--- title: Here am I imprisoned under the earth, with no company but sheep and… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Here am I imprisoned under the earth, with no company but sheep and shadows, while my sister is to be adorned like a queen and surrounded by all who love and admire her, and everyone but myself can go to wish her joy!” Who acts: everyone, sister. 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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 (everyone, sister), 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:pg503:31:62 # text = Here am I imprisoned under the earth, with no company but sheep and shadows, while my sister is to be adorned like a queen and surrounded by all who love and admire her, and everyone but myself can go to wish her joy!” 1 Here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 imprisoned imprison VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 42 advcl _ _ 5 under under ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 with with ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 11 det _ _ 11 company company NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 parataxis _ _ 12 but but CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 sheep sheep NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 conj _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 shadows shadow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 17 while while SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 18 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj:pass _ _ 20 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 22 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 23 aux:pass _ _ 23 adorned adorn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 24 like like ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 surrounded surround VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 conj _ _ 29 by by ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 28 obl:agent _ _ 31 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 32 nsubj _ _ 32 love love VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 acl:relcl _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 admire admire VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 conj _ _ 35 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 38 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 42 nsubj _ _ 39 but but CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 38 conj _ _ 41 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 44 wish wish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 xcomp _ _ 45 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 joy joy NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ! ! PUNCT . _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ” " PUNCT '' _ 42 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **imprison** | present · passive | | I | | the earth; here | | | vn pocket-9.10 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme under earth=Destination | | 2 | **adorn** | present · passive | | my sister | | | | like a queen | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Destination | | 3 | **surround** | participle | | | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **love** | present | | | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **admire** | infinitive | | sister | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | | 6 | **go** | can | everyone | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **wish** | to-infinitive | everyone *not said here* | sister's joy | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot joy=Theme | | 8 | **joy** | | sister | | | | | | nom joy «feeling transitive»: poss=agent | 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 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/31/61/) - next →: [sentence 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/31/63/) - ↑ back to [The Wonderful Sheep, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/31/)