--- title: ‘Now walk, so that I may look about, and see what I have never seen… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Now walk, so that I may look about, and see what I have never seen before,’ said Petru, rubbing his eyes like one who wakes from sleep, or like him who beholds something so strange that it seems as if... Who acts: I, Petru, it. 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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, Petru, it), 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:pg641:19:114 # text = ‘Now walk, so that I may look about, and see what I have never seen before,’ said Petru, rubbing his eyes like one who wakes from sleep, or like him who beholds something so strange that it seems as if... 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 3 walk walk VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 5 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 9 mark _ _ 6 that that SCONJ IN _ 5 fixed _ _ 7 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 10 about about ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 14 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 18 obl _ _ 15 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 16 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 17 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 18 advmod _ _ 18 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 13 ccomp _ _ 19 before before ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 22 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 23 Petru Petru PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 25 rubbing rub VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 22 advcl _ _ 26 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obj _ _ 28 like like ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 25 obl _ _ 30 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 31 nsubj _ _ 31 wakes wake VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 acl:relcl _ _ 32 from from ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 sleep sleep NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 35 or or CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 36 like like ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obl _ _ 38 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 39 nsubj _ _ 39 beholds behold VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 40 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 39 obj _ _ 41 so so ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 42 strange strange ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 43 that that SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 44 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 seems seem VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 advcl _ _ 46 as as ADP IN _ 45 advmod _ _ 47 if if SCONJ IN _ 46 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ... ... PUNCT . _ 22 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **walk** | infinitive | | | | | now | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **look** | may | I | | | | | about *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 3 | **see** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **not** **see** | present · perfect | I | | | | | before *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Petru | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **rub** | gerund | Petru *not said here* | Petru's eyes | | | | like one | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent eye=Theme | | 7 | **wake** | present | | | | sleep | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 8 | **behold** | present | | something | | | | like Petru | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer something=Stimulus | | 9 | **seem** | present | it | | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: 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 Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 641 (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 113](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/19/113/) - next →: [sentence 115](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/19/115/) - ↑ back to [The Fairy of the Dawn, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/19/)