--- title: We desired that it should be opened, and one of us stepping into it… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: We desired that it should be opened, and one of us stepping into it found himself up to the mid-leg in a sort of dust, some of which flying into our faces sent us both into a fit of sneezing. Who acts: We, one, some. 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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 (We, one, some), 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:pg503:44:16 # text = We desired that it should be opened, and one of us stepping into it found himself up to the mid-leg in a sort of dust, some of which flying into our faces sent us both into a fit of sneezing. 1 We we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 desired desire VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 that that SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 opened open VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 10 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 16 nsubj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 nmod _ _ 13 stepping step VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 csubj _ _ 14 into into ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obl _ _ 16 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 17 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 16 obj _ _ 18 up up ADP RP _ 16 compound:prt _ _ 19 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 mid-leg mid-leg NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 22 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 sort sort NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 dust dust NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 28 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 35 nsubj _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 35 obl _ _ 31 flying fly VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 35 csubj _ _ 32 into into ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 faces face NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obl _ _ 35 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 36 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ _ 37 both both ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 38 into into ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 fit fit NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 sneezing sneezing NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **desire** | past | We | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 2 | **open** | should · passive | | chest | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | | 3 | **step** | gerund | | | | chest | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into it=Destination | | 4 | **find up** | past | one of us | Majesty | | | | to the mid-leg in a sort of dust | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Topic | | 5 | **fly** | gerund | | | | | | into our faces *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into face=Result | | 6 | **send** | past | some | us | | a fit of sneezing | | both *property* | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent we=Theme of which=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **sort** | | | dust | | | | | nom sort «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 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/44/15/) - next →: [sentence 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/44/17/) - ↑ back to [Chapter II](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/44/)