--- title: But he was soon set at ease, for, the channel growing shallower ever… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But he was soon set at ease, for, the channel growing shallower every step I made, I came in a short time within hearing, and holding up the end of the cable by which the fleet was fastened, I cried in a loud voice: “Long live the most puissant Emperor of Lilliput!” Who acts: channel, I, cable. 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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 (channel, I, cable), 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:pg503:46:25 # text = But he was soon set at ease, for, the channel growing shallower every step I made, I came in a short time within hearing, and holding up the end of the cable by which the fleet was fastened, I cried in a loud voice: “Long live the most puissant Emperor of Lilliput!” 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 4 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 5 advmod _ _ 5 set set VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 advcl _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 ease ease NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 for for ADP IN _ 12 case _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 channel channel NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ 13 growing grow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 12 acl _ _ 14 shallower shallow ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 13 xcomp _ _ 15 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 16 det _ _ 16 step step NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 17 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 20 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 22 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 short short ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 26 within within ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 hearing hearing NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 30 holding hold VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 45 advcl _ _ 31 up up ADP RP _ 30 compound:prt _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 cable cable NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ _ 37 by by ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 42 obl _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 fleet fleet NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj:pass _ _ 41 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux:pass _ _ 42 fastened fasten VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 44 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 46 in in ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 47 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 48 loud loud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 : : PUNCT : _ 53 punct _ _ 51 “ " PUNCT `` _ 53 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 Long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 53 advmod _ _ 53 live live VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 45 conj _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 55 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 56 advmod _ _ 56 puissant puissant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 57 amod _ _ 57 Emperor Emperor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 53 obl _ _ 58 of of ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 59 Lilliput Lilliput PROPN NNP Number=Sing 57 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 60 ! ! PUNCT . _ 57 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 61 ” " PUNCT '' _ 21 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **set** | past · passive | | Emperor | | ease | | soon *property* | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme at ease=Destination | | 2 | **grow** | gerund | the channel *not said here* | every step | | | | shallow *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **make** | past | I | every step *not said here* | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent step=Product | | 4 | **come** | past | I | | | | time | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **hold up** | gerund | I *not said here* | the end of the cable | | | | | vn support-15.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot end=Theme | | 6 | **fasten** | past · passive | the cable | the fleet | | | | | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient | | 7 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | I | | | a loud voice | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in voice=Location | | 8 | **live** *in a quote* | present | I *not said here* | the puissant Emperor of Lilliput | | | | long *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/46/24/) - next →: [sentence 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/46/26/) - ↑ back to [Chapter IV](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/46/)