--- title: I was in the utmost astonishment, and roared so loud that they all r… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: I was in the utmost astonishment, and roared so loud that they all ran back in a fright; and some of them were hurt with the falls they got by leaping from my sides upon the ground. Who acts: I, eyes. A sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Chapter I, with its dependency tree and the pra --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/43/27/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Blue Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/) / [Chapter I](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/43/) / 27 # The Blue Fairy Book, Chapter I, sentence 27 I was in the utmost astonishment, and roared so loud that they all ran back in a fright; and some of them were hurt with the falls they got by leaping from my sides upon the ground. **Who acts:** I, eyes · **What happens:** be, roar, run back, hurt, get, leap · **To what, where:** utmost astonishment, fright, some, falls, sides This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Chapter I. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, eyes), 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:pg503:43:27 # text = I was in the utmost astonishment, and roared so loud that they all ran back in a fright; and some of them were hurt with the falls they got by leaping from my sides upon the ground. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 utmost utmost ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 astonishment astonishment NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 roared roar VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 10 so so ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 loud loud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 xcomp _ _ 12 that that SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 13 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 13 det _ _ 15 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 advcl _ _ 16 back back ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 fright fright NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 22 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 26 nsubj:pass _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nmod _ _ 25 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux:pass _ _ 26 hurt hurt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 conj _ _ 27 with with ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 falls fall NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obl _ _ 30 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 acl:relcl _ _ 32 by by SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 33 leaping leap VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 31 advcl _ _ 34 from from ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 sides side NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obl _ _ 37 upon upon ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | I | | | the utmost astonishment | | | tree rules | | 2 | **roar** | past | | | | | | loud *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **run back** | past | eyes *= eye* | | | a fright | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in fright=Trajectory | | 4 | **hurt** | past · passive | | some | | | | with the falls | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 5 | **get** | past | eyes *= eye* | the falls *not said here* | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer fall=Stimulus | | 6 | **leap** | gerund | eyes *= eye* *not said here* | | | my sides | | upon the ground | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from side=Trajectory | 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 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/43/26/) - next →: [sentence 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/43/28/) - ↑ back to [Chapter I](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/43/)