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sunstroke=Stimulus | | 6 | **like** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 7 | **come** | future | I | | | | | near *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive | I *not said here* | donkey's story | you | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient story=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 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 95](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/5/95/) - next →: [sentence 97](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/5/97/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/5/)