--- title: Their hissings and darting tongues so terrified the young man that h… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Their hissings and darting tongues so terrified the young man that his heart sank, and he felt he should never have courage to push on to certain death, when suddenly he caught sight of the golden bowl in front of the serpent-king, and knew that if he lost this chance it would never come back. 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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 (hissings, heart, man, courage), 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:pg641:34:23 # text = Their hissings and darting tongues so terrified the young man that his heart sank, and he felt he should never have courage to push on to certain death, when suddenly he caught sight of the golden bowl in front of the serpent-king, and knew that if he lost this chance it would never come back. 1 Their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 hissings hissing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 4 darting dart VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 amod _ _ 5 tongues tongue NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ _ 6 so so ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 terrified terrify VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 11 that that SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 14 sank sink VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 20 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 21 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 22 advmod _ _ 22 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 ccomp _ _ 23 courage courage NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 push push VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 xcomp _ _ 26 on on ADP RP _ 25 compound:prt _ _ 27 to to ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 certain certain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 32 advmod _ _ 32 suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 caught catch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 35 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 bowl bowl NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ _ 40 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 front front NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 44 serpent serpent NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 45 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 49 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 50 that that SCONJ IN _ 53 mark _ _ 51 if if SCONJ IN _ 53 mark _ _ 52 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 53 lost lose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 ccomp _ _ 54 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 55 det _ _ 55 chance chance NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obj _ _ 56 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 59 nsubj _ _ 57 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 59 aux _ _ 58 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 59 advmod _ _ 59 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 55 acl:relcl _ _ 60 back back ADV RB _ 59 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 61 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dart** | gerund | | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **terrify** | past | serpents's hissings and darting tongues | the young man | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus man=Experiencer | | 3 | **sink** | past | man's heart | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **feel** | past | man | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 5 | **not** **have** | should | man | courage | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **push on** | to-infinitive | courage *not said here* | | | certain death | | | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent to death=Trajectory | | 7 | **catch** | past | man | sight of the golden bowl in front of the serpent king | | | | suddenly *property* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sight=Theme | | 8 | **know** | past | serpents's hissings and darting tongues *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 9 | **lose** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | man | this chance | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chance=Eventuality | | 10 | **not** **come back** | would | courage | this chance *not said here* | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location chance=Theme | | 11 | **hiss** | | serpents *= serpent* | | | | | | nom hissing «event transitive»: poss=agent | | 12 | **sight** | | | the golden bowl in front of the serpent king | | | | | nom sight «cognition transitive»: of=patient | 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 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/34/22/) - next →: [sentence 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/34/24/) - ↑ back to [The Young Man Who Would Have His Eyes Opened](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/34/)