--- title: The whirr and confusion from all the serpent-houses were so great th… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The whirr and confusion from all the serpent-houses were so great that the youth did not dare to advance one step, but remained where he was, watching intently all that went on; but at last he began to take courage, and moved on softly step by step. Who acts: whirr, youth, that. 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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 (whirr, youth, that), 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:pg641:34:20 # text = The whirr and confusion from all the serpent-houses were so great that the youth did not dare to advance one step, but remained where he was, watching intently all that went on; but at last he began to take courage, and moved on softly step by step. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 whirr whirr NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 confusion confusion NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 6 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 10 det:predet _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 8 serpent serpent NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 9 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 houses house NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ _ 11 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 12 so so ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 14 that that SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 17 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 18 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 19 advmod _ _ 19 dare dare VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 advcl _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 advance advance VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 xcomp _ _ 22 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 23 nummod _ _ 23 step step NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 but but CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 remained remain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 27 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 31 advmod _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 29 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 31 watching watch VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 26 xcomp _ _ 32 intently intently ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 33 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 34 det:predet _ _ 34 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 35 nsubj _ _ 35 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 ccomp _ _ 36 on on ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ; ; PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 38 but but CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 39 at at ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 obl _ _ 41 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 parataxis _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 44 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 xcomp _ _ 45 courage courage NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 48 moved move VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 42 conj _ _ 49 on on ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 softly softly ADV RB _ 51 advmod _ _ 51 step step NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ _ 52 by by ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 step step NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the whirr and confusion from all serpent houses | | | | | great *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **dare** | past · do-support | the youth | | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **not** **advance** | to-infinitive | the youth *not said here* | one step | | | | | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Causer step=Patient | | 4 | **remain** | past | the whirr and confusion from all serpent houses *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **watch** | past · progressive | youth | | | | | intently *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **go on** | past | that | | | | | | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **begin** | past | youth | | | last | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 8 | **take** | to-infinitive | youth *not said here* | courage | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent courage=Theme | | 9 | **move** | participle | youth *not said here* | | | | | on step; by step | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V PP.source PP.trajectory PP.destination»: agent=Theme on step=Source by step=Trajectory | 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 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/34/19/) - next →: [sentence 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/34/21/) - ↑ back to [The Young Man Who Would Have His Eyes Opened](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/34/)