--- title: I made a sign with my hand that was loose, putting it to the other (… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: I made a sign with my hand that was loose, putting it to the other (but over his Excellency’s head, for fear of hurting him or his train), to show that I desired my liberty. Who acts: I, hand, fear. 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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, hand, fear), 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:pg503:43:49 # text = I made a sign with my hand that was loose, putting it to the other (but over his Excellency’s head, for fear of hurting him or his train), to show that I desired my liberty. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 sign sign NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 8 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 10 nsubj _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 10 loose loose ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 putting put VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 13 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 obl _ _ 17 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 but but CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 19 over over ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 Excellency excellency NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ’s 's PART POS _ 21 case _ _ 23 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 for for ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 fear fear NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 conj _ _ 27 of of SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 28 hurting hurt VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 26 acl _ _ 29 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ _ 30 or or CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 train train NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 show show VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ _ 37 that that SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 38 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 desired desire VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 ccomp _ _ 40 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 liberty liberty NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past | I | a sign | | | | with my hand | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sign=Product | | 2 | **is** | past | my hand | | | | | loose *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **put** | gerund | I *not said here* | sign | | person's Excellency's head and fear | | to the other | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme over head=Destination | | 4 | **hurt** | gerund | fear *not said here* | person | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Patient | | 5 | **show** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **desire** | past | I | my liberty | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot liberty=Theme | 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 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/43/48/) - next →: [sentence 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/43/50/) - ↑ back to [Chapter I](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/43/)