--- title: These I took out and fastened upon my nose, and thus armed went on w… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: These I took out and fastened upon my nose, and thus armed went on with my work in spite of the arrows, many of which struck against the glasses of my spectacles, but without any other effect than slightly disturbing them. Who acts: These, many, other effect, my. 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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 (These, many, other effect, my), 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:pg503:46:14 # text = These I took out and fastened upon my nose, and thus armed went on with my work in spite of the arrows, many of which struck against the glasses of my spectacles, but without any other effect than slightly disturbing them. 1 These this PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 3 nsubj _ _ 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 out out ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 fastened fasten VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 7 upon upon ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 nose nose NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 12 thus thus ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 armed armed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 xcomp _ _ 14 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 15 on on ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 16 with with ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 spite spite NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 arrows arrow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 nsubj _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 25 nmod _ _ 28 struck strike VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 29 against against ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 glasses glass NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obl _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 spectacles spectacle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 36 but but CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 37 without without ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 40 det _ _ 39 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 effect effect NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 conj _ _ 41 than than SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 42 slightly slightly ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 43 disturbing disturb VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 40 acl _ _ 44 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take out** | past | These | | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **fasten** | past | These *not said here* | | | | | upon my nose | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **go on** | past | These *not said here* | | | | | with my work in spite of the arrows; armed *property* | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **strike** | past | many | | | the glasses of my spectacles | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme against glass=Location | | 5 | **disturb** | gerund | any other effect *not said here* | spectacles *= spectacle* | | | | slightly *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus they=Experiencer | | 6 | **work** | | my | | | spite of the arrows | | | nom work «act intransitive»: poss=agent in=place | | 7 | **spite** | | | the arrows | | | | | nom spite «feeling 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 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/46/13/) - next →: [sentence 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/46/15/) - ↑ back to [Chapter IV](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/46/)