--- title: At first he felt as if his liver was already being taken from his bo… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: At first he felt as if his liver was already being taken from his body, but soon he began to wonder if there was no means of escaping this terrible death, and at length he invented a plan which he thought would do. Who acts: way, no, plan. 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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 (way, no, plan), 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:pg641:32:30 # text = At first he felt as if his liver was already being taken from his body, but soon he began to wonder if there was no means of escaping this terrible death, and at length he invented a plan which he thought would do. 1 At at ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 4 obl _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 as as SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 6 if if SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 liver liver NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux:pass _ _ 10 already already ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 11 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 aux:pass _ _ 12 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 ccomp _ _ 13 from from ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 but but CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 18 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 20 advmod _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 wonder wonder VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 xcomp _ _ 23 if if SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 24 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 27 expl _ _ 25 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 26 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 27 nsubj _ _ 27 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 ccomp _ _ 28 of of SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 29 escaping escape VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 27 advcl _ _ 30 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 32 det _ _ 31 terrible terrible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 35 at at ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 length length NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 invented invent VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 plan plan NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 41 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 43 nsubj _ _ 42 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 acl:relcl _ _ 44 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **feel** | past | way | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **take** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · passive | | way's liver | | way's body | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: subject=Theme from body=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **begin** | past | way | | | | | soon *property* | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **wonder** *speech: ask* | to-infinitive | way *not said here* | | | | | | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 5 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | no | | | there | | mean *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **escape** | gerund | no *not said here* | this terrible death | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme death=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **invent** | past | way | a plan | | length | | | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plan=Result | | 8 | **think** *speech: other* | past | a plan | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 9 | **do** | would | a plan *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/32/29/) - next →: [sentence 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/32/31/) - ↑ back to [The Monkey and the Jelly-fish](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/32/)