--- title: At first I was bent on resistance; for while I had liberty I could e… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: At first I was bent on resistance; for while I had liberty I could easily with stones pelt the metropolis to pieces; but I soon rejected that idea with horror, remembering the oath I had made to the Emperor, and the favors I had received from him. Who acts: bent stones, I. 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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 (bent stones, I), 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:pg503:46:57 # text = At first I was bent on resistance; for while I had liberty I could easily with stones pelt the metropolis to pieces; but I soon rejected that idea with horror, remembering the oath I had made to the Emperor, and the favors I had received from him. 1 At at ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 5 obl _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 bent bend VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 amod _ _ 6 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 resistance resistance NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ; ; PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 9 for for SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 10 while while SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 11 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 13 liberty liberty NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 14 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 16 easily easily ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 17 with with ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 stones stone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 nsubj _ _ 19 pelt pelt VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 metropolis metropolis NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 pieces piece NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 25 but but CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 26 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 28 advmod _ _ 28 rejected reject VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 parataxis _ _ 29 that that SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 30 idea idea NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 xcomp _ _ 31 with with ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 horror horror NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 34 remembering remember VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 28 advcl _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 oath oath NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 37 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 acl _ _ 40 to to ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 Emperor Emperor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 obl:agent _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 favors favor NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 nsubj:pass _ _ 47 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 48 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 49 received receive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 parataxis _ _ 50 from from ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 19 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bend** | past · passive | | I | | resistance | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: subject=Theme at first=Location | | 2 | **pelt** | present | bent stones | the metropolis | | | | to pieces | vn pelt-17.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent metropolis=Destination | | 3 | **reject** | past | I | idea with horror | | | | soon *property* | vn reject-77.2-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **remember** | gerund | I *not said here* | the oath | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent oath=Theme | | 5 | **make** | past · perfect | I | the oath *not said here* | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent oath=Product | | 6 | **receive** | past · perfect · passive | | the favors | | | | from Emperor | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme from he=Source | 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 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/46/56/) - next →: [sentence 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/46/58/) - ↑ back to [Chapter IV](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/46/)