--- title: Climbing the wall was rather a difficulty, but when he at length fou… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Climbing the wall was rather a difficulty, but when he at length found himself inside it he was charmed with the peaceful beauty of the little domain it enclosed, and still more delighted when he perceived a slender, lovely maiden wandering among the flowers. Who acts: Climbing, Narcissus, wall. 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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 (Climbing, Narcissus, wall), 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:pg7277:11:26 # text = Climbing the wall was rather a difficulty, but when he at length found himself inside it he was charmed with the peaceful beauty of the little domain it enclosed, and still more delighted when he perceived a slender, lovely maiden wandering among the flowers. 1 Climbing climb VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 7 csubj _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 wall wall NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 5 rather rather ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 difficulty difficulty NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 9 but but CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 10 when when SCONJ WRB _ 14 mark _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 12 at at ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 length length NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 14 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 advcl _ _ 15 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 14 obj _ _ 16 inside inside ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obl _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux:pass _ _ 20 charmed charm VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 conj _ _ 21 with with ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 peaceful peaceful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 beauty beauty NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 domain domain NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ _ 29 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 enclosed enclose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 33 still still ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 34 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 35 advmod _ _ 35 delighted delighted ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 conj _ _ 36 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 38 advmod _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 perceived perceive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 advcl _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 40 slender slender ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 42 lovely lovely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 maiden maiden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 44 wandering wonder VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 47 amod _ _ 45 among among ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 flowers flower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **climb** | gerund | | the wall | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location wall=Theme | | 2 | **is a** | past | Climbing | a difficulty | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **find** | past | Narcissus | Narcissus | | length | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Topic | | 4 | **charm** | past · passive | | Narcissus | | | | with the peaceful beauty of the little domain | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 5 | **enclose** | past | wall | the little domain *not said here* | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme domain=Co-Theme | | 6 | **be** | | Climbing *not said here* | | | | still | | tree rules | | 7 | **perceive** | past | Narcissus | a slender maiden wandering flowers | | | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer flower=Stimulus | | 8 | **wonder** *speech: ask* | gerund | | | | | | | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | 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 Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 7277 (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 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/11/25/) - next →: [sentence 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/11/27/) - ↑ back to [Prince Narcissus and the Princess Potentilla](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/11/)