--- title: However, I could not wonder enough at the daring of these tiny morta… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: However, I could not wonder enough at the daring of these tiny mortals, who ventured to mount and walk upon my body, while one of my hands was free, without trembling at the very sight of so huge a creature as I must have seemed to them. Who acts: I, tiny mortals, one, trembling. 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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 (I, tiny mortals, one, trembling), 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:pg503:43:46 # text = However, I could not wonder enough at the daring of these tiny mortals, who ventured to mount and walk upon my body, while one of my hands was free, without trembling at the very sight of so huge a creature as I must have seemed to them. 1 However however ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 wonder wonder VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 enough enough ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 daring daring NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 14 det _ _ 13 tiny tiny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 mortals mortal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 17 nsubj _ _ 17 ventured venture VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 acl:relcl _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 mount mount VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 xcomp _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 walk walk VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 conj _ _ 22 upon upon ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 26 while while SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 27 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 32 nsubj _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 nmod _ _ 31 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 cop _ _ 32 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 without without SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 35 trembling tremble VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 49 csubj _ _ 36 at at ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 very very ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 39 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 41 so so ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 42 huge huge ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 creature creature NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ _ 45 as as SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 46 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 47 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 48 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 advcl _ _ 49 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 parataxis _ _ 50 to to ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **wonder** *speech: ask* | could | I | | | the daring of this tiny mortals | | enough, however *property* | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **venture** | past | this tiny mortals | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **mount** | to-infinitive | this tiny mortals *not said here* | | | | | | vn meander-47.7 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **walk** | infinitive | this tiny mortals *not said here* | | | my body | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon body=Trajectory | | 5 | **is** | past | one of my hands | | | | | free *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **tremble** | gerund | | | | the sight of a huge creature | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at sight=Location | | 7 | **have** | must | I | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **seem** | past | trembling | | hands *= hand* | | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **dare** | | | this tiny mortals | | | | | nom daring «communication transitive»: of=patient | | 10 | **sight** | | | a huge creature | | | | | nom sight «cognition transitive»: of=patient | 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 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/43/45/) - next →: [sentence 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/43/47/) - ↑ back to [Chapter I](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/43/)