--- title: Still, though the chief and the young girl quailed in terror at thes… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Still, though the chief and the young girl quailed in terror at these horrible sights and sounds, no harm came to them, for their lives had been free from evil, and the Master of Life had said that no evil should happen unto them. Who acts: harm, lives, evil. 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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 (harm, lives, evil), 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:pg640:28:36 # text = Still, though the chief and the young girl quailed in terror at these horrible sights and sounds, no harm came to them, for their lives had been free from evil, and the Master of Life had said that no evil should happen unto them. 1 Still still ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 though though ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 chief chief NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ 10 quailed quail VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 acl _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 terror terror NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 13 at at ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 16 det _ _ 15 horrible horrible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 sights sight NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 sounds sound NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 20 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 21 det _ _ 21 harm harm NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 22 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 23 to to ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 26 for for SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 27 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 lives life NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nsubj _ _ 29 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 30 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 31 cop _ _ 31 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 conj _ _ 32 from from ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 evil evil NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 Master Master PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 nsubj:pass _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 Life Life PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 nmod _ _ 40 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 parataxis _ _ 42 that that SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 43 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 44 det _ _ 44 evil evil NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nsubj _ _ 45 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 ccomp _ _ 47 unto unto ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 22 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **quail** | participle | | the young girl *not said here* | | terror | | at this horrible sights and sounds | vn flinch-40.5 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer at sight=Stimulus | | 2 | **come** | past | no harm | | sounds *= sound* | | still | though the chief and the young girl | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to they=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **is** | past · perfect | sounds's lives | | | evil | | free *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · perfect · passive | | the Master of Life | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **happen** | should | no evil | | | | | unto sounds *= sound* | vn occur-48.3-1 «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 Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 640 (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 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/28/35/) - next →: [sentence 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/28/37/) - ↑ back to [In the Land of Souls (21)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/28/)