--- title: But alas! the world of the air seemed as empty of her as the world b… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But alas! the world of the air seemed as empty of her as the world below, and Souci was beginning to despair, and to think that he must go and search the world that lay in the sea. Who acts: alas, Souci, world. 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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 (alas, Souci, world), 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:pg5615:31:26 # text = But alas! the world of the air seemed as empty of her as the world below, and Souci was beginning to despair, and to think that he must go and search the world that lay in the sea. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 2 alas ala NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ! ! PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 9 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 as as ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 empty empty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 xcomp _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obl _ _ 14 as as ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 17 below below ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 20 Souci Souci PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 21 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 beginning begin VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 conj _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 despair despair VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 think think VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 29 that that SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 ccomp _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 search search VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 conj _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 37 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 38 nsubj _ _ 38 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 acl:relcl _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **seem** | past | alas the world of the air | | | | | empty *property* | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **begin** | past · progressive | Souci | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **despair** | to-infinitive | Souci *not said here* | | | | | | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **think** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 5 | **go** | must | Souci | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **search** | infinitive | Souci *not said here* | the world | | | | | vn search-35.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent world=Location | | 7 | **lie** | past | the world | | | the sea | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in sea=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 Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 5615 (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 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/31/25/) - next →: [sentence 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/31/27/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/31/)