--- title: After having somewhat recovered her surprise, she took up the key, l… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: After having somewhat recovered her surprise, she took up the key, locked the door, and went upstairs into her chamber to recover herself; but she could not, she was so much frightened. Who acts: floor. 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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 (floor), 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:pg503:40:26 # text = After having somewhat recovered her surprise, she took up the key, locked the door, and went upstairs into her chamber to recover herself; but she could not, she was so much frightened. 1 After after SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 having have VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ _ 3 somewhat somewhat ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 recovered recover VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 5 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 surprise surprise NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 8 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 up up ADP RP _ 9 compound:prt _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 key key NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 locked lock VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 20 upstairs upstairs ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 21 into into ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 chamber chamber NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 recover recover VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 advcl _ _ 26 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 28 but but CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 31 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 30 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 33 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj:pass _ _ 34 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux:pass _ _ 35 so so ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 much much ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 37 frightened frighten VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 38 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | gerund | floor *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **recover** | past | floor *not said here* | floor's surprise | | | | somewhat *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent surprise=Theme | | 3 | **take up** | past | floor | the key | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent key=Theme | | 4 | **lock** | past | floor *not said here* | the door | | | | | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Patient | | 5 | **go** | past | floor *not said here* | | | floor's chamber | | upstairs *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into chamber=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **recover** | to-infinitive | floor *not said here* | floor | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent herself=Theme | | 7 | **frighten** | could · passive | | floor | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 8 | **surprise** | | floor | | | | | | nom surprise «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 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/40/25/) - next →: [sentence 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/40/27/) - ↑ back to [Blue Beard](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/40/)