--- title: Charming knew he could not be far from the Gloomy Cavern, and on loo… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Charming knew he could not be far from the Gloomy Cavern, and on looking about him he saw a black hideous rock from which came a thick smoke, followed in a moment by one of the dragons with fire blazing from his mouth and eyes. Who acts: Charming, man, black hideous rock, fire. 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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 (Charming, man, black hideous rock, fire), 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:pg503:28:157 # text = Charming knew he could not be far from the Gloomy Cavern, and on looking about him he saw a black hideous rock from which came a thick smoke, followed in a moment by one of the dragons with fire blazing from his mouth and eyes. 1 Charming Charming PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 4 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 5 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 11 advmod _ _ 6 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 11 cop _ _ 7 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 11 advmod _ _ 8 from from ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 Gloomy Gloomy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 Cavern Cavern PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 14 on on SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 15 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 19 advcl _ _ 16 about about ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obl _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 21 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 22 hideous hideous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 rock rock NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 24 from from ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 26 nsubj _ _ 26 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 acl:relcl _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 thick thick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 smoke smoke NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 31 followed follow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 acl _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 35 by by ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 31 obl _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 dragons dragon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nmod _ _ 40 with with ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ _ 42 blazing blaze VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 41 acl _ _ 43 from from ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | past | Charming | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **not** **is** | could | man | | | the Gloomy Cavern | | far *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **look** | gerund | man *not said here* | | | | | about man | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent about he=Theme | | 4 | **see** | past | man | a black hideous rock | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer rock=Stimulus | | 5 | **come** | past | a black hideous rock | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **follow** | participle | | a thick smoke *not said here* | | | moment | by one of the dragons with fire | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by one=Location | | 7 | **blaze** | gerund | fire *not said here* | | | man's mouth and eyes | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 503 (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 156](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/28/156/) - next →: [sentence 158](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/28/158/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Pretty Goldilocks](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/28/)