--- title: I did not then know in what manner to act, for if I was seen I would… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: I did not then know in what manner to act, for if I was seen I would surely lose my life, as everybody had a look-out at that time, and because there was no person bold enough to come in on me. Who acts: I, everybody, person. 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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, everybody, person), 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:pg540:8:98 # text = I did not then know in what manner to act, for if I was seen I would surely lose my life, as everybody had a look-out at that time, and because there was no person bold enough to come in on me. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 4 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 5 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 obj _ _ 8 manner manner NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 act act VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 12 for for SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 13 if if SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 14 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux:pass _ _ 16 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 17 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 18 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 19 surely surely ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 lose lose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 ccomp _ _ 21 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 as as SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 25 everybody everybody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 26 nsubj _ _ 26 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 advcl _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 look look NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 out out ADP RP _ 28 compound _ _ 31 at at ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 33 det _ _ 33 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 36 because because SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 37 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 38 expl _ _ 38 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 39 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 40 det _ _ 40 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 41 bold bold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ _ 42 enough enough ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 44 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 xcomp _ _ 45 in in ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 46 on on ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **know** | past · do-support | I | | | | then | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus | | 2 | **act** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **see** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · passive | | I | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **lose** | would | I | my life | | | | surely *property* | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Eventuality | | 5 | **have** | past | everybody | a look | | | time | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent look=Patient | | 6 | **is** | past | no person | | | | | bold, enough *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **come in** | to-infinitive | no person *not said here* | | | | | on me | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on i=Location | 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 Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 540 (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 97](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/8/97/) - next →: [sentence 99](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/8/99/) - ↑ back to [The Black Thief and Knight of the Glen.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/8/)