--- title: I lay all this while in great uneasiness; but at length, struggling… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: I lay all this while in great uneasiness; but at length, struggling to get loose, I succeeded in breaking the strings that fastened my left arm to the ground; and at the same time, with a violent pull that gave me extreme pain, I a little loosened the strings that tied down my hair, so that I was ju --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/43/29/) [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/) / 29 # The Blue Fairy Book, Chapter I, sentence 29 I lay all this while in great uneasiness; but at length, struggling to get loose, I succeeded in breaking the strings that fastened my left arm to the ground; and at the same time, with a violent pull that gave me extreme pain, I a little loosened the strings that tied down my hair, so that I was just able to turn my head about two inches. **Who acts:** I, strings, violent pull · **What happens:** lie, struggle, get, succeed, break, fasten · **To what, where:** this, strings, left arm, extreme pain, me, hair 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, strings, violent pull), 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:pg503:43:29 # text = I lay all this while in great uneasiness; but at length, struggling to get loose, I succeeded in breaking the strings that fastened my left arm to the ground; and at the same time, with a violent pull that gave me extreme pain, I a little loosened the strings that tied down my hair, so that I was just able to turn my head about two inches. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 4 det:predet _ _ 4 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 obj _ _ 5 while while SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 uneasiness uneasiness NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ; ; PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 but but CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 at at ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 length length NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 struggling struggle VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 xcomp _ _ 17 loose loose ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 succeeded succeed VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 21 in in SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 22 breaking break VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 20 advcl _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 strings string NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obj _ _ 25 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 26 nsubj _ _ 26 fastened fasten VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 acl:relcl _ _ 27 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 28 left left ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 arm arm NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 30 to to ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ; ; PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 35 at at ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 40 with with ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 violent violent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 pull pull NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 parataxis _ _ 44 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 45 nsubj _ _ 45 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 acl:relcl _ _ 46 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 45 iobj _ _ 47 extreme extreme ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 pain pain NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 50 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 51 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 little little ADV RB Degree=Pos 53 advmod _ _ 53 loosened loosen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 conj _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 strings string NOUN NNS Number=Plur 53 obj _ _ 56 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 57 nsubj _ _ 57 tied tie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 55 acl:relcl _ _ 58 down down ADP RP _ 57 compound:prt _ _ 59 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 60 nmod:poss _ _ 60 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 61 , , PUNCT , _ 67 punct _ _ 62 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 67 mark _ _ 63 that that SCONJ IN _ 62 fixed _ _ 64 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 67 nsubj _ _ 65 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 67 cop _ _ 66 just just ADV RB _ 67 advmod _ _ 67 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 advcl _ _ 68 to to PART TO _ 69 mark _ _ 69 turn turn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 67 xcomp _ _ 70 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 71 nmod:poss _ _ 71 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 69 obj _ _ 72 about about ADV RB _ 73 advmod _ _ 73 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 74 nummod _ _ 74 inches inch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 69 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 75 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lie** | past | I | this | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location this=Theme | | 2 | **struggle** | gerund | I *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **get** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | loose *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **succeed** | past | I | | | | | | vn succeed-74-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **break** | gerund | I *not said here* | the strings | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer string=Patient | | 6 | **fasten** | past | the strings | my left arm | | | | to the ground | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent arm=Patient to ground=Co-Patient | | 7 | **give** | past | a violent pull | extreme pain | me | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient pain=Theme | | 8 | **loosen** | past | I | the strings | | | | little *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent string=Patient | | 9 | **tie down** | past | the strings | my hair | | | | | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hair=Patient | | 10 | **is** | past | I | | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 11 | **turn** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | my head | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP ADJ.result»: agent=Agent head=Theme inch=Result | 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 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/43/28/) - next →: [sentence 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/43/30/) - ↑ back to [Chapter I](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/43/)