--- title: All this succeeded according to his desire; for, the Ogre waking abo… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: All this succeeded according to his desire; for, the Ogre waking about midnight, and sorry that he deferred to do that till morning which he might have done over-night, threw himself hastily out of bed, and, taking his great knife, Who acts: this, Ogre. 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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 (this, Ogre), 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:pg503:33:96 # text = All this succeeded according to his desire; for, the Ogre waking about midnight, and sorry that he deferred to do that till morning which he might have done over-night, threw himself hastily out of bed, and, taking his great knife, 1 All all DET PDT PronType=Tot 3 det:predet _ _ 2 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 nsubj _ _ 3 succeeded succeed VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 case _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 4 fixed _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 desire desire NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ; ; PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 9 for for ADP IN _ 12 case _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 Ogre ogre NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 13 waking wake VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 12 acl _ _ 14 about about ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 midnight midnight NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 sorry sorry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ 19 that that SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 deferred defer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 ccomp _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 xcomp _ _ 24 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 23 obj _ _ 25 till till ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 27 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 31 obj _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 29 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 30 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 31 aux _ _ 31 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 26 acl:relcl _ _ 32 over-night over-night ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 34 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 35 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 34 obj _ _ 36 hastily hastily ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 37 out out ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 43 taking take VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 44 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 45 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 knife knife NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **succeed** | past | this | | | | | accord ogre's desire; for the Ogre | vn succeed-74-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **wake** | gerund | the Ogre *not said here* | | | | midnight | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **defer** | past | ogre | | | | | | vn delay-53.3-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 5 | **do** | to-infinitive | ogre *not said here* | that | | | morning | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Eventuality | | 6 | **do** | might · perfect | ogre | morning | | | | over-night *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Eventuality | | 7 | **throw** | past | this *not said here* | ogre | | bed | | hastily *property* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent himself=Theme out bed=Initial\_Location | | 8 | **take** | gerund | this *not said here* | ogre's great knife | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knife=Theme | | 9 | **desire** | | ogre | | | | | | nom desire «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 95](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/33/95/) - next →: [sentence 97](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/33/97/) - ↑ back to [Little Thumb](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/33/)